Luke Chapter 9 verse 50 Holy Bible
But Jesus said unto him, Forbid `him' not: for he that is not against you is for you.
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But Jesus said to him, Let him do it, for he who is not against you is for you.
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And Jesus said to him, Forbid [him] not, for he that is not against you is for you.
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And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.
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Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."
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and Jesus said unto him, `Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 50. - And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. The older authorities, manuscripts, and the more venerable versions here read for the last clause, "He that is not against you is for you." Exegetically as well as critically this amended reading is to be preferred. The offence of the stranger, if it were an offence, was not against Jesus, whose Name had evidently been used reverently and with faith, but against the disciples, whose rights and privileges were presumably infringed upon. The Master's reply contained a broad and far-reaching truth. No earthly society, however holy, would be able exclusively to claim the Divine powers inseparably connected with a true and faithful use of his Name. This is the grand and massive answer which stretches over a history of eighteen centuries, and which will possibly extend over many yet to come; the answer which gives an ample reason why noble Christian work is done whether emanating from Churches bearing the name of Protestant, or Roman, or Greek. THE SO-CALLED JOURNEYINGS TOWARDS JERUSALEM. The great characteristic feature in St. Luke's Gospel, distinguishing it especially from the other two synoptical Gospels of SS. Matthew and Mark, are the events in the public ministry of Jesus dwelt on in the next ten chapters of this Gospel. Many incidents in the succeeding chapters are recorded by this evangelist alone. Two questions suggest themselves. 1. To what period of the Lord's public work does this large and important section of our Gospel refer? 2. (1) Why is this period, comparatively speaking, so little dwelt on by the other two synoptists SS. Matthew and Mark? . . .
