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Luke 12:22
And He said unto His disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat; neither for the body what ye shall put on.
And He said unto His disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat; neither for the body what ye shall put on.
LUKE 12:22 maqhta.j @auvtou/# {C} In accordance with Lukan usage, a majority of the Committee preferred to adopt auvtou/, supported as it is by the overwhelming preponderance of external evidence, bu...
Verse Luke 12:22. _TAKE NO THOUGHT_] _Be not anxiously careful_. Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:25....
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 6:25....
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. ...
WARNING AGAINST WORRY (Matthew 6:25 *, Matthew 6:19 *). In Mt. the section follows the saying about God and Mammon, with which the parable just given by Lk. has an analogy. Lk. and Mt. agree closely,...
One of the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." He said to him, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbitrator over you?" He said to them, "Watch and gua...
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
THEREFORE. On (Greek. _dia._ App-104.Luke 12:3; Luke 12:3) _this_ [account]. TAKE NO THOUGHT, &c. This saying is repeated from Matthew 6:25. See note there. LIFE. Greek. _psuche._ See App-110. It is...
22-53. Lessons of Trustfulness (Luke 12:22-32), Almsgiving (Luke 12:33-34), and Faithful Watchfulness (Luke 12:35-48). The searching Effect of Christ's Work ...
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...
LESSONS OF TRUSTFULNESS (22–32), ALMSGIVING (33, 34), AND FAITHFUL WATCHFULNESS (35–48). THE SEARCHING EFFECT OF CHRIST’S WORK (49–53)...
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...
ΜῊ ΜΕΡΙΜΝΑ͂ΤΕ. This rendering is _now_ unfortunate, since it might be abused to encourage an _immoral_ carelessness (1 Timothy 5:8). But in the 17th century _thought_ was used for _care_ (1 Samuel 9:5...
VER 22. AND HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, THEREFORE I SAY TO YOU, TAKE NO THOUGHT FOR YOUR LIFE, WHAT YOU SHALL EAT: NEITHER FOR THE BODY, WHAT YOU SHALL PUT ON. 23. THE LIFE IS MORE THAN MEAT, AND THE BO...
ΜΕΡΙΜΝΆΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΜΕΡΙΜΝΆΩ (G3309) заботиться, беспокоиться о чем-л., чувствовать беспокойство по поводу (LN, 1:313; Bovon). _Praes. imper._ с отр. запрещает отношение, ΨΥΧΉ (G5590) _...
TAKE NO THOUGHT— _Be not solicitous._ Our Lord, having delivered the parable of the rich glutton, proceeded in the charge: and because a hurry of business is often a great enemy to religious dispositi...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _How to be Rich Toward God Scripture_ Luke 12:22-34 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for _your_ life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Astuteness in Alertness (Luke 12:13-34) 13 One of the multitude said to him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. 14But he said to him, Man, who made m...
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. AND HE SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, THEREFORE I S...
14 See Exo_2:14. 15 Compare 1Ti_6:6-10. 15 A telling truth which would do more to ameliorate the ills of humanity than all government, were it heeded, is embodied in the phrase, "the superfluity of...
12:22 life, (a-18) 'Life' and 'soul' are the same in Greek, but not in ver. 15....
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...
AGAINST ANXIETY ABOUT WEALTH AND WORLDLY THINGS. Almost the whole of this section occurs in St. Matthew's Sermon on the Mount. The present context, however, is very suitable, and is perhaps correct....
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...
AND HE SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES. — The previous words had been spoken generally to all who needed their warning against greed. What follows is addressed to those who had already been called to the cons...
CHAPTER 23 THE ESCHATOLOGY OF THE GOSPEL. COIFI, in his parable to the thanes and nobles of the North Humber country, likened the present life of man to the flight of a sparrow through one of their l...
_Dissuasives against earthly care_ (Matthew 6:25-33). The disciples again become the audience....
THE CURE FOR ANXIOUS CARE Luke 12:22-34 Notice this contrast between two kinds of men: the one cares for himself, is anxious for this life, worries about food and clothes and standing a cubit higher...
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...
(7) And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. (7) Earnestly thinking upon the providence...
Therefore I say to you, &c. Our Lord proceeds step by step in his discourse, to inculcate more perfect virtue. He had before exhorted us to guard ourselves against the fatal rocks of avarice, and then...
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...
Disengagement as resulting from confidence in the omnipotence and fatherly goodness of God. “ _And He said unto His disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall ea...
3 _d. To the Disciples: Luke 12:22-40_. Disengagement from earthly goods. The following exhortations suppose faith. The believer should renounce the pursuit of earthly goods: 1. From a feeling of enti...
(22) And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. (23) The life is more than meat, and the bo...
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...
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...
AND HE SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES,.... Having finished the parable which he spake to the whole audience in common, he directed himself to his disciples, who were poor, and apt to be over anxious about th...
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. Ver. 22. See Matthew 6:25,27 ....
_And he said unto his disciples_ Having delivered the preceding instructive and awakening parable, whereby he intended to caution the contending brothers and the multitude against covetousness, sensua...
Those who have that fear of God which leads them to avoid what displeases him, have no reason to fear any thing else. In him they may trust for whatever they need, and he has promised that, in the bes...
Taking thought for the morrow. Matthew 6:25-34....
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,...
22-40 Christ largely insisted upon this caution not to give way to disquieting, perplexing cares, Matthew 6:25. The arguments here used are for our encouragement to cast our care upon God, which is t...
OLBGrk; Ver. 22-30. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 6:25", and following verses to MATTHEW 6:32, where we before met with all that is here. The thoughtfulness here forbidden is not moderate, prudent thoughtful...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II ) what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on; for the life is more than meat, and the body more than raiment."[218] Clement of Alexan...
Luke 12:22 G1161 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 His G846 disciples G3101 Therefore G1223 G5124 say...
HIS DISCIPLES SHOULD HAVE THEIR MINDS SET ON HEAVENLY AFFAIRS NOT EARTHLY AFFAIRS (12:22-34). Having made clear His position concerning wealth and its use Jesus now turns to those who have little weal...
THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOOD AND CLOTHING, THE THINGS THAT MEN SEEK AFTER ‘And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life (soul), what you shall eat, nor yet fo...
SECTION 5 (12:1-14:35). We commence here a new section of Luke. As we shall see this section centres around a mighty act of Jesus in delivering a woman bound by Satan, and thus doubled up and unable t...
Luke 12:22-34. WARNING AGAINST WORLDLY CARE, or lessons of trust in God. These verses were addressed to the disciples (Luke 12:22), and the connection with what precedes is close. THEREFORE, since wo...
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...
CHAPTER 12 is made up of a series of discourses following each other in immediate succession, but with less of unity and logical connection than are found in most of our Lord's recorded sermons. Some...
UNTO HIS DISCIPLES (προς τους μαθητας αυτου). So Jesus turns from the crowd to the disciples (verses Luke 12:22-40, when Peter interrupts the discourse). From here to the end of the chapter Luke giv...
Luke 12:13. _And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?_ Our Lord...
The teaching of our Lord, in this chapter, has very much to do with Christianity in connection with this present life, and its cares and troubles. God has nowhere promised us exemption from affliction...
In this chapter, our Saviour dispels the fears of his disciples concerning temporal things, and especially their fear of persecution and their fear of want. Luke 12:1. In the mean time, when there we...
Luke 12:13. _And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me, And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?_ Our Lord...
Luke 12:22. _And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the...
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...
DO NOT BE WORRIED. These verses about Trust in God are almost identical to those in Matthew 6:25-34. See notes there....
_Take no thought for your life_ REASONS FOR BANISHING VEXATIOUS CARE 1. It is needless; “your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of these things”; and will certainly provide for you; and wha...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:22 THEREFORE (because of the truths taught in vv. Luke 12:13) ... do not be anxious
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...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 12:22. TAKE NO THOUGHT.—Rather, “be not anxious” (R.V.). The meaning of the word “thought” has changed since 1611. Then it meant “anxiety” (see 1 Samuel 9:5). Luke 12:23. IS MOR...
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 7:32; Hebrews 13:5; Luke 12:29; Matthew 6:25; Ph
Take no thought. See on Matthew 6:25....
Matthew 6:25....
There is. twofold sense and interpretation given of these verses. 1. Some take them as spoken only to the apostles, directing them absolutely to cast off all care for the things of this life, that so...