John Gill's Exposition on Luke 6:26

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 be limited to bad men; for so did their fathers to the false prophets; they spoke well of them, and heaped favours, riches, and honours upon them, that they might prophesy unto them things; (<112206>1 Kings 22:6,12,27 <233010>Isaiah 30:10), smooth things and deceit.

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