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Verse 38. _IF HE SHALL COME IN THE SECOND WATCH_] Matthew 14:25,
Matthew 14:25....
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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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LUKE 12:35 THREE REFERENCES TO THE PAROUSIA.
Luke 12:35 (with Luke 12:47 F.). THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS. These
verses, like Luke 13:25,
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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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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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IF. Greek. _ean._ App-118.
SECOND... THIRD WATCH. See App-51. (12, 17).
SO. thus....
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_come in the second watch_, _or come in the third watch_ It is not
clear, nor very important, whether St Luke here alludes to the _three_
watches of the Jews and Greeks (Lamentations 2:19; Judges 7:19...
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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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ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΔΕΥΤΈΡΑΙ, ΚἊΝ ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΤΡΊΤΗΙ
ΦΥΛΑΚΗ͂Ι ἜΛΘΗΙ. It is not clear, nor very important,
whether St Luke here alludes to the _three_ watches of the Jews and
Greeks (Lamentations 2:19; Judges 7:19; Ex...
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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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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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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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ΦΥΛΑΚΉ (G5438) _dat. sing._ вахта, стража. Иудеи
делили ночь на три равные стражи,
каждая по 4 часа (18-22, 22-2, 2-6), у римлян же
было 4 стражи по 3 часа: 18-21, 21-12, 12-3, 3-6 (SB,
1:688-91; Fitz...
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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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And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch,
and find them so, blessed are those servants.
AND IF HE SHALL COME IN THE SECOND WATCH, OR COME IN THE THIRD WATCH,
AND FIND TH...
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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...
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12:38 [bondmen]. (a-22) 'Bondmen' is doubtful. This would make 'those'
more emphatic....
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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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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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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 IF HE SHALL COME IN THE SECOND WATCH. — In Mark 13:35 we have
the Roman four-fold division of the night. (See Note there.) Here we
find the older Jewish division into three watches. (Judges 7:19;...
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_Loins girt, lamps burning_. Connection with what goes before is not
apparent, but there is a latent affinity which makes the introduction
of this _logion_ here by Lk. or his source intelligible. The...
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ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ, etc., second and third watches named as
the times at which men are most apt to be overtaken with sleep (Hahn),
the night being probably supposed to consist of _four_ watches, and
the fi...
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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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In the first watch is childhood, the beginning of our existence, and
by the second is understood manhood, and by the third is meant old
age. He, therefore, who does not comply with our divine Master's...
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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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_The Parable of the Master returning to his House._ “ _Let your
loins be girded about, and your lights burning;_ 36. _And ye
yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return
from...
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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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AND IF HE SHALL COME IN THE SECOND WATCH,.... Of the night, that is,
after nine o'clock, or any time between nine or twelve; for the second
watch was from nine o'clock till twelve; and this was coming...
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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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SECOND WATCH; from nine in the evening to twelve.
THIRD WATCH; from twelve to three in the morning....
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AND IF HE SHALL COME IN THE SECOND WATCH, OR COME IN THE THIRD WATCH,
AND FIND THEM SO, BLESSED ARE THOSE SERVANTS....
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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 12:38 And G2532 if G1437 come G2064 (G5632) in G1722 second G1208
watch G5438 or G2532 come...
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“And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and
find them so, blessed are those servants.”
And they must be in a state of readiness whenever he returns, whether
in the second watch...
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WHAT THE ATTITUDE OF HIS DISCIPLES SHOULD BE (12:35-40).
The parable that follows confirms that Jesus will have been previously
laying out the background to them (we know so little of the much that
He...
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THE FIRST PARABLE - THE SERVANTS IN READINESS (12:35-38).
In this parable Jesus is dealing with the responsibility that all who
claim to be His servants have for the whole world (the lord's house),
al...
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Luke 12:38. IN THE SECOND WATCH
in the third watch (from 9 P.M. to 3 A.M.). The first and fourth
watches are not mentioned (as in Mark 13:35). The middle watches are
the time of soundest sleep. Even i...
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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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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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AND IF
(κ'αν = κα + εαν). Repeated. Ελθη and ευρη, both
second aorist subjunctive with εαν, condition of the third class,
undetermined, but with prospect of being determined.BLESSED
(μακαριο). Be...
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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 12:22. _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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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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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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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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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:37 RECLINE AT TABLE describes the end-time
messianic banquet (compare Luke 13:29;...
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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 5:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; Matthew 25:6...
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Second watch. See on Mark 13:35....
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The Jews frequently divided the night into three watches, to which our
Lord seems here to allude....