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Luke 12:16

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

Hujus "agrum" Dominus in Evangelio dicet "fuisse fertilem: "[91]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

From Him, therefore, will proceed the parable of the rich man, who flattered himself about the increase of his fields, and to Whom God said: "Thou fool, this night shall they require thy soul of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? "[1165]

Tertullian On Prayer

To which subject He also adapted the parable of the man who pondered on an enlargement of his barns for his forthcoming fruits, and on seasons of prolonged security; but that very night he dies.[48]

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See also Luke 12:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Luke 12:16. _THE GROUND OF A CERTAIN RICH MAN_, c.] He had generally what is called good luck in his farm, and this was a remarkably plentiful year....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A PARABLE - See the notes at Matthew 13:3. PLENTIFULLY - His land was fertile, and produced even beyond his expectations, and beyond what he had provided for....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GROUND. estate. Greek. _chora._ BROUGHT FORTH PLENTIFULLY. Greek _euphoreo._ Occurs only here....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The ground_ Rather, The estate. In this parable (peculiar to St Luke) our Lord evidently referred mentally to the story of Nabal, whose name means -Fool" or -Churl" (1 Samuel 25). Observe that his ri...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    EGOTISM REBUKED. THE RICH FOOL...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΕΥ̓ΦΌΡΗΣΕΝ. A rare word (here only in the N. T.) and perhaps derived by St Luke from medical writings in which it occurs. Ἡ ΧΏΡΑ. ‘The estate.’ In this parable (peculiar to St Luke) our Lord evidently...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΠΛΟΎΣΙΟΣ (G4145) богатый, очень богатый. ΕΎΦΌΡΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΦΟΡΈΩ (G2164) приносить много плодов, быть плодотворным. Одним из благословений завета был хороший урожай (Deuteronomy 28:8)....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM,— The first thing to be inquired into, is the true drift and meaning of this parable. In the 15th verse our Lord warns his hearers to _beware of covetousness._ In this...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BROUGHT FORTH] The man's wealth was honestly and justly acquired. His fault was not injustice, but covetousness....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _An interlude leading to a change of theme_, in Lk. only....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    εὐφόρησε, bore well; late and rare (here only in N.T.). Kypke gives examples from Josephus and Hippocrates. χώρα, estate, farm = ἀγρός (Luke 9:12), so in John 4:35....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _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....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (6) And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The (e) ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: (6) There are none more mad than rich men who depend upon their riches. (e) Or rather co...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    16._And he spoke a parable to them _This parable presents to us, as in a mirror, a lively portrait of this sentiment, that men _do not live by their abundance. _Since the life even of the richest men...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM, SAYING,.... He supposed the following case, and made use of it by way of illustration of what he had said: THE GROUND OF A CERTAIN RICH MAN BROUGHT FORTH PLENTIFULLY...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: Ver. 16. _The ground of a certain rich man_] Gr. η χωρα. The country; for he had laid field to fi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    In providing for happiness, men should act, not for time merely, but for eternity, that, at whatever moment they may be called from earth, they may go to, and not from, their treasures....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM, SAYING, THE GROUND OF A CERTAIN RICH MAN BROUGHT FORTH PLENTIFULLY;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The parable of the rich man:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OLBGrk; Ver. 16-21. The evangelist lets us know, that these verses contain not a narrative of a matter of fact, but only a representation of something that is too ordinary, by a fictitious story. The...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 12:16 G1161 spoke G2036 (G5627) parable G3850 to G4314 them G846 saying G3004 (G5723) ground...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Luke 12:16. A PARABLE. Yet a true history constantly repeated. THE GROUND, lit., ‘place,' _i.e.,_ estate. BROUGHT FORTH PLENTIFULLY. By God's blessing, not by fraud or injustice, did this man's we...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Luke 12:13-21. WARNING AGAINST COVETOUS-NESS. Peculiar to Luke....

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    A PARABLE UNTO THEM (παραβολην προς αυτους). The multitude of verses Luke 12:13; Luke 12:15. A short and pungent parable suggested by the covetousness of the man of verse Luke 12:13.BROUGHT FORTH P...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _And He spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully._ The ground in the Greek (_χώζα_) means a large extent of land, a number of fields. _And he reaso...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 14:17; Genesis 26:12; Genesis 41:47; Hosea 2:8; Job 12:6;...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    The design and scope of our Saviour in this parable, is to show men the vileness and vanity of the sin of covetousness, or an eager and insatiable desire after the things of this world. When men heap...

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