Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 12:57
Why even of yourselves, without any external sign, judge ye not what is right? — Why do ye not discern and acknowledge the intrinsic excellence of my doctrine?
Why even of yourselves, without any external sign, judge ye not what is right? — Why do ye not discern and acknowledge the intrinsic excellence of my doctrine?
Verse Luke 12:57. _AND WHY - JUDGE YE_] Even without the express declarations of the prophets, ye might, from what ye _see_ and _hear_ yourselves, _discern_ that God has now visited his people in such...
See the notes at Matthew 16:2. SOUTH WIND - To the south and southwest of Judea were situated Arabia, Egypt, and Ethiopia, all warm or hot regions, and consequently the air that came from those quart...
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. ...
SIGNS OF THE TIMES. For parallels see below. Jesus is oppressed with the thought of the future till it is accomplished. LUKE 12:49 F. Lk. only. Fire is what Jesus has come to cast on the earth (_cf._...
Jesus said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'Rain is coming.' And so it happens. When you feel the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching he...
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
JUDGE ye, &c. Found in an inscriptionat Amorgus, as pronouncing. just judgment, anticipating Luke 12:58....
_even of yourselves_ i.e. without the necessity for _my_thus pointing out to you facts which are so plain. _what is right_ what is your duty to do under circumstances so imminent....
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...
ΚΑῚ�' ἙΑΥΤΩ͂Ν. I.e. without the necessity for _my_ thus pointing out to you facts which are so plain. ΤῸ ΔΊΚΑΙΟΝ. What is your duty to do under circumstances so imminent?...
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, AND RESULTANT DUTY...
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 54. AND HE SAID ALSO TO THE PEOPLE, WHEN YOU SEE A CLOUD RISE OUT OF THE WEST, STRAIGHTWAY YOU SAY, THERE COMES A SHOWER; AND SO IT IS. 55. AND WHEN YOU SEE THE SOUTH WIND BLOW, YOU SAY HERE WILL...
ΚΡΊΝΕΤΕ ΤΌ ΔΊΚΑΙΟΝ судить справедливо, выносить правильное решение (LAE, 117) ר...
YEA, AND WHY EVEN OF YOURSELVES, &C.— The prediction of the coming of the Son of man to punish the Jews for their perfidy and rebellion, was a loud call to a national repentance: wherefore, as the imp...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Signs of the Coming Storm Scripture_ Luke 12:54-59 And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Attitudes That Aid Alertness (Luke 12:49-59) 49 I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!50I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how...
Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? YEA, AND WHY EVEN OF YOURSELVES JUDGE YE NOT WHAT IS RIGHT? They might say, To do this requires more knowledge of Scripture and Providen...
57-59 Compare Mat_5:25-26; Pro_25:8. 1 There is a strong natural tendency to connect calamity with sin. Hardly any great disaster occurs but someone seeks to justify it on the ground that the victims...
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...
Ignorance of the signs of the times. 54-56. See on Matthew 16:1....
PECULIAR TO LK. OF YOURSELVES] Why, even without signs, do you not judge rightly of Me and My doctrine by the natural light of reason and conscience? 58, 59. See on Matthew 5:25; Matthew 5:26....
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...
YEA, AND WHY EVEN OF YOURSELVES JUDGE YE NOT WHAT IS RIGHT? — Better, _judge that which is just._ The meaning of the words is not that they did not know what was right, but that they did not act upon...
ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν, from or of yourselves (_sua sponte_, Palairet); without needing any one to tell you the right; implying that the persons addressed were destitute of the average moral insight (_cf._ Luke 2...
_A final word to the crowd_ (_cf._ Matthew 16:2 f., Luke 5:25 f.). τοῖς ὄχλοις : in Mt. Jesus speaks to the Pharisees and Sadducees, in reply to their demand for a sign, which gives a more definite oc...
THE GREAT DIVIDER Luke 12:49-59 As Prometheus, in the old Greek fable, brought fire from above in a reed, so Christ brought the fire of the Holy Spirit in the frail lantern of His humanity. But, firs...
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...
(15) Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? (15) Men that are blinded with the love of themselves, and therefore are detestable and stubborn, will bear the punishment of their fo...
SIGNS OF HIS COMING Luke 12:54-59 _“And He also spoke to the multitude, When you may see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say that the rain is coming, and it is so; and when you may see the...
5 _th. To the Multitudes: Luke 12:54-59_. After having announced and described the rending, the first symptoms of which He already discerns, Jesus returns anew to the multitude whom He sees plunged in...
(54) And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower: and so it is. (55) And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be...
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 12:57._And why even of yourselves, etc.? _Here Christ opens up the source of the evil, and, as it were, applies the lancet to the ulcer. He tells them that they do not descend into their conscien...
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...
YEA, AND WHY EVEN OF YOURSELVES,.... From their own observation, as in discerning the signs of the weather; in a rational way, by the light of reason, and according to the dictates of their own consci...
And when _ye see_ the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 _Ye_ hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern...
_Why even of yourselves_ Without any external sign; _judge ye not what is right?_ Why do ye not discern and acknowledge the intrinsic excellence of my doctrine, and gather from such obvious promises h...
EVEN OF YOURSELVES; under the guidance of your own consciences enlightened by God's word. JUDGE-WHAT IS RIGHT; make a true judgment respecting the signs of the times and my claims to be the Messiah....
A last word to the people:...
YEA, AND WHY EVEN OF YOURSELVES JUDGE YE NOT WHAT IS RIGHT?...
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,...
54-59 Christ would have the people to be as wise in the concerns of their souls as they are in outward affairs. Let them hasten to obtain peace with God before it is too late. If any man has found tha...
Ver. 57-59. Our Saviour made use of this expression, MATTHEW 5:25,26, to persuade peace between brethren; here he useth it to persuade men to acquaint themselves with God, and be at peace. He had been...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV But then who could know the times of him of whom he had no evidence to prove his existence? Justly also does He upbraid them for "not even of themselves judging wha...
Luke 12:57 Yes G1161 why G5101 even G2532 of G575 yourselves G1438 not G3756 judge G2919 (G5719) right...
“And why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right?” And their failure to observe the signs that reveal the presence of the time of opportunity explains why they do not see what is the right...
THE CROWDS SHOULD THEREFORE TAKE HEED. THEY MUST RECOGNISE THAT NOW IS THE TIME THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AND THAT THEY SHOULD THEREFORE AGREE WITH THEIR ADVERSARY (JESUS AND HIS WORDS) WHILE THERE I...
Luke 12:57. AND WHY, etc. A further reproach for want of knowledge of personal duty, which involved great want of prudence (Luke 12:58-59). EVEN OF YOURSELVES. Either independently of their teachers...
Luke 12:54-59. REPROACH OF THE PEOPLE, for blindness and want of prudence with respect to the signs of the times. The connection with what precedes is close: the discord, as already begun, arises from...
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...
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...
EVEN OF YOURSELVES (κα αφ' εαυτων). Without the presence and teaching of Jesus they had light enough to tell what is right (το δικαιον) and so without excuse as Paul argued in Luke 12:1-3....
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...
WHY DO YOU NOT JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES. They had enough information, and they could see all that was taking place. IF A MAN BRINGS A LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU. This is another example of doing everything you c...
_How is it that ye do not discern this time?_ SIGNS OF THE TIMES I. CONSIDER THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF OUR OWN AGE. 1. The times are sadly darkened with superstition. 2. A parching wind of unbelief...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:57 People need to be in right standing with God, the Judge of the universe, before it is too late. ⇐...
VER. 42. _And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his lord shall set over his household to give them their portion of food in due season?_ Christ replied to Peter that He sp...
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 12:49. I AM COME.—Rather, “I came” (R.V.). The tense refers to the historical fact of the Incarnation. Note in this the consciousness of pre-existence, as also of a heavenly orig...
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 11:14; Acts 13:26; Acts 2:40; Deuteronomy 32:29;...
Of yourselves. In the exercise of your ordinary habits of observation which you apply to the heavens....