Luke 18:14

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܐܳܡܰܪ ܐ݈ܢܳܐ ܠܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܰܢܚܶܬ݂ ܗܳܢܳܐ ܡܙܰܕ݁ܰܩ ܠܒ݂ܰܝܬ݁ܶܗ ܝܰܬ݁ܺܝܪ ܡܶܢ ܗܰܘ ܦ݁ܪܺܝܫܳܐ ܟ݁ܽܠ ܐ݈ܢܳܫ ܓ݁ܶܝܪ ܕ݁ܰܢܪܺܝܡ ܢܰܦ݂ܫܶܗ ܢܶܬ݂ܡܰܟ݁ܰܟ݂ ܘܟ݂ܽܠ ܕ݁ܢܰܡܶܟ݂ ܢܰܦ݂ܫܶܗ ܢܶܬ݁ܬ݁ܪܺܝܡ ܀

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went: Luke 5:24, Luke 5:25, Luke 7:47-50, 1 Samuel 1:18, Ecclesiastes 9:7

justified: Luke 10:29, Luke 16:15, Job 9:20, Job 25:4, Psalms 143:2, Isaiah 45:25, Isaiah 53:11, Romans 3:20, Romans 4:5, Romans 5:1, Romans 8:33, Galatians 2:16, James 2:21-25

every: Luke 1:52, Luke 14:11, Exodus 18:11, Job 22:29, Job 40:9-13, Psalms 138:6, Proverbs 3:34, Proverbs 15:33, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 16:19, Proverbs 18:12, Proverbs 29:23, Isaiah 2:11-17, Isaiah 57:15, Daniel 4:37, Habakkuk 2:4, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 23:12, James 4:6, James 4:10, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 5:6

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:41 - humbled Deuteronomy 8:2 - to humble 1 Kings 1:5 - exalted 2 Chronicles 12:6 - humbled 2 Chronicles 30:11 - humbled themselves 2 Chronicles 33:12 - humbled Job 40:11 - behold Psalms 10:17 - humble Psalms 18:27 - bring Psalms 40:12 - mine Psalms 101:5 - an high Psalms 119:21 - rebuked Proverbs 11:2 - pride Proverbs 21:4 - An high look Proverbs 25:7 - than Isaiah 40:4 - valley Isaiah 66:2 - to this Jeremiah 13:9 - the pride Lamentations 1:20 - for Daniel 5:20 - when Matthew 19:30 - General Matthew 20:26 - it Mark 9:35 - If Mark 10:43 - whosoever John 4:10 - thou wouldest John 9:41 - If Acts 13:39 - by Romans 2:13 - justified Romans 11:20 - Be 1 Corinthians 6:11 - but ye are justified Philippians 2:3 - but 1 Timothy 1:16 - for a

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I tell you that this man,.... The publican that so freely owned himself to be a sinner, and by his carriage acknowledged he was unworthy of any favour; and who was treated with so much contempt by the Pharisee:

went down to his house; from the temple which was built on a mountain,

justified, [rather] than the other: accounted as a righteous person in the sight of God; justified from all his sins, and accepted by him, when the other was abhorred and neglected. The Syriac and Persic versions, and so Beza's most ancient copy, read, "than the Pharisee", who had such an high opinion of himself, and despised others: not that the Pharisee was justified at all, when the publican really was; but the sense is, that if judgment had been to have been made, and sentence passed according to the then conduct and behaviour of both parties, the publican had greatly the advantage, in the sight of God; an humble demeanour being well pleasing and acceptable to him, when pride, and arrogance, boasting of, and trusting in a man's own righteousness, are abhorred by him;

for every one that exalteth himself, shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted. This was a proverbial expression, often mentioned by Christ on different occasions, and frequently used by the Jews; :- to which may be added the following passages;

"whoever is of a haughty spirit, at last shall be made low y.''

And again,

"whosoever humbleth himself, the holy blessed God will lift him up z.''

y T. Bab. Sota, fol. 5. 1. z Zohar in Lev. fol. 39. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I tell you - The Pharisees would have said that the first man here was approved. Jesus assures them that they judged erroneously. God judges of this differently from people.

Justified - Accepted or approved of God. The word “justify” means to declare or treat as righteous. In this case it means that in their prayers the one was approved and the other not; the one went down with the favor of God in answer to his petitions, the other not.

For every one ... - See the notes at Luke 14:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 18:14. Went doom to his house justified — His sin blotted out; and himself accepted.

Rather than the other — Η εκεινος: that is, the other was not accepted, because he exalted himself - he made use of the mercies which he acknowledged he owed to God, to make claims on the Divine approbation, and to monopolize the salvation of the Most High! He was abased, because he vainly trusted that he was righteous, and depended on what he had been enabled to do, and looked not for a change of heart, nor for reconciliation to God. It is a strange perversion of the human mind, to attempt to make God our debtor by the very blessings which his mere mercy has conferred upon us! It was a maxim among the Jews, that whoever brought a sacrifice to the temple returned justified. But our Lord shows that this depended on the state of mind-if they were not humbled under a sense of sin, they were not justified, though they had even offered a sacrifice.