Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible

And they that heard it said, Then who can be saved?

Those who asked this rightly understood the impossibility of the camel going through the needle's eye. Jesus at once softened the remark.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

And they that heard it, said, who then can be saved? These were the disciples of Christ, who so said; see Matthew 19:25.

Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament

Then who (και τις — kai tis). Literally, and who. The και — kai calls attention to what has just been said. Wealth was assumed to be mark of divine favour, not a hindrance to salvation.

The Fourfold Gospel

1. And they that heard it said, Then who can be saved? See .

Scofield's Reference Notes

saved

(See Scofield "Romans 1:16").

John Trapp Complete Commentary

26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

Ver. 26. See Matthew 19:26.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on "Luke 18:18"

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”

Those who were listening were stood there in amazement. They had grown up to believe that men prospered materially because they were good. Many probably looked on this rich ruler as a model. And if this man with all his privileges and status was actually going to find it difficult to be saved, what chance had others who did not have his advantages? After all his wealth enabled him to be good without having to worry about the financial effect of it, and he would be courted by the religious leaders, and could give generous alms, and gain a good reputation, and in general be good without too much effort. He had every opportunity. But what they failed to see was that man’s heart is so sinful that that is precisely why the rich man would not be good. Because of his wealth, consideration concerning his heart’s condition would never be thrust on him by his problems and needs. He would never be called on to depend on God. That is why God tells us that it is when His judgments are in the earth that men learn righteousness. We need something to shake us out of our apathy.

The Expositor's Greek Testament

Luke 18:26_{. , those hearing, a quite general reference to the company present. In Mt. and Mk. the words are addressed to the disciples.— . .: as in Mk., vide notes there.}

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

can = is able to.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged

And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? 'At that rate, how is anyone to be saved?'

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(26) And they that heard it.—St. Luke’s way of putting the fact suggests the thought either that others may have been present besides the disciples who are named in the other Gospels, or that only some of the disciples heard what had been said.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who

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