Lucas 16
William MacDonald · Citado em PreceptAustin
Lucas 16
William MacDonald has an interesting comment that seems to favor biazo in the middle voice - "Everyone is pressing into it" means that those who did respond to the message literally stormed into the kingdom. The tax collectors and sinners, for instance, had to jump over the roadblocks set up by the Pharisees. Others had to deal violently with the love of money in their own hearts. Prejudice had to be overcome." (Believer's Bible Commentary - borrow) Darrell Bock on the other hand favors the passive voice interpretation of biazo explaining that "the voice of the verb is ambiguous in Greek. Is it middle, so the force is applied by everyone? Or is it passive, so force is applied to everyone—and if so, in what sense? I would argue that the term is passive and thus that Jesus is speaking of the persuasion applied to all through preaching (for details, Cortés and Gatti 1987:247–59). The preaching of the good news offers the opportunity to enter into kingdom benefits. Through this message all are urged to enter in. The time of fulfillment has come, and all are asked to share in its blessing. But to do so one must hear Jesus, not scoff at his authority." (Responses to the Pharisees' Scoffing 16:14-18) Steven
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William MacDonald - It should be noted that this is not spoken of as a parable. We mention this because some critics seem to explain away the solemn implications of the story by waving it off as a parable. (Believer's Bible Commentary - borrow) In his excellent resource Basic Bible Interpretation : a Practical Guide to Discovering Biblical Truth, Roy Zuck does not list the story in Luke 16:19-31 as a parable, listing only The Shrewd Manager Luke 16:1-9 as a parable in this chapter. Wycliffe Bible Commentary - This is the only parable of Jesus in which a proper name is given. (Luke Comments in the NT Wycliffe Bible commentary) Bob