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路加福音生命读经 · 第17篇

人救主在祂带著神圣属性之人性美德中的职事在加利利(七)

The Ministry of the Man-Savior in His Human Virtues with His Divine Attributes-in Galilee (7
1读经:路加福音七章三十六至五十节。路加七章三十六节至八章二十一节说到四件事:人救主赦免罪人,(路七36~50,)由妇女供给,(路八1~3,)用比喻施教,(路八4~18,)以及承认祂真实的亲属。(路八19~21。)首先,我们看见罪人得赦免,不是因著他们爱主,乃是因著他们信主。使我们经历罪得赦免的不是爱,乃是信。其次,得救的人,就是罪得赦免的人,跟从主并供给主。第三,得了赦免,现今爱主、跟从主、供给主的人,应当在生命里长大,并且像灯一样照耀。第四,这样的人末了成为人救主真实的亲属。这给我们看见,七章三十六节至八章二十一节所说到的四件事,在我们属灵的经历中是并行的。在本篇信息里,我们要看七章三十六至五十节,在下一篇信息里要
1Scripture Reading: Luke 7:36-50 Luke 7:36—8:21 covers four matters: the Man- Savior forgiving sinners (7:36-50), being ministered to by women (8:1-3), teaching with parables (8:4- 18), and identifying His real relatives (8:19-21). First we see that sinners are forgiven not because of their love, but because of their faith in the Lord. Faith, not love, is what causes us to experience the forgiveness of sins. Second, the saved ones, those whose sins have been forgiven, follow the Lord and minister to Him. Third, those who have been forgiven and who now love the Lord, follow Him, and minister to Him should grow in life and shine as lamps. Fourth, eventually such ones become the genuine relatives of the Man-Savior. From this we see that the four matters covered in 7:36—8:21 go together in our spiritual experience. In this message we shall consider 7:36-50, and in the following message we shall cover 8:1-21
2说到八章一至二十一节。
2A CASE OF THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS
罪得赦免的事例
3基督徒的生活开始于罪得赦免,这乃是藉著我们对救主的信。路加在七章三十六至五十节陈明罪得赦免的事例,使人印象非常深刻。这里生动的描绘一个有罪的女人经历罪得赦免。路加福音这段话叙述罪得赦免的事例,其中满了爱。
3The Christian life begins with the forgiveness of sins through our faith in the Savior. In 7:36-50 Luke presents in a very effective way a case of the forgiveness of sins. Here we have a vivid description of a sinful woman experiencing the forgiveness of sins. This portion of the Gospel of Luke is an affectionate account of the case of the forgiveness of sins
法利赛人与有罪的女人
A Pharisee and a Sinful Woman
4路加七章三十六节说,『有一个法利赛人,请耶稣同他吃饭,耶稣就到那法利赛人家里坐席。』路加在这一节不是说法利赛人豫备了筵席,邀请主耶稣与他同吃。路加乃是告诉我们,法利赛人请救主同他吃饭。这也许指明法利赛人邀请主的态度相当冷淡,也就是说,他没有给主热烈、满了爱的邀请,但人救主还是去那法利赛人家里同他吃饭。
4Luke 7:36 says, “Now a certain one of the Pharisees asked Him that He would eat with him. And entering into the Pharisee’sho use, He reclined at the table.” In this verse Luke does not say that the Pharisee prepared a feast and invited the Lord Jesus to eat with him. Instead, Luke tells us that the Pharisee asked the Savior to eat with him. This may indicate the Pharisee asked the Lord in a rather cold manner; that is, he did not give Him a warm invitation full of affection. Nevertheless, the Man- Savior went into the Pharisee’sho use to eat with him
5人救主为谁的缘故去那法利赛人的家?祂这样作是为著那法利赛人,或是为著那女人?我信祂这样作是为著那法利赛人,也是为著那女人。人救主是无所不知的,祂知道那女人会来到那家里。我们可以说,主接受那法利赛人的邀请,在他家吃饭,就给那女人一个机会接触祂。不然,这有罪且罪名昭彰的女人可能没有接触救主的路。主接受那法利赛人的邀请到他家吃饭,就给这得救的罪人一个机会,表达她对主的爱。
5For whose sake did the Man-Savior go to the Pharisee’sho use? Did He do this for the sake of the Pharisee or for the sake of the woman? I believe that He did this for the sake of both the Pharisee and the woman. In His omniscience the Man - Savior knew that the woman would come into the house. We may say that by accepting the Pharisee’s request that He eat in his house, the Lord afforded the woman an opportunity to contact Him. Otherwise, this woman who was sinful and who was known for her sinfulness may not have had a way to contact the Savior. By accepting the Pharisee’s request to come to his house to eat, the Lord gave an opportunity to this saved sinner to express her love for Him.
6路加在七章三十六至五十节没有告诉我们作主人的如何对待主。没有一件事指明那法利赛人对主很有礼貌,满了爱意。实际上,路加没有怎么说到那作主人的,却说了许多那女人向主耶稣所作的。三十七、三十八节说,『看哪,那城里有一个女人,是个罪人,知道耶稣在法利赛人家里坐席,就拿著一玉瓶的香膏,站在耶稣背后,挨著祂的脚哭,用眼泪湿了耶稣的脚,又用自己的头发擦干,还热切的亲祂的脚,并且把香膏抹上。』头发是女人的荣耀,(林前十一15,)是她身上的最高部。她用自己最高部的头发,擦干救主身上最低部的脚,以她的荣耀来爱主。那女人热切的亲主的脚,就是在爱里亲主的脚,并且把香膏抹上。(路七38。)这膏指明那女人珍赏救主的可贵和甜美。对她的爱来说,连救主的脚也是可贵、甜美的。在三十九节我们看见那法利赛人批评那女人,并且藐视她:『请耶稣的法利赛人看见了,就心里说,这人若是申言者,必知道摸祂的是谁,是个怎样的女人,因为她乃是个罪人。『拿因城里有大批的群众亲眼看见救主复活的大能,承认祂是人申言者。(路七16。)然而这法利赛人竟疑惑祂是不是申言者。他不仅怀疑救主,也藐视这女人是个罪人。人救主凭著祂无所不知的神圣属性,知道那请祂的主人心里所说的。因为祂是神,祂知道人心里所想的。四十节说,『耶稣回答他说,西门,我有话要对你说。他说,夫子,请说。』
6In 7:36-50 Luke does not tell us what the host did to the Lord. There is nothing to indicate that the Pharisee was polite and loving toward Him. Actually, Luke does not say very much about the host. However, he has much to say concerning what the woman did to the Lord Jesus. Verses 37 and 38 say, “And behold, there was a woman in the city who was a sinner, and learning that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’sho use, she brought an alabaster flask of ointment; and she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, and she began to wet His feet with her tears, and to wipe them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet affectionately and anointed them with the ointment.” The hair is the glory of the woman (1 Cor. 11:15), the top part of her body. With her top part she wiped the Savior’s feet, the lowest part of His body, loving Him with her glory. The woman kissed the Lord’s feet affectionately, that is, in love, and she anointed them with the ointment (v. 38). This ointment indicates the great worth and sweetness of the Savior to the woman. Even the Savior’s feet were worthy and sweet to her. In verse 39 we see that the Pharisee criticized the woman and despised her: “But when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said within himself, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, because she is a sinner.” A considerable crowd in Nain, having witnessed the Man-Savior’s power of resurrection, recognized Him as a great prophet (7:16). Yet the Pharisee wondered if He were a prophet. He not only doubted concerning the Savior, but also despised the woman as a sinner. By His divine attribute of omniscience, the Man - Savior knew what His host was saying in his heart. Because He is God, He knows what is in man’she art. Verse 40 says, “And Jesus answered and said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he says, Teacher, say it.”
一个债主与两个债户
A Moneylender and Two Debtors
7在四十一、四十二节人救主对法利赛人说,『一个债主有两个债户,一个欠五百银币,另一个欠五十银币。因为他们没有甚么可偿还的,债主就把两个都恩免了。这样,他们那一个更爱他?』主在这里的话指明西门和那女人都是罪人。西门认为只有那女人是罪人,他自己不是,并且怀疑救主知不知道她是个罪人。但救主的比喻指明,西门和那女人都是罪人,都是祂的债户,都需要祂的赦免。
7In verses 41 and 42 the Man-Savior said to the Pharisee, “A certain moneylender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. But having nothing to repay, he graciously forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him more?” The Lord’sword here indicates that both Simon and the woman were sinners. Simon considered the woman a sinner, but did not consider himself a sinner, and he doubted that the Savior knew that she was a sinner. But the Savior’sp arable indicated that both Simon and the woman were sinners, debtors to Him
8按照四十二节,两个债户,没有甚么可以偿还债主,债主就把两个都恩免了。这指明所有的罪人都没有甚么可偿还他们所欠救主神的债。主这里的话也指明救主早已赦免了他们二人。在四十二节主耶稣问西门,两个债户都蒙债主免了他们的债,结果那一个更爱他。这指明他们对救主的爱不是救主赦免的原因,乃是救主赦免的结果。
8According to verse 42, when the two debtors had nothing to repay the moneylender, he graciously forgave them both. This indicates that all sinners have nothing to repay their debt to God their Savior. The Lord’sword here also indicates that the Savior had already forgiven them both. In verse 42 the Lord Jesus asked Simon which of the debtors would love the moneylender more as a result of having been forgiven by him. This indicates that love to the Savior is the issue, not the cause, of His forgiveness
9在四十四至四十六节主接著对西门说,『你看见这女人么?我进了你的家,你没有给我水洗脚,但她用眼泪湿了我的脚,又用自己的头发擦干。你没有与我亲嘴,但她从我进来的时候,就不住热切的亲我的脚。你没有用油抹我的头,但她用香膏抹我的脚。』救主在这些经节的话指明,西门该以这女人为榜样,同她学。在四十七节主说,『所以我告诉你,她许多的罪都赦免了,因为她爱得多;但那赦免少的,他爱得就少。『那女人爱得多,证明她许多的罪都赦免了;西门爱得少,证明他得的赦免少。
9In verses 44 through 46 the Lord went on to say to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house; you did not give Me water for My feet, but this woman has wet My feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. You did not give Me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing My feet affectionately. You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with ointment.” The Savior’sword in these verses indicates that Simon should take the woman as an example and learn of her. In verse 47 the Lord said, “For this reason I say to you, her sins which are many have been forgiven, because she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, he loves little.” The great love of the woman was a proof that her many sins had been forgiven. Simon’s little love testified that he had experienced forgiveness only a little
赦免的神成了肉体
The Incarnation of the Forgiving God
10在四十八节人救主对那女人说,『你的罪赦了。』只有路加福音记载这事例和拿因城寡妇独生子的事例,(路七11~17,)表明救主对死了的人和有罪的人亲切的看顾,并带著道德的原则,这原则乃是路加福音独有的特征。
10In verse 48 the Man - Savior said to the woman, “Your sins have been forgiven.” Both this case and the case of the widow’s son in Nain (7:11-17) are found only in this Gospel. This shows the Savior’st ender care for the dead and sinful, and it conveys the principle of morality as the unique characteristic of this Gospel.
11四十九节说,『同席的人心里说,这人是谁,竟然赦罪?』同席的人不晓得这位人救主就是神,有权柄赦免人的罪。人救主是赦免人的神成了肉体。五十节有这件事的结语:『但耶稣对那女人说,你的信救了你,平平安安的走罢!』得著赦免的女人,不仅对救主有爱,她对救主也有信;信是藉著爱运行的,(加五6,)结果乃是平安。信救了她,把她在爱里带到救主面前,结果使她平平安安的往前去。
11Verse 49 says, “And those who were reclining at the table with Him began to say among themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins?” Simon did not realize that this Man-Savior was the very God, the One who has authority to forgive man’ss in. The Man-Savior was the incarnation of the forgiving God. In verse 50 we have the conclusion of this incident: “But He said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” The forgiven woman had not only love toward the Lord but faith in Him, a faith that operated through love (Gal. 5:6) and issued in peace. The faith which saved her brought her to the Savior in love and resulted in her going forward in peace
信、爱和平安
FAITH, LOVE, AND PEACE
12在对救主救恩的经历和享受里,信、爱和平安乃是三样重要的美德。信是从认识救主拯救的能力和美德产生的,爱是出于这信,并带进平安,而跟从救主。你知道路加陈明这样一幅赦罪图画的目的何在?他的目的是要描绘人救主有最高标准的道德。我们已经指出,这该视为路加福音写作的基本原则。尤其在这事例中,我们能看见这管治的原则。这里描绘出救主最高标准的道德。
12Faith, love, and peace are three crucial virtues in experiencing and enjoying the Savior’ss alvation. Faith is brought forth by knowing the Savior in His saving power and virtue. Love comes out of this faith and issues in peace to follow the Savior. Do you know Luke’s purpose in presenting such a picture of the forgiveness of sins? His purpose was to portray the Man-Savior with His highest standard of morality. As we have pointed out, this should be regarded as the underlying principle in the writing of the Gospel of Luke. Especially in this case we can see this governing principle. Here we have a portrait of the Savior’s highest standard of morality
信在赦免之前
Faith Coming before Forgiveness
13在这事例中,我们需要注意信、爱和平安这三件事。当我还是个年轻的基督徒时,我读到这一章,以为那女人对救主的爱是她罪得赦免的原因。我以为主赦免她是因为她爱主。这种领会是不对的。
13In this case we need to pay attention to the three matters of faith, love, and peace. When as a young Christian I read this chapter, I thought that the woman’s love for the Savior was the cause of the forgiveness of her sins. I thought that He forgave her because she loved Him. This understanding is not correct
14在五十节主对那女人说,她的信(不是她的爱)救了她。不仅如此,主论到蒙债主赦免的两个债户,说,『这样,他们那一个更爱他?』(路七42。)这清楚指明爱是赦免的结果。论到这点,我们需要注意四十二节的『这样』一辞,。这辞证明爱是在赦免之后,不是在赦免之前。
14In verse 50 the Lord said to the woman that her faith, not her love, had saved her. Furthermore, regarding the two debtors who were forgiven by the moneylender, the Lord asked, “Which of them therefore will love him more?” (v. 42). This indicates clearly that love is the issue of forgiveness. Concerning this, we need to pay attention to the word “therefore” in verse 42. This word proves that love comes after forgiveness instead of preceding it.
15那么,罪得赦免的原因是甚么?我们从五十节看见,原因乃是信。拯救那女人的乃是她的信。她的罪得赦免不是因著她的爱,乃是因著她的信。所以,信在赦免之前,爱在信之后。
15What, then, is the cause of the forgiveness of sins? From verse 50 we see that the cause is faith. It was the woman’s faith that saved her. Her sins were forgiven not because of her love but because of her faith. Therefore, faith comes before forgiveness, and love follows faith
爱出于信
Love Coming out of Faith
16我们看见赦免在爱之前,这是非常重要的。我们不该认为我们的爱是我们罪得赦免的原因。相反的,爱是我们信的流出,结果。我们相信主时,我们的信就成为主赦免我们罪的原因。然后因著我们罪得赦免,我们就开始爱主。因此,爱出于信。
16It is very important for us to see that forgiveness comes before love. We should not think that our love is the cause of the forgiveness of our sins. On the contrary, love is the issue, the outcome, of our faith. When we believe in the Lord, our faith becomes the cause of the Lord’s forgiveness of our sins. Then as a result of having our sins forgiven, we begin to love the Lord. Hence, love comes out of faith
爱带进平安
Love Issuing in Peace
17爱带进平安。首先我们相信主耶稣,对祂有信。接著,我们所有的罪都得了赦免,这带来对主的爱。当我们爱主的时候,这爱带进平安。然后,我们就可以在平安里行。在平安里行,意思就是活在平安里,过平安的生活。当我们在平安里行,我们就在平安里为人,并过平安的生活。这就是说,当我们相信主,我们就爱神,且在平
17Love issues in peace. First we believe in the Lord Jesus, having faith in Him. Then we are forgiven of all our sins, and this brings in love for the Lord. As we love Him, this love issues in peace. We, then, may walk in peace. To walk in peace means to live in peace, to have a life of peace. When we walk in peace, we have our being in peace and live a peaceful life. This means that when we believe in the Lord, we love Him and live a life in peace. This is the Christian life
18安里过生活。这是基督徒的生活。
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19在七章三十六至五十节,我们看见信、爱和平安。我们对主有信,向著主有爱,并且跟从祂有平安。因为我们已经信入祂,我们的罪已经得了赦免,现今我们爱祂。这爱带进平安的生活。我们这些爱主的人,就在平安里生活、行动、为人。
19In 7:36-50 we see faith, love, and peace. We have faith in the Lord, we have love toward Him, and we have peace in following Him. Because we have believed in Him, we have been forgiven of our sins, and now we love Him. This love issues in a life of peace. As those who love the Lord, we live, walk, and have our being in peace
爱的气氛
AN ATMOSPHERE OF AFFECTION
20七章三十六至五十节的气氛是爱的气氛。在人救主这面和有罪女人那面都有爱。主的爱是祂人性美德的一方面。我们能再次在祂的人性美德里看见祂的神圣属性,尤其是看见祂赦免人的罪这神圣权柄的属性。按照四十九节,那些与主同席的人心里说,『这人是谁,竟然赦罪?』这一位就是神,因为惟独祂有权柄赦罪。人救主赐平安给蒙赦免的罪人,这也显示祂的神圣属性。只有神能赐平安给蒙赦免的罪人。你能赐人平安么?赐人平安不在我们手中。平安是在神全能的手中,只有祂能赦罪并赐平安。因此,赦罪与赐平安是神的两个属性。在这里,这两个属性都彰显在救主的人性美德里。我们在七章三十六至五十节再次看见,救主在最高标准的道德里拯救人。按照路加福音所强调的,最高标准的道德,乃是人救主的人性美德彰显祂的神圣属性。
20The atmosphere in 7:36-50 is an atmosphere of affection. There is affection both on the side of the Man-Savior and on the side of the sinful woman. The Lord’s affection is an aspect of His human virtues. Once again in His human virtues we can see His divine attributes. In particular, we see the attribute of divine authority to forgive a person’ss ins. According to verse 49, those who were reclining at the table with the Lord said among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” This One is the very God, for He alone has the authority to forgive sins. The Man - Savior’s divine attributes are also shown in His giving peace to the forgiven sinner. Only God can give peace to a forgiven sinner. Are you able to give peace to others? It is not in our hand to give others peace. Peace is in the almighty hand of God. Only He can forgive sins and give peace. Therefore, the forgiving of sins and the giving of peace are two attributes of God. Here these attributes are expressed in the Savior’s human virtues. In 7:36-50 we see once again that the Man-Savior saves people in the highest standard of morality. According to the emphasis in the Gospel of Luke, the highest standard of morality is a matter of the human virtues of the Man-Savior expressing His divine attributes.