Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Twelfth
But as to the threats of the devil, fear them not at all, for he is powerless as the sinews of a dead man. Give ear to me, then, and fear Him who has all power, both to save and destroy,[18]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV "But I will show you whom ye shall fear: fear Him who, after He hath killed, hath power to cast into hell" (meaning, of course, the Creator); "yea, I say unto you, fear Him."[1142]
Verse Luke 12:5. _FEAR HIM_] Even the _friends_ of God are commanded to fear God, as a being who has authority to _send both body and soul into_ _hell_. Therefore it is proper even for the most holy...
NOTHING COVERED - See the notes at Matthew 10:26. Luke 12:3 SHALL BE PROCLAIMED UPON THE HOUSETOPS - See the notes at Matthew 10:27. The custom of maki
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. ...
LUKE 12. A COLLECTION OF SAYINGS taken from Q and arranged in groups with more or less suitable introductions. LUKE 12:1. JESUS ENCOURAGES HIS DISCIPLES. (For parallels in Mt. see below.) After a war...
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
In the meantime, when the people had been gathered together in their thousands, so that they trampled on each other, Jesus began to say first of all to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the lea...
FOREWARN. shew, or warn; p. Luke 3:7. YE SHALL FEAR. See note on Luke 12:4. FEAR. Note the second _Anadiplosis._ App-6. HIM, which: i.e. God Who. POWER. authority. See App-172. INTO. Greek. _eis....
_Fear him_, _which after he hath killed_ Many commentators have understood this expression of the Devil, and one of the Fathers goes so far as to say that it is the only passage in the Bible in which...
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...
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...
Luke 12:1-12. THE DUTY OF BOLD SINCERITY AND TRUST IN GOD...
ΤΊΝΑ ΦΟΒΗΘΗ͂ΤΕ. The indirect interrogative is sometimes expressed by the subjunctive, as in Matthew 8:20, οὐκ ἔχει ποῦ κλίνῃ: Romans 8:26, οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί προσευξώμεθα. Comp. Luke 19:48;...
VER 4. AND I SAY TO YOU MY FRIENDS, BE NOT AFRAID OF THEM THAT KILL THE BODY, AND AFTER THAT HAVE NO MORE THAT THEY CAN DO. 5. BUT I WILL FOREWARN YOU WHOM YOU SHALL FEAR: FEAR HIM, WHICH AFTER HE HAS...
ΥΠΟΔΕΊΞΩ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΎΠΟΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ (G5263) показывать, ΦΟΒΉΘΗΤΕ _aor. imper. pass. (dep.)_, здесь с _асс._, _см._ Luke 12:4. _Aor. imper._ придает оттенок срочности (VANT, 339-40). ΆΠΟΚΤΕΪ́ΝΑ...
DISCOURSE: 1525 GOD TO BE FEARED, BUT NOT MAN Luke 12:4. _I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you wh...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Arguments for Alertness (Luke 12:1-12) 12 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trod upon one another, he began to say...
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. BUT I WILL FOREWARN YOU WHOM YE SHALL FEAR: FEAR HIM W...
46 Compare Mat_23:4. 47 Compare Mat_23:29-36. 51 Compare Gen_4:8; 2Ch_24:20-21. 51 Men are to be judged by what they know as well as by what they do. To do that which you condemn in others convicts...
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...
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...
(4-9) I SAY UNTO YOU MY FRIENDS. — See Notes on Matthew 10:28. The opening words, however, in their tender sympathy, anticipating the language of John 15:14, may be noted as peculiar to St. Luke....
_Exhortation to fearless utterance_, addressed to the disciples (_cf._ Matthew 10:17-33). ἐν οἷς, in these circumstances, _i.e._, while the assaults of the Pharisees and scribes on Jesus were going on...
THE SECRET OF FEARLESSNESS Luke 12:1-12 The program of this paragraph seems dark. The leaven of evil always at work; the body tortured and killed; confession difficult, denial easy; the trials befor...
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...
But I will (b) forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. (b) He warns them of dangers that presently hang over...
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...
_Personal Security._ “ _And I say unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do._ 5. _But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear; fear Hi...
3 _d. To the Disciples: Luke 12:1-12_. This violent scene had found its echo outside; a considerable crowd had flocked together. Excited by the animosity of their chiefs, the multitude showed a dispos...
(1) In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the...
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...
_THE FEAR OF HELL_ ‘Be not afraid of them that kill the body.… Fear Him, which after He hath killed hath power to cast into hell.’ Luke 12:4 We cannot safely put aside motives of fear. It was the mo...
Luke 12:5._Yea, I say to you, Fear Him _This is an emphatic, (596) repetition of the statement. Christ must be viewed as saying, that when we give way to the dread of men, we pay no respect to God; an...
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...
BUT I WILL FOREWARN YOU WHOM YE SHALL FEAR, I will be your monitor, and direct you to the proper object of fear and reverence, and whom you should be careful to displease and offend: FEAR HIM, WHICH...
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Ver. 5. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:28 _"_...
_For there is nothing covered_, &c. All your actions shall be brought to light, either in this world or in the next. Wherefore take great care never to do any thing which cannot bear the light, but le...
BE NOT AFRAID; a very common form of hypocrisy has always been dissimulation and the denial of Christ through fear of man. Compare John 12:42-43. The Saviour, therefore, next warns his disciples again...
True fearlessness:...
BUT I WILL FOREWARN YOU WHOM YE SHALL FEAR: FEAR HIM WHICH, AFTER HE HATH KILLED, HATH POWER TO CAST INTO HELL; YEA, I SAY UNTO YOU, FEAR HIM....
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,...
1-12 A firm belief of the doctrine of God's universal providence, and the extent of it, would satisfy us when in peril, and encourage us to trust God in the way of duty. Providence takes notice of th...
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Luke 12:5 But G1161 show G5263 (G5692) you G5213 whom G5101 fear G5399 (G5680) Fear G5399 ...
INSTRUCTION TO HIS DISCIPLES ABOUT LIVING IN THE LIGHT OF ETERNITY (12:1-12). Approaching the detail of the section the first thing that Jesus wants to do is make His disciples think in the light of e...
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...
“But I will warn you whom you shall fear. Fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, Fear him.” The One they should rather go in awe of is the One Who after He h...
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...
Luke 12:1-12. WARNING AGAINST HYPOCRISY. Comp. the various parallel passages in Matthew. The connection: ‘Beware of hypocrisy (Luke 12:1), for all shall be made evident in the end (Luke 12:2), and ye...
Luke 12:2-9. See on Matthew 10:26-33, which was also spoken to the disciples. MY FRIENDS (Luke 12:4) is peculiar, see John 15:13-15
WHOM YE SHALL FEAR (τινα φοβηθητε). First aorist passive subjunctive deliberative retained in the indirect question. Τινα is the accusative, the direct object of this transitive passive verb (note...
HELL (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 5:22). _...
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...
AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CROWDED TOGETHER. This is one of the statements which show the great influence of Christ on the people. [See _also_ Mark 1:33; Mark 2:2; Mark 3:9; Mark 6:31
_Be not afraid of them that kill the body_ THE FEAR OF GOD I. WHAT IS THAT FEAR OF GOD WHICH THE FRIENDS AND DISCIPLES OF CHRIST ARE EXPECTED TO CHERISH? 1. We are sure that this fear is not, as so...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:5 HIM. That is, God. ⇐ ⇔...
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 12:1. AN INNUMERABLE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE.—“The many thousands of the multitude” (R.V.); lit. “the myriads of the multitude.” The discourse in this chapter is evidently in continu...
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 Thessalonians 4:6; 2 Peter 2:4; Jeremiah 10:7; Jeremiah 5:22; M
I will forewarn [υ π ο δ ε ι ξ ω]. Rev., warn. See on warned, ch. 3 7. Hell. See on Matthew 5:22....
Fear him who hath power to cast into hell — Even to his peculiar friends, Christ gives this direction. Therefore the fearing of God as having power to cast into hell, is to be pressed even on true bel...