Chapter 9 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 9. After the Lord had given a picture, as it were, of all that was going on in chapter 8 He raises the question in chapter 9 as to who He was, and He tells His disciples some should see His glory, for the mount...
Chapter 8 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 8. We have seen in what has preceded the Lord presenting Himself, by His words and His work, as a new centre to which and round which His people were gathered. Before this JEHOVAH had been the centre when Israel w...
Chapter 1 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 9 THE MAN OF SORROWS AS SET FORTH IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE. CHAPTER 1. THE Saviour is presented to us in Luke in His character as Son of Man, displaying the power of Jehovah in grace in the midst of men. At first, doubtless, we...
Chapter 18 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 18. We saw from verse 20 to the end of chapter 17 that the kingdom of God was presented, first, in the person of Jesus as a question of faith, not of outward show, nor of a "lo here!" or, "lo there!" And, secondly...
Chapter 11 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 11. 1.--At the beginning of this chapter we have an-other instance of our Lord PRAYING, the expression of dependence. And there the disciples ask Him, "LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY." They had not learned the simple confidence...
Chapter 15 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 15. We have seen the Lord showing out His own rejection in grace, followed by an entirely new order of things. The Church brought in subsequently is not an age, properly so called, but a heavenly episode between the ages...
Chapter 5 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 41 CHAPTER 5. It is interesting to know the progressive power of the Word of God. The Lord was preaching, as related at the close of chapter 4, and in so doing, as well as in the miracles He wrought, He was manifesting...
Chapter 4 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 31 CHAPTER 4. We saw the Lord taking His place of servant with the excellent in Israel, and thereon the Heavens opened, and Himself owned by the Father as His beloved Son. His delights were with the sons of men, and He is...
Chapter 14 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 14. This chapter shows out the distributive justice of God. First, it is toward His saints the consequence of conduct with God, and the place a man will take in view of that. Next, we have responsibility connected with...
How To Use : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 5 HOW TO USE. THERE are three ways in which this volume may be helpfully used. 1. By READING STRAIGHT THROUGH as an ordinary book, making a pencil note in the margin of portions suitable for meditation and careful study. 2...
Chapter 10 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 10. The Lord pursues the subject we have been looking at in the preceding chapter, connected with the change that has taken place in His own position amongst them. It is no longer the Messiah on earth, but the heavenly...
Isaiah Liii : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 6 ISAIAH LIII. WHO hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2. For he shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness: and when we...
Chapter 6 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 52 CHAPTER 6. Here we have a most weighty thing spoken of--THE SABBATH. It is a question that often agitates the minds of men, and was then specially important as closing Jewish relations. And this, it will be borne in mind...
Chapter 16 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 178 CHAPTER 16. 1.--"THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN, WHICH HAD A STEWARD; and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods." Man generally is God's steward; and in another sense and in another way Israel w...
Chapter 12 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 138 CHAPTER 12. The last section of this Gospel (chap. 10. 38; 11) showed the two great means of blessing to the soul, namely, the Word of God and prayer, the precious gift of God, and the true need of man in the presence...
Chapter 2 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 2. 1-7.--When God is pleased to occupy Himself with the world, and to take a part in what passes therein, it is marvellous to see how He acts and the instruction He gives. There is no agreement, but a total oppositi...
Chapter 24 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 233 CHAPTER 24. 1-12.--What now occupies our evangelist is the risen Man again with His disciples, and the testimony to the world founded on the resurrection--this new truth and power above all the principles of natural life...
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Chapter 20 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 20. 1-8.--The first question raised was by the scribes as to THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST and its source. Jesus questions them about the baptism of John: "Was it from Heaven or of man?" They reasoned without conscience. They...
Title Page : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 3 THE MAN OF SORROWS As Set Forth In THE GOSPEL OF LUKE. BY JOHN NELSON DARBY, Author Of "New Translation Of The New Testament, Synopsis Of The Books Of The Bible, Notes On The Apocalypse," Etc., Etc. Glasgow: Pickering &...
Chapter 22 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 217 CHAPTER 22. 1, 2.--"AND THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND SCRIBES SOUGHT HOW THEY MIGHT KILL HIM." How was the carnal mind shown to be enmity against God in rejecting Christ! Wickedness was summed up and brought out in all--people...
Chapter 23 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 225 CHAPTER 23. 1-25.--Religious iniquity had now only to lead on the world to finish the wickedness in which itself had taken the lead. The civil power must give in to the wilful evil of the apostate people of God. This is...
Chapter 21 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 21. At the close of chapter 20 and the beginning of chapter 21 we have a most instructive, though painful, contrast between the selfish hypocrisy of p. 212 the scribes, whom He condemns before the people, and the real...
Untitled : * This is John Nelson Darby's chapter by chapter commentary on the Gospel of Luke. Darby was the founder of "dispensationalism", which among other innovations, proposed the theory of the 'rapture.' Darby's ideas were later propagated in the Scofield Reference Bible. --J.B. Hare Title Page...
Chapter 3 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 3. 1.--The two preceding chapters have given the general character. They have shown the going out p. 23 of the thoughts of God to man. Accordingly we find that the Gospel, as a whole, is particularly occupied with wh...
Chapter 13 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 13. There are two great principles or subjects in connection with man on the earth: The Church of God as such, and the government of God in the world. And these are very distinct. In the Church the riches of His grace...
Chapter 17 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 182 CHAPTER 17. We have seen the great principle of divine grace in contrast with self-righteousness, and the Jewish economy, which refused its Messiah, the Son of God, set aside to make way for bringing to light life...
Chapter 7 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], p. 65 CHAPTER 7. We have seen the Lord rejected by Israel gradually, in virtue of His person and rights, breaking out beyond the ancient limits, and gathering the remnant round Himself, the new and only just object of God...
Chapter 19 : * "The Man of Sorrows", by John Nelson Darby, [n.d. (prior to 1882)], CHAPTER 19. 1-10.--Next we have the account of "A MAN NAMED ZACCHAEUS," for the Spirit of God did not tie Luke to the mere order of time, and morally viewed it was the fitting sequel to the healing of the blind man. Found only...
