LUKE 11:51 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.”
The Sabbath healing of the daughter of Abraham — eighteen years of Satanic bondage released on the Sabbath — demonstrates that the Sabbath is the most fitting day for liberation. The Sabbath was the day of rest that pointed to the coming rest of the kingdom; the exorcistic healing that releases the woman from bondage is the Sabbath's fulfillment, not its violation. The humiliation of his opponents and the rejoicing of the crowd mark the correct response to the kingdom's arrival.
Church Fathers on Luke 11:51
A reproof which exalts the meek is generally hateful to the proud man. When therefore our Savior was blaming the Pharisees for transgressing from the right path, the body of Lawyers were struck with consternation. Hence it is said, Then answered one of the lawyers, and said to him, Master, thus saying you reproach us also.
In what a grievous state is that conscience, which hearing the word of God thinks it a reproach against itself, and in the account of the punishment of the wicked perceives its own condemnation.
Now the Lawyers were different from the Pharisees. For the Pharisees being separated from the rest had the appearance of a religious sect; but those skilled in the Law were the Scribes and Doctors who solved legal questions.
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