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Verse 40. _BE YE THEREFORE READY ALSO_] It is pretty evident that
what is related here, from verse Luke 12:35 to Luke 12:49, Luke 12:35
was spoken by our Lord at another time. See...
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See the notes at Matthew 24:42.
SECOND WATCH - See the notes at Matthew 14:25....
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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. ...
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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...
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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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"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....
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BE. Become....
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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...
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LESSONS OF TRUSTFULNESS (22–32), ALMSGIVING (33, 34), AND FAITHFUL
WATCHFULNESS (35–48). THE SEARCHING EFFECT OF CHRIST’S WORK
(49–53)...
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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...
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Ver 35. Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36.
And you yourselves like to men that wait for their lord, when he will
return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they...
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ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096)
становиться, быть. _Praes. imper._ призывает
к постоянному состоянию готовности,
ΈΤΟΙΜΟΣ (G2092) готовый, подготовленный.
Praed. _пот._
ΔΟΚΕΊΤΕ...
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WILL COME FORTH, AND SERVE THEM, &C.— It was usual for servants to
sit at table, and for the master to wait upon them, among the
Babylonians, at their feast called _Saccas;_ among the Cretans, in
thei...
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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...
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Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when
ye think not.
BE YE THEREFORE READY ALSO: FOR THE SON OF MAN COMETH AT AN HOUR WHEN
YE THINK NOT. So ; ; , etc. How frequently...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND THIS KNOW, THAT IF THE GOODMAN OF THE HOUSE... — Better, “if
the _master_ of the house.” See Notes on Matthew 24:43, where the
words are almost identical....
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_The thief_ (Matthew 24:43-44). A new figure is now employed to give
pictorial embodiment to the counsel: be ever ready. The master
returning from a wedding is replaced by a thief whose study it is to...
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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...
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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...
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(12) Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour
when ye think not.
(12) None need to watch more than they that have some degree of honour
in the household of God....
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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...
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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...
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VERS. 39 AND 40. _Parable of the Thief._ “ _And this ye know, that
if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come,
he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be br...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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BE YE THEREFORE READY ALSO,.... Not habitually, but actually, in the
exercise of grace, and the discharge of duty, with loins girt, and
lights burning. This may be understood either of a readiness to...
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Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when
ye think not.
Ver. 40. _Be ye therefore ready_] See Matthew 24:46; _See Trapp on "_
Mat 24:46 _"_...
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_And if he shall come in the second or third watch_, &c. This included
all the time from nine in the evening to three in the morning; and was
as if he had said, whether he come early or late. Here our...
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The faithful servant. Matthew 24:42-51....
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BE YE THEREFORE READY ALSO; FOR THE SON OF MAN COMETH AT AN HOUR WHEN
YE THINK NOT.
A state of watchful waiting is that which is expected of the
Christians of the last days. They shall be like servant...
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Christian alertness:...
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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,...
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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 12:37...
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Luke 12:40 Therefore G3767 you G5210 also G2532 be G1096 (G5737) ready
G2092 for G3754 G3739 Son...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BE YE
(γινεσθε). Present middle imperative, keep on becoming.COMETH
(ερχετα). Futuristic present indicative. See Matthew 24:43-51
for details in the comparison with Luke....
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SON OF MAN
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20). _...
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Luke 12:40
What is the problem about Advent? You hear of the Son of Man coming.
Sometimes you hear of His coming as a thief in the night: sometimes
you hear of His returning as a bridegroom from the...
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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. The life is more than meat, and the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BE READY FOR WHATEVER COMES. People in the East wore long robes, which
had to be tucked under their belts to get ready to travel. See notes
on Matthew 24:42-44. AND YOUR LAMPS LIT. See notes on Matthe...
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_Men that wait for their Lord_
OF THE BELIEVER’S READINESS FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST
This readiness stands in watchfulness and fidelity.
I. WATCHFULNESS.
1. Its nature.
2. Its ground. The servant’...
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“BE PREPARED”
Be ye also ready. Luke 12:40.
When the army is in the field, the commanding officer may come at any
time to any part of it, and he expects when he does so to find
everyone at his post....
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Jesus tells about his return Matthew 24:36-51; Mark 13:32-37; Luke
21:34-36; Luke 12:39-46;...
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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...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 12:35. LOINS GIRDED.—An allusion to the long robes of the East,
which those who wear them must bind up before they engage in any
active employment. LIGHTS BURNING.—The same less...
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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...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 5:6; 2 Peter 3:12; Luke 21:34; Mark 13:33;...