Luke 11:40

Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
fools	ἄφρονες, aphrones	G878	properly · adjective — vocative plural masculine
did	ποιήσας poiēsas	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine
not	οὐχ ouch	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
he that made	ἐποίησεν; epoiēsen	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
that which is without	ἔξωθεν exōthen	G1855	external(-ly) · preposition
make	ποιέω poiéō	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application
that which is within	ἔσωθεν esōthen	G2081	from inside · adverb
also	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction

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Cross-references

Luke 12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
1 Corinthians 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
Psalms 94:8-9 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Proverbs 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Matthew 23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Matthew 23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:37–end

Christ here says many of those things to a Pharisee and his guests, in a private conversation at table, which he afterwards said in a public discourse in the temple (Mt. 23); for what he said in public and private was of a piece. He would not say that in a corner which he durst not repeat and stand to in the great congregation; nor would he give those reproofs to any sort of sinners in general which he durst not apply to them in particular as he met with them; for he was, and is, the faithful Witness. Here is, I. Christ's going to dine with a Pharisee that very civilly invited him to his house (Luk 11:37); As he spoke, even while he was speaking, a certain Pharisee interrupted him with a req…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 11:40

that which is without, &c.--that is, He to whom belongs the outer life, and right to demand its subjection to Himself--is the inner man less His?

Adam Clarke on Luke 11:40

Did not he that made that which is without - Did not the maker of the dish form it so, both outwardly and inwardly, as to answer the purpose for which it was made? And can it answer this purpose without being clean in the inside as well as on the outside? God has made you such, both as to your bodies and souls, as he intended should show forth his praise; but can you think that the purpose of God can be accomplished by you while you only attend to external legal purifications, your hearts being full of rapine and wickedness? How unthinking are you to imagine that God can be pleased with this outward purification, when all within is unholy!

John Gill on Luke 11:40

Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without,.... That is, made clean that which is without, or the outside of the cup and platter; make that which is within also? does not he make the inside clean likewise? whoever washes a cup or platter, but washes and makes clean the inside, as well as the outside? and so ye who are so very careful to have your cups and platters clean, should be as careful what you put in them, that they are clean also; not only that they are clean according to the law, in a ceremonial sense, but in a moral sense, that they are honestly and lawfully got. The word, rendered "made" and "make", answers to the Hebrew word which sometimes signifies to beautify and…

The Church Fathers

He says that he who made that which is on the outside also made that which is on the inside. This means that he who created the body also made the soul. Since they are both the works of one virtue-loving God, their purification must be uniform.
— Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 83

As if He says, He who made both natures of man, will have each to be cleansed. This is against the Manicheans, who think the soul only was created by God, but the flesh by the devil. It is also against those who abominate the sins of the flesh, such as fornication, theft, and the like; while those of the Spirit, which are no less condemned by the Apostle, they disregard as trifling.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Again, when He indicates to us that the devil is "the thief," whose hour at the very beginning of the world, if man had known, he would never have been broken in upon by him, He warns us "to be ready," for this reason, because "we know not the hour when the Son of man shall come" -not as if He were Himself the thief, but rather as being the judge of those who prepared not themselves, and used no precaution against the thief.
— Tertullian, Against Marcion Book IV

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Dictionary and topics

Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Pharisees · .By Jesus — .By Jesus
Satire · Of Jesus against hypocrites — Of Jesus against hypocrites
Self-Righteousness · .Pharisees — .Pharisees
Teachers · .Admonition against — .Admonition against

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Luke 11:40

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:37–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 11:40

Adam Clarke on Luke 11:40

John Gill on Luke 11:40

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 11:40

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:37–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 11:40

Adam Clarke on Luke 11:40

John Gill on Luke 11:40

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Luke 11:37-41

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 11:39