Luke 18:10

Two men went up into the temple to pray, Which is called an house of prayer, Isa 56:7 the Jews had a mighty notion of praying in a place of religious worship, as in the temple, or in a synagogue;…

The temple - Into one of the courts of the temple - the court where prayer was commonly offered. See the notes at Mat 21:12. A Pharisee - See the notes at Mat 3:7. Publican - See the notes at Mat…

A Pharisee - For a description of the Pharisees and their tenets, see on Mat 16:1 (note).

Publican - See an account of these on Mat 5:46 (note). Both these persons went to the temple to pray, i.e. to…

The scope of this parable likewise is prefixed to it, and we are told (Luk 18:9) who they were whom it was levelled at, and for whom it was calculated. He designed it for the conviction of some who…

went up into the tetnple The Temple stood on Mount Moriah, and was always called the -Hill of the House" (Har ha-Beit).

to pray The Temple had long become naturally, and most fitly, a "House of…