Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 12:17
What shall I do? — The very language of want! Do? Why, lay up treasure in heaven.
What shall I do? — The very language of want! Do? Why, lay up treasure in heaven.
Verse Luke 12:17. _HE THOUGHT WITHIN HIMSELF_] Began to be puzzled in consequence of the increase of his goods. _Riches_, though ever so well acquired, produce nothing but vexation and embarrassment....
HE THOUGHT WITHIN HIMSELF - He reasoned or inquired. He was anxious and perplexed. Riches increase thought and perplexity. Indeed, this is almost their only effect - to engross the thoughts and steal...
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. ...
PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL. Lk. only. LUKE 12:13_. _ The crowd of Luke 12:1 reappears here. Luke 12:14. Jesus declines to usurp the functions of the civil judge....
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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...
THOUGHT. was reasoning. WITHIN. Greek. _en._ App-104. NO. not. Greek _ou._ App-105. BESTOW. gather together, or lay up....
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...
_What shall I do_ "He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase," Ecclesiastes 5:10. _my fruits_ So "_my_barns," _"my_fruits and _my_goods," an...
ΚΑΡΠΟΎΣ. אA La[254] Ti[255] [254] La. Lachmann. [255] Ti. Tischendorf. 17. ΤΊ ΠΟΙΉΣΩ; “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase,” Ecclesia...
EGOTISM REBUKED. THE RICH FOOL...
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...
Ver 16. And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17. And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to...
ΔΙΕΛΟΓΊΖΕΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΙΑΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G1260) рассуждать, обдумывать что-л., приводить доводы. _Impf._ изображает длительное действие в прошлом или является инхоативным: "он начал рассу...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Man God Called a Fool Scripture_ Luke 12:13-21 And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. 14 But he said unto him, M...
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 spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he spake a parable ... The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he t...
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...
I HAVE NO ROOM] 'Thou _hast_ barns, the mouths of the poor which can hold much; barns which can never be pulled down or destroyed, for they are heavenly and divine, if indeed it be true that he who fe...
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...
PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL (peculiar to Lk). The parable teaches that since death and judgment are inevitable, men ought to devote their attention to laying up treasure in heaven, not on earth....
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 THOUGHT WITHIN HIMSELF. — The parable, like that of the Good Samaritan, is more than a similitude, and reads like an actual history. There is an almost dramatic vividness in the rich man’s soli...
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...
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...
_An interlude leading to a change of theme_, in Lk. only....
_Parable of the rich fool_, simply a story embodying in concrete form the principle just enunciated: teaching the lesson of Psalms 49, and containing apparent echoes of Sir 11:17-3....
THE DOOM OF THE MONEY LOVER Luke 12:13-21 Our Lord did not come into our world as an earthly judge, adjusting differences between man and man. He lays down great principles, obedience to which will b...
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...
And he (f) thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? (f) Reckoned with himself, which is the characteristic of covetous surly men who spend th...
CHAPTER 25 LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES Luke 12:1. _“Meanwhile myriads of the multitude, having come together, so that they were treading on one another, He began to speak first to His disciples, Take hee...
2 _d. To the People: Luke 12:15-21_. _The Rich Fool._ Πρὸς αὐτούς (“He said _unto them_ ”), Luke 12:15, stands in opposition to _His disciples_, Luke 12:22. This slight detail confirms the exactness o...
(13) And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. (14) And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge, or a divider, over you? (15) And he...
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...
17._What shall I do? _Wicked men are driven to perplexity in their deliberations, because they do not know how any thing is to be lawfully used; (269) and, next, because they are intoxicated with a fo...
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 THOUGHT WITHIN HIMSELF,.... And foolish thoughts they were; he did not think of God, or that there was one, and much less that he was the author, of all his outward prosperity and plenty; and...
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? Ver. 17. _And he thought within himself_] He was up with the more and down with the less; he...
To illustrate his admonition, and give it the greater weight, our Lord here delivers an important parable. _The ground of a rich man brought forth plentifully_ This man, it appears, became rich, not b...
The parable of the rich man:...
AND HE THOUGHT WITHIN HIMSELF, SAYING, WHAT SHALL I DO BECAUSE I HAVE NO ROOM WHERE TO BESTOW MY FRUITS?...
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,...
13-21 Christ's kingdom is spiritual, and not of this world. Christianity does not meddle with politics; it obliges all to do justly, but wordly dominion is not founded in grace. It does not encourage...
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Luke 12:17 And G2532 thought G1260 (G5711) within G1722 himself G1438 saying G3004 (G5723) What G5101 do...
THE DANGER OF RICHES (12:13-21). We now come to the first of a series of parables in this section. It is the first demonstration of how distorted Israel (and the world) is and how it needs to be made...
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...
‘And he spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully, and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fru...
Luke 12:17. WHAT SHALL I DO? He does not appear as a grasping speculator, but as one whom wealth, by a very natural process, made discontented, anxious, and perplexed. The proper answer to his questio...
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...
Luke 12:13-21. WARNING AGAINST COVETOUS-NESS. Peculiar to Luke....
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...
REASONED WITHIN HIMSELF (διελογιζετο εν αυτω). Imperfect middle, picturing his continued cogitations over his perplexity.WHERE TO BESTOW (που συναξω). Future indicative deliberative, where I shal...
Luke 12:13 The folly of the rich fool appears: I. In the fact that he completely ignored his responsibility to God in the matter of his possessions. He speaks of " _my_fruits," and " _my_goods," and...
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 12:13. _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...
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...
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...
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...
THEN JESUS TOLD THEM THIS PARABLE. To show that riches are no protection. A RICH MAN HAD LAND. No hint that this man was dishonest. He worked hard for what he had. WHAT CAN I DO? His riches were in th...
_The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully_ A SUCCESSFUL WORLDLY POLICY I. THE PICTURE OF A SUCCESSFUL WORLDLY POLICY. 1. No sin in worldly success. 2. No sin in wise and thoughtf...
_My fruits_. "Did he not," says S. Basil, "collect his crops and incur the reputation of avarice when he called them his own?" For how many dangers are there before the harvest is gathered in. The hai...
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 12:13. ONE OF THE COMPANY.—Rather, “one out of the multitude” (R.V.). Perhaps the mention of magistrates and powers suggested to him Christ’s acting as a judge and giving a decis...
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 John 3:16; 1 Timothy 6:17; 2 Corinthians 9:6; Acts 16:30; Acts 2:37
Bestow [σ υ ν α ξ ω]. Lit., gather together....