Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 19:8

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8-10. stood —before all. said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord —Mark how frequently Luke uses this title, and always where lordly authority, dignity, or power is intended. if I have —that is, "so far as I have," for evidently the "if" is so used (as in Philippians 4:8 ). taken by false accusation —defrauded, overcharged ( Luke 3:12 ; Luke 3:13 ). fourfold —The Roman law required this; the Jewish law, but the principal and a fifth more ( Luke 3:13- : ). There was no demand made for either; but, as if to revenge himself on his hitherto reigning sin (see on Luke 3:13- : ), and to testify the change he had experienced, besides surrendering the half of his fair gains to the poor, he voluntarily determines to give up all that was ill-gotten, quadrupled. He gratefully addressed this to the "Lord," to whom he owed the wonderful change. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-luk-19-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/luk-19-8

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological