Luke 18:32
in Luke 18He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon:
KJV
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
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This verse in Luke 18
Commentary
13 notes on this verseThird, as to the bitterness of the punishment, he adds: For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, as a stranger, according to what is foretold by David in the Psalm: "I was delivered up and did not go forth." The figure of this preceded …
This site's exposition
we are going up to Jerusalem
on Luke 18:31-34
In Luke's third passion prediction, Jesus ties His suffering to Scripture: everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. The disciples did not understand, for plain words met minds unable to receive a suffering Messiah.
This site's exposition
delivered over to the Gentiles
Gill traces the delivering over from the chief priests to Pilate and from Pilate to the soldiers. Chrysostom hears the spitting among the things the prophets have written, in Isaiah 50, where the servant gave his back to those who struck him. Gentiles finish what Jerusalem's rulers begin.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
The blessed prophet David has spoken one of those things which are of great importance for our benefit, especially as it refers to what is of constant occurrence, so to speak, to men's minds. "For I was prepared, he says, and was not troubled." For whatever happens unexpectedly, whenever it is of a serious character, exposes even courageous persons to agitation and alarm, and sometimes to unendurable terrors. But when it has been mentioned before that it will happen, its attack is easily averted. And this, I think, is the meaning of, "I was prepared, and was not troubled."
That they might therefore be aware both that He foreknew His passion, and though it was in His power easily to escape, that yet of His own will He advanced to meet it, He told them beforehand what would happen. In saying then, "Behold, we go up to Jerusalem," He, so to speak, testified urgently and commanded them to remember what had been foretold. And He added necessarily, that all these things had been foretold by the holy prophets. For Isaiah, as in the person of Christ, says; "I have given My back to scourgings, and My cheeks to buffetings: and My face I have not turned away from the shame of spittings." And again, in another place, He says of Him, "As a sheep He was led to the slaughter, and was silent, as a lamb before its shearer." And again, "All we like sheep have gone astray: every one has gone astray in his path: and the Lord has delivered Him up because of our sins." And again the blessed David also in the twenty-first Psalm, painting as it were beforehand the sufferings upon the cross, has set before us Jesus speaking as one that lo! already was hanging upon the tree, "But I am a worm, and not a man: the reproach of men, and a thing rejected of the people. […]
(ubi sup.) Esaias prophesied of this when he said, I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (Isa. 50:5.) The Prophet also foretold the crucifixion, saying, He hath poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors; (Isa. 53:12.) as it is said here, And after they have scourged him, they shall put him to death. But David foretold Christ's resurrection, For thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, (Ps. 16:10.) and so it is here added, And on the third day he shall rise again.
And to convince them that He foreknew His Passion, and of His own accord came to it, that they might not say, "How has He fallen into the hands of the enemy, who promised us salvation?" He relates in order the successive events of the Passion; He shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and scourged, and spitted on.
The Medieval Church1 voice
The Lord foretells His sufferings to the disciples for two purposes. First, to show that He would be crucified not against His will and not as a mere man unaware of His death, but that He knows of it beforehand and will endure it voluntarily. …
5 more voices on this verse
The Medieval Church2 voices
(Hom. 2. in Ev.) The Saviour foreseeing that the hearts of His disciples would be troubled at His Passion, tells them long beforehand both the suffering of His Passion and the glory of His Resurrection.
Our Redeemer, foreseeing that the souls of the disciples would be troubled by His passion, foretold to them long beforehand both the suffering of that same passion and the glory of His resurrection, so that when they saw Him dying, as had been predicted, they would not doubt that He would also rise again.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles,.... As he was by the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, to Pilate, the Roman governor, and by him to the soldiers: and shall be mocked; as he was by the latter, when they crowned him with thorns, arrayed him in a purple robe, and put a reed into his hand, and bowed the knee to him, saying, hail king of the Jews; and likewise by the Jews when he hung upon the cross: and spitefully entreated. The Syriac and Persic versions leave out this clause here, and read it the next verse.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
The promise before us is a very particular one. It does not refer to the believer's reward in the eternal world, and the unfading crown of glory. It refers distinctly to the life that now is. It is spoken of "this present time." The "many times as much" of the promise must evidently be taken in a spiritual sense. The meaning is, that the believer shall find in Christ — a full equivalent for anything that he is obliged to give up for Christ's sake.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
proposed
The promise before us is a very particular one. It does not refer to the believer's reward in the eternal world, and the unfading crown of glory. It refers distinctly to the life that now is. It is spoken of "this present time." The "many times as much" of the promise must evidently be taken in a spiritual sense. The meaning is, that the believer shall find in Christ — a full equivalent for anything that he is obliged to give up for Christ's sake. He shall find such peace, and hope, and joy, and comfort, and rest — in communion with the Father and the Son — that his earthly losses shall be more than counter-balanced by his spiritual gains. In short, the Lord Jesus Christ shall be more to him — than property, or relatives, or friends. The complete fulfillment of this wonderful promise has been often seen in the experience of God's saints. Hundreds could testify in every age of the church, that when they were obliged to give up everything for the kingdom of God's sake — their earthly losses were amply supplied by Christ's grace. They were kept in perfect peace, staying their souls on Jesus. They were enabled to glory in tribulation, and to take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in distresses — for Christ's sake (Romans 5:3, 2 Corinthians 12:10.) They were enabled in the darkest hour — to rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory; and to count it an honor to suffer shame for their Master's name. (1 Peter 1:8, Acts 5:41.) The last day will show that in poverty and in exile — in prisons and before tribunals — in the fire and under the sword — the words of Christ before us have repeatedly been made good. Friends have often proved faithless. Great promises have often been broken. Riches have made themselves wings. But Christ's engagements have never been known to fail. Let us grasp this promise firmly.
The words behind it
10 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| παραδοθήσεται | paradothesetai | He will be betrayed | G3860 → | 119 times |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → | 1039 times |
| τοῖς | tois | to the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἔθνεσιν | ethnesin | Gentiles | G1484 → | 161 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐμπαιχθήσεται | empaichthesetai | will be mocked | G1702 → | 13 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ὑβρισθήσεται | hubristhesetai | will be insulted | G5195 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐμπτυσθήσεται, | emptusthesetai | will be spit upon, | G1716 → |
παραδοθήσεταιHe will be betrayed
paradothesetaiG3860 →119 times
γὰρfor
garG1063 →1039 times
τοῖςto the
toisG3588 →19766 times
ἔθνεσινGentiles
ethnesinG1484 →161 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐμπαιχθήσεταιwill be mocked
empaichthesetaiG1702 →13 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ὑβρισθήσεταιwill be insulted
hubristhesetaiG5195 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐμπτυσθήσεται,will be spit upon,
emptusthesetaiG1716 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
it leads to
- Matthew 26:67
Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 1:10–11
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
- Isaiah 53:10
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,…
- Hebrews 12:2–3
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
- Isaiah 49:7
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes…
- Matthew 26:67
Through
Isaiah 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
it leads to
- Luke 22:63–64
The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Mark 14:65
Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
- Mark 15:19
They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.
- Luke 22:63–64
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This page draws on Alexander Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture, Luke; Bonaventure, Commentary on Luke, Chapter 18; Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 125; Cyril of Alexandria, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Gregory the Dialogist, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Gregory the Dialogist, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 2; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); John Chrysostom, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Luke.