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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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THE FAITHFUL STEWARD (Matthew 24:45 *). Luke 12:39 is peculiar to Lk.
The answer to Peter's question is that the injunctions to watchfulness
are particularly applicable to the Twelve. This is emphasiz...
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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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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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LORD. Note, not "Jesus". App-98. A.
TO. Greek. _pros._ Same as "unto" in preceding clause....
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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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_Then Peter said unto him_ Peter's intercourse with his Lord seems to
have been peculiarly frank and fearless, in accordance with his
character. In the immaturity of the disciples we may suppose that...
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ΕἾΠΕΝ ΔῈ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι Ὁ ΠΈΤΡΟΣ. Peter’s
intercourse with his Lord seems to have been peculiarly frank and
fearless, in accordance with his character. In the immaturity of the
disciples we may suppose that...
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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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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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Ver 41. Then Peter said to him Lord, speak you this parable to us, or
even to all? 42. And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise
steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household,...
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THEN PETER SAID, &C.— St. Peter, who had been giving great attention
to the whole of this sermon, was, it seems, at a loss to know, whether
the parable of the watching servants was spoken to the multi...
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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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Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us,
or even to all?
THEN PETER SAID UNTO HIM, LORD, SPEAKEST THOU THIS PARABLE UNTO US,
OR EVEN TO ALL? He had addressed Himself on...
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39 As most of the houses in Palestine were built of sun-dried clay, or
adobe, a thief could best effect an entrance by digging his way
through the walls. They literally burrowed their way into a house...
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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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(Peculiar to Lk.) Christ does not answer Peter's question directly,
but His answer shows that He is speaking mainly of the apostles and
those in authority.
42-46. See on Matthew 24:45....
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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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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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THEN PETER SAID UNTO HIM. — The motive of Peter’s question is not
given. Interpreted by the like question in Matthew 19:27 (where see
Note), it is natural to suppose that he dwelt, not so much on the...
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Peter's question reminds us of Mark 13:37 : “What I say unto you, I
say unto all, watch”....
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_A question by Peter and a reply_ (Matthew 24:45-51). Some look on
Peter's question as a literary device of the evangelist either to
connect his material (Weiss in Meyer; x. 29, xi. 45 cited as simila...
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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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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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_The Parable of the Two Stewards._
The magnificence of the promise, Luke 12:37, has struck Peter; he asks
himself if such a recompense is intended for all the subjects of the
Messiah, or ought not rat...
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4 _th. To the Apostles: Luke 12:41-53_.
Up till now, Jesus had been speaking to all believers; from this
point, on occasion of a question put by Peter, He addresses the
apostles in particular, and rem...
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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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THEN PETER SAID UNTO HIM, LORD,.... The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic
versions read, "our Lord":
SPEAKEST THOU THIS PARABLE: of the master at the wedding, and his
servants waiting for him, or of the h...
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Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or
even to all?
Ver. 41. _Lord, speakest thou, &c._] The disciples ever dreamed of
some singular happiness, some immunity and privi...
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_Then Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable to us_ Who are thy
constant followers, to us who are ministers; _or even to all_ That
come to be taught by thee, to all the hearers, and, in them, to...
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The faithful servant. Matthew 24:42-51....
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UNTO US, OR EVEN TO ALL? is it meant for us, as thine apostles, or for
all men? Our Lord, in his answer, speaks of a steward set over his
master's household, thus intimating that the parable has its h...
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Peter's question and the Lord's reply:...
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THEN PETER SAID UNTO HIM, LORD, SPEAKEST THOU THIS PARABLE UNTO US, OR
EVEN TO ALL?...
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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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41-53 All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and
to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know
many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be...
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OLBGrk;
Ver. 41-48. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 24:45" and following verses to
MATTHEW 24:51, where we met with the same parable, but here expressed
more largely, and with more circumstances. Matthew hath n...
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Luke 12:41 Then G1161 Peter G4074 said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 Lord
G2962 speak G3004 (G5719) this...
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‘And Peter said, “Lord, do you speak this parable to us, or even
to all?” And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise
steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them
their...
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PETER'S COMMENT (12:41).
Peter may well have heard the mutterings in the crowd as different
interpretations were suggested, and have recognised that the crowds
did not really have the background (whic...
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Luke 12:41. THIS PARABLE. Of the watchful servants.
TO US, OR EVEN TO ALL? The question was probably put in a wrong
spirit, with reference to the high reward promised, rather than to the
duty enjoin...
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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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PETER SAID
(Ειπεν δε ο Πετρος). This whole paragraph from verse
Luke 12:22-40 had been addressed directly to the disciples. Hence it
is not surprising to find Peter putting in a question. This incid...
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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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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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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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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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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:41 ARE YOU TELLING THIS PARABLE FOR US OR FOR
ALL? Jesus does not actually answer Peter’s question, which would
seem to indicate that the parable was meant for “everyone” to whom...
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Jesus tells about his return Matthew 24:36-51; Mark 13:32-37; Luke
21:34-36; Luke 12:39-46;...
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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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_And Peter said, Lord, speakest Thou this parable unto us or even unto
all?_ To all men, especially the faithful, as well to those who are
now living as to those who shall live hereafter. Peter doubte...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 12:41. THEN PETER SAID.—The high reward promised, rather than
the duty enjoined, was in Peter’s thoughts, and involved a certain
measure of danger against which Christ warns him....
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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 Peter 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8; Mark 13:37; Mark 14:37...
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Speakest thou this parable to us — Apostles and disciples: Or to all
— The people? Does it concern us alone? Or all men?...
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These words may be applied these two ways: First, to all the faithful
servants of God in general; and then the note is this, that for.
Christian to spend and end his days in the service of Christ, and...