Luke 6:26

“Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you! etc.] The word “all”, is left out in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic; Persic: and Ethiopic versions, and is wanting in many copies, though it is in the Alexandrian copy; and the meaning is, it looks ill in persons, when the men of the world, wicked men, all of them, or the greater part of them, applaud and commend them; for this can never be, if they are truly religious persons, and are faithful to their principles, and upright in their practices; and do not connive at, or comply with the errors and evil ways of wicked men; for it is no bad sign, to have the good word of good men, and therefore these must be excepted, and the passage must…”

“all . . . speak well of you--alluding to the court paid to the false prophets of old (Mic 2:11). For the principle of this woe, and its proper limits, see Joh 15:19.”

“See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Matt. 5–7. Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more fully what Luke has briefly, but there is no contradiction. Luke 6:24-26 These verses have been omitted by Matthew. They seem to have been spoken to the Pharisees. Who are rich - In this world’s goods. They loved them; they had sought for them; they found their consolation in them. It implies, farther, that they would not seek or receive consolation from the gospel. They were proud, and would not seek it; satisfied, and did not desire it; filled with cares, and had no time or disposition to attend to…”

“Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you - But who will believe this? Luke 6:27”

“when: Mic 2:11; Joh 7:7, Joh 15:19; Rom 16:18; Th2 2:8-12; Jam 4:4; Pe2 2:18, Pe2 2:19; Jo1 4:5, Jo1 4:6; Rev 13:3, Rev 13:4 so: Kg1 22:6-8, Kg1 22:13, Kg1 22:14, Kg1 22:24-28; Isa 30:10; Jer 5:31; Pe2 2:1-3 Luke 6:27”