The Scofield Bible Commentary: Luke: Luke Chapter 17
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
trespass
Sin
(See Scofield) - (Rom 3:23).
observation
Or, outward show.
within you
in the midst of.
(Greek, "entos", means "in the midst"). It could not be said of a self-righteous, Christ rejecting pharisee, that the kingdom of God, as to its spiritual content, was within him. Our Lord's whole answer, designedly enigmatic to the Pharisees (cf) (Mat 13:10-13) had a dispensational meaning. The kingdom in its outward form, as covenanted to David (Sa2 7:8-17) and described by the prophets
(See Scofield) - (Zac 12:8)
had been rejected by the Jews; so that, during this present age, it would not "come with observation" (literally, "outward show"), but in the hearts of men.
Compare (Luk 19:11); (Luk 19:12); (Act 1:6-8).
(See Scofield) - (Act 1:6).
(See Scofield) - (Rom 14:17).
Meantime, the kingdom was actually "in the midst" of the Pharisees in the persons of the King and His disciples.
Son of man
(See Scofield) - (Mat 8:20).
Wheresoever
See "Armageddon". (Rev 16:14); (Rev 19:17).
(See Scofield) - (Rev 19:17).