Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 12:29
Neither be ye of a doubtful mind — The word in the original signifies, any speculations or musings in which the mind fluctuates, or is suspended (like meteors in the air) in an uneasy hesitation.
Neither be ye of a doubtful mind — The word in the original signifies, any speculations or musings in which the mind fluctuates, or is suspended (like meteors in the air) in an uneasy hesitation.
Verse 29. _NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND._] Or, _in anxious_ _suspense_, μη μετεωριζεσθε. Raphelius gives several examples to prove that the meaning of the word is, _to have the mind agitated_ _with...
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)...
NEITHER. and not. Greek. _me._ App-104. OF DOUBTFUL MIND. excited. Occurs only here in N.T....
_neither be ye of doubtful mind_ Literally, "Do not toss about like boats in the offing," a metaphor for _suspense._Cicero says, "So I am in suspense (μετέωρος _)_and entangled in great perplexities....
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 ΜΕΤΕΩΡΊΖΕΣΘΕ. Here alone in the N.T. Literally, ‘Do not toss about like boats in the offing,’—a metaphor for _suspense_. Cicero says, “So I am in suspense (μετέωρος) and entangled in great perplexi...
Ver 27. Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28. If then God so clothe the grass, whi...
ΖΗΤΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΖΗΤΈΩ (G2212) искать. _Praes. imper._ с отр. ΜΉ (G3361) запрещает некое отношение, ΦΆΓΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act., см._ Luke 12:22. ΠΊΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΊΝΩ (G4095)...
NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND.— _Neither be ye set afloat_ [_with desire_] Μη μετεωριζεσθε : "Be not (like meteors in the air, which are tossed about by every blast of wind) hurried with anxious care...
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...
NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND] or, 'neither be ye high-minded.'...
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...
(27-31) CONSIDER THE LILIES HOW THEY GROW. — See Notes on Matthew 6:28. There are, however, some noticeable variations, as (1) in Luke 12:27, in the better MSS., _they spin not, they weave not;_ (2) t...
_Dissuasives against earthly care_ (Matthew 6:25-33). The disciples again become the audience....
μετεωρίζεσθε : a ἅπ. λεγ. in N.T. and variously rendered. The meaning that best suits the connection of thought is that which finds in the word the figure of a boat tempest-tossed, but that which is b...
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...
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither (i) be ye of doubtful mind. (i) A metaphor taken of things that hang in the air, for those that care too much for this worldly life,...
_And be not lifted up on high. [1] St. Augustine (lib. ii. QQ. Evang. q. 29. t. 3, part 4, p. 257.) expounds it thus: do not value yourselves for the plenty and variety you have of things to eat. Othe...
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...
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...
_The Application._ “ _And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind._ 30. _For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father know...
(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...
Luke 12:29._And be not lifted on high _(460) This clause corresponds to the last sentence in the passage taken from Matthew, Be _not anxious about tomorrow _Our Lord now charges them with another faul...
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 SEEK NOT WHAT YE SHALL EAT, OR WHAT YE SHALL DRINK,.... That is, in an anxious and distressing manner, with a tormenting and vexatious care; otherwise food is to be both asked of God every day, an...
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more _will he clothe_ you, O ye of little faith? 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or...
_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...
Taking thought for the morrow. Matthew 6:25-34....
A lesson from the fields:...
AND SEEK NOT YE WHAT YE SHALL EAT, OR WHAT YE SHALL DRINK, NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND....
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,...
NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND: Or, live not in careful suspense...
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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Tertullian On Prayer ," seeing He had previously said, "Take no careful thought about the morrow, what ye are to eat."[47]...
Luke 12:29 And G2532 not G3361 seek G2212 (G5720) what G5101 you G5210 eat G5315 (G5632) or...
“And seek not you what you shall eat, and what you shall drink, neither be you of doubtful mind, for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, but your Father knows that you have need o...
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...
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 12:29. NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND. The word in the original is derived from ‘meteor,' and is explained by some: do not rise in fancy to high demands, creating imagined necessities, thus makin...
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...
SEEK NOT YE (υμεις μη ζητειτε). Note emphatic position of "ye" (υμεις). Stop seeking (μη and present imperative active). Matthew 6:31 has: "Do not become anxious" (μη μεριμνησητε), μη and ingressive...
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....
_Neither be ye of doubtful mind_ A NEW PARABLE Our Lord here crushes a whole world of meaning into a single word, which, as we study it, resolves itself into a bright, impressive picture or parable....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:29 DO NOT SEEK does not mean that people should neglect to work and support themselves (see 1 Thessalonians 4:11). Rather, it warns against
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...
_Neither be ye of doubtful mind._ (The Greek and the Vulgate say, "Be ye not lifted up on high.") Cornelius comments on this reading, this passage is explained in many different ways. S. Clement of Al...
_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...
Luke 10:7; Luke 10:8; Luke 12:22; Luke 22:35; Matthew 6:31...
Be ye of doubtful mind [μ ε τ ε ω ρ ι ζ ε σ θ ε]. Only here in New Testament. The verb primarily means to raise to a height; buoy up, as with false hopes; and so to unsettle, or excite, or keep in flu...