George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Luke 12:48
Shall be beaten with few stripes. Ignorance, when it proceeds from a person's own fault, doth not excuse, but only diminisheth the fault. (Witham)
Shall be beaten with few stripes. Ignorance, when it proceeds from a person's own fault, doth not excuse, but only diminisheth the fault. (Witham)
Verse 48. _SHALL BE BEATEN WITH FEW_] For petty offences the Jews in many cases inflicted so few as _four, five_, and _six_ stripes. See examples in _Lightfoot_. From this and the preceding verse we...
FEW STRIPES - The Jews never inflicted more than forty stripes for one offence, Deuteronomy 25:3. For smaller offences they inflicted only four, five, six, etc., according to the nature of the crime....
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Warning Against Hypocrisy. (Luke 12:1)_ 2. Encouragements. (Luke 12:4) 3. Warning Against Covetousness. (Luke 12:15) 4. Warning Against Anxiety. ...
THE FAITHFUL STEWARD (Matthew 24:45 *). Luke 12:39 is peculiar to Lk. The answer to Peter's question is that the injunctions to watchfulness are particularly applicable to the Twelve. This is emphasiz...
"Let your loins be girt and your lamps burning. Be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that, when he comes and knocks, they will open to him immediately....
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
GIVEN. committed. OF. from. Greek. _para._ App-104....
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
_that knew not_ i.e. that knew not fully (Jonah 4:11; 1 Timothy 1:13), for there is no such thing as absolute moral ignorance (Romans 1:20; Romans 2:14
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
LESSONS OF TRUSTFULNESS (22–32), ALMSGIVING (33, 34), AND FAITHFUL WATCHFULNESS (35–48). THE SEARCHING EFFECT OF CHRIST’S WORK (49–53)...
Ὁ ΔῈ ΜῊ ΓΝΟΎΣ. He that knew not _fully_ (Jonah 4:11; 1 Timothy 1:13), for there is no such thing as absolute moral ignorance (Romans 1:20; Roman
VER 47. AND THAT SERVANT, WHICH KNEW HIS LORD'S WILL, AND PREPARED NOT HIMSELF, NEITHER DID ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, SHALL BE BEATEN WITH MANY STRIPES. 48. BUT HE THAT KNEW NOT, AND DID COMMIT THINGS WO...
ΟΛΊΓΟΣ (G3641) меньший. _Adj._ с _subst._ ("удары") при основном гл. (BD, 85). Наказание того, кто грешил по неведению, является менее суровым (Stein), ΈΔΌΘΗ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Luke 12:32. Бого...
DISCOURSE: 1530 PUNISHMENT PROPORTIONED TO MEN’S DESERT Luke 12:47. That servant, which knew his Lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many str...
AND THAT SERVANT WHICH KNEW HIS LORD'S WILL, &C.— Lest the consideration of the strictness of the account, and the greatness of the punishment described in the parable, might terrify men of honest dis...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Action as Alertness (Luke 12:35-48) 35 Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning, 36and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the marriage...
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much,...
39 As most of the houses in Palestine were built of sun-dried clay, or adobe, a thief could best effect an entrance by digging his way through the walls. They literally burrowed their way into a house...
HE THAT KNEW NOT] 'The reference is to the future pastors of the Church. “He that knew not,” will still be punished, for he could have known; but not punished so much as the other, for the other was p...
THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES. THE RICH FOOL 1-12. Jesus warns His followers against Pharisaic hypocrisy, and exhorts them to be courageous in face of opposition. This speech is not unsuitable to the co...
EXHORTATION TO VIGILANCE. The greater part of it appears also (and most appropriately) in Matthew 24. The apostles and other ministers of the word are chiefly addressed, though there is a lesson for a...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 JESUS WARNS AND ENCOURAGES HIS *DISCIPLES 12:1-12 1 WARNING ABOUT THE FALSE LIVES OF THE *PHARISEES 12:1-3 V1 Thousands of people had gathered. T...
HE THAT KNEW NOT. — The words manifest the tenderness of a considerate equity, like that which uttered itself in our Lord’s words as to Sodom and Tyre and Sidon, in Luke 10:12. Man’s knowledge is the...
_Degrees of guilt and punishment_, in Lk. only, and serving as an apology for the severity of the punishment as described in Luke 12:46. That punishment presupposes anger. The statement now made is to...
ὁ δὲ μὴ γνοὺς : the opposite case is that of one who does not _know_. What he would do if he did know is another question; but it is not to be gratuitously supposed that he would neglect his duty utte...
EVER ON THE WATCH Luke 12:35-48 The Lord leads our thoughts on to His advent, when He will call His servants to account. The day may pass into the evening, the evening into the night, and the night m...
Knowing that the enmity of the rulers against Him would proceed also against His disciples, He told them not to be afraid of those who kill the body, remembering ever their Father's care, as revealed...
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much...
SOLICITUDE Luke 12:22-31. This item of our Savior's discourse is so identical with a paragraph in His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6), that I forbear quotation, the substantial repetition of the Great...
VERS. 47 AND 48. _The Principle._ “ _And that servant which knew his lord's will, and prepared nothing, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes._ 48. _But he that knew not...
4 _th. To the Apostles: Luke 12:41-53_. Up till now, Jesus had been speaking to all believers; from this point, on occasion of a question put by Peter, He addresses the apostles in particular, and rem...
_The Parable of the Two Stewards._ The magnificence of the promise, Luke 12:37, has struck Peter; he asks himself if such a recompense is intended for all the subjects of the Messiah, or ought not rat...
(32) Fear not little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (33) Sell that ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens t...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
48._To whomsoever much hath been given. _Christ shows by another circumstance, that the more highly favored disciples ought to be visited with severer punishment, if they despise their calling, and ab...
chapter 12 puts the disciples into this place of testimony by the power of the Holy Ghost, and with the world opposed to them, after the Lord's departure. It is the word and the Holy Ghost, instead of...
BUT HE THAT KNEW NOT,.... His Lord's will; either not having the means of knowing it, as the Heathens; or through neglect of them, not attending to them, and making use of them, which is the case of m...
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few _stripes_. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much...
_And that servant which knew his lord's will_, &c. Lest the consideration of the strictness of the account, and the greatness of the punishment, described in the parable, might terrify men of honest d...
BUT HE THAT KNEW NOT, AND DID COMMIT THINGS WORTHY OF STRIPES, SHALL BE BEATEN WITH FEW STRIPES. FOR UNTO WHOMSOEVER MUCH IS GIVEN, OF HIM SHALL BE MUCH REQUIRED; AND TO WHOM MEN HAVE COMMITTED MUCH,...
Christ's summary:...
THE PEOPLE WARNED AGAINST FALSE LEADERS (vs.1-12) At a time when the crowd was extremely large, the Lord addressed His disciples "first of all," warning them to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,...
41-53 All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be...
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First Apology of Justin But if you pay no regard to our prayers and frank explanations, we shall suffer no loss, since we believe (or rather, indeed, are persuaded) that every man will suffer punishm...
Luke 12:48 But G1161 not G3361 know G1097 (G5631) yet G1161 committed G4160 (G5660) deserving G514 stripes...
“But he who did not know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes.” On the other hand the servant who did not know in depth what his lord required, presumably because he was...
THE PARABLE OF THE SERVANTS GOOD AND BAD (12:42-48). In reply to Peter's question Jesus tells a parable about an individual steward (although it expands to cover all level of servants at the end). It...
CONTENTS. A continuation of the discourse. Luke 12:35-48 contain exhortations to _watchfulness;_ the difference between the faithful and unfaithful servant suggests a difficulty in the way of faithful...
Luke 12:35-48. EXHORTATIONS TO WATCHFULNESS. The connection is with Luke 12:32: ‘It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom,' let that free you from anxiety; but let it be the motive to...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
TO WHOMSOEVER MUCH IS GIVEN (παντ δε ω εδοθη πολυ). Here is inverse attraction from ο to παντ (Robertson, _Grammar_, pp. 767f.). Note παρ' αυτου (from him) without any regard to παντ.THEY COMMIT...
Luke 12:35. Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, t...
CONTENTS: Jesus warns of leaven of the Pharisees. Parable of the rich fool. Parable of the second coming. Parable of the steward and his servants. Christ, the divider of men. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disci...
Luke 12:1. _There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people._ The Greek is myriads, or ten thousands of people. Luke 12:5. _Power to cast into hell._ The Greek is Gehenna, as on Isaiah...
THE SERVANT WHO KNOWS. This servant deliberately sins. BUT THE SERVANT WHO DOES NOT KNOW. This servant sins through ignorance. This parable points especially to those who listen to Jesus and were plea...
_For unto whomsoever much is given_ THE LAW OF ACCOUNTABILITY _-_These words are rendered as a reason why those servants that know their master’s will are beaten with more stripes than those that kn...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:41 ARE YOU TELLING THIS PARABLE FOR US OR FOR ALL? Jesus does not actually answer Peter’s question, which would seem to indicate that the parable was meant for “everyone” to whom...
CHAPTER 12 VER. 1. _In the mean time when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people._ The Greek has "the myriads of the multitude." A myriad contains exactly ten thousand, and is...
_But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes._ That is, with fewer than he who knew his lord's will, according to the measure as well of his ignorance as of...
VER. 42. _And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his lord shall set over his household to give them their portion of food in due season?_ Christ replied to Peter that He sp...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 12:41. THEN PETER SAID.—The high reward promised, rather than the duty enjoined, was in Peter’s thoughts, and involved a certain measure of danger against which Christ warns him....
EXPOSITION LUKE 12:1 _The Lord_,_ after leaving the Pharisee_'_s house_,_ speaks at great length to a numerous crowd waiting for him_,_ addressing his words principally to his own disciples. _The for...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 12. We are dealing with the final month in the ministry of Jesus. He has returned to Jerusalem. He will soon be leaving Jerusalem to go down to th...
1 Corinthians 9:17; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 1 Timothy 1:11; 1 Timothy 1:13;...
Stripes. See on ch. Luke 10:30. Commit. See on set before, ch. 9 16....