Luke 12:29

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 best supported by usage points rather to high-mindedness, vain thoughts. The Vulgate renders nolite in sublime tolli = lift not yourselves up to lofty claims (Meyer); do not be ambitious, be content with humble things, a perfectly congruous counsel. Still the rendering: be not as tempest-tossed vessels, vexed with care, is a finer thought and more what we expect. Hahn renders: do not gaze with strained vision heavenwards, anxiously looking for help. Pricaeus: “ex futuro suspendi”. Theophylact gives a paraphrase which in a way combines the two senses. He defines meteorismus as distraction (περισπασμὸν), and a restless movement of the mind, thinking now of one thing now of another, leaping from this to that, and always fancying higher things (ἀεὶ τὰ ὑψηλότερα φανταζομένου).