John Gill's Exposition on Luke 6:36

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Be ye therefore merciful, etc.] Tenderhearted, kind, beneficent to all men, friends and foes: as your Father also is merciful; that is your Father which is in heaven; who is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works: nothing is more common in Zohar f263, and the Talmud f264 than to express the Divine Being by no other name, than “the Merciful”; rma anmjr, “the Merciful said” so, and so; that is, God: and so the Arabians generally begin their books and chapters with these words, “in the name of God, exceeding merciful”, or “the merciful commiserator”: a saying much like to this in the text, is the Targum of Jonathan, on (<032228>Leviticus 22:28). “O my people, the children of “Israel, as your father”, ˆmjr, “is merciful” in heaven, so be ye merciful on earth.”

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