Luke Chapter 18 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 18:23

But when he heard these things, he became exceeding sorrowful; for he was very rich.
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BBE Luke 18:23

But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.
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DARBY Luke 18:23

But when he heard this he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.
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KJV Luke 18:23

And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
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WEB Luke 18:23

But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.
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YLT Luke 18:23

and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. St. Mark adds (a memory of Peter's) that when he heard this the ruler went away frowning, with a lowering look. This was too much. He could not, even at the bidding of that loved Teacher, give up the pleasant life he loved so well, the things he prized so highly; so silently and sadly he turned away. The 'Gospel of the Hebrews,' a very ancient document, dating from the first days of the faith, a few fragments only of which have come down to us in quotations in the Fathers, thus describes the scene: "Then the rich man began to scratch his head, for that was not to his mind. And the Lord said to him, How then canst thou say, I have kept the Law; for it is written in the Law, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; and, lo! many of thy brethren, children of Abraham, live in the gutter, and die of hunger, while thy table is loaded with good things, and nothing is sent out to them?" (quoted by Origen, in Matthew 19.). Dante calls this "The Great Refusal," and represents the shade of the young ruler among the throng of the useless, of those who faced both ways (' Inferno,' 10:27). It is worthy of notice that there was no angry retort from the wealthy ruler, no scornful, cynical smile of derision, as we read of among the covetous, wealthy Pharisees (Luke 16:14). Still, in the heart of this seeker after the true wisdom there was a sore conflict. Grieving, sorrow-stricken, with gloomy looks, he turned away in silence.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) He was very sorrowful.--St. Luke's word stands half-way between St. Matthew's "sorrowing" and St. Mark's vivid "lowering" or "frowning." (See Note on Mark 10:22.)He was very rich.--St. Luke's equivalent for he had great possessions. There is, perhaps, something suggestive, especially on the view which has been taken as to the identity of the young ruler, and the purport of the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, in the use of the very same adjective as had been employed in that parable.