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Verse Luke 12:58. _WHEN THOU GOEST WITH THINE ADVERSARY_] This and
the next verse are a part of our Lord's sermon upon the mount. See
them explained Matthew 5:25. St. Luke is very particular in colle...
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See the notes at Matthew 5:25....
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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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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._...
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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...
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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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WHEN THOU GOEST. For, when thou art brought. Introducing the reason
for this conclusion of the whole argument.
ADVERSARY. Shown in the last clause to be the _tax-gatherer._
TO. before. Greek. _epi._...
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_When thou goest_ Rather, For as thou goest. Our translators omitted
the "for" probably because they could not see the connexion. It seems
however to be this. -For _this_is your clear duty, to reconci...
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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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THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, AND RESULTANT DUTY...
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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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ὩΣ ΓᾺΡ ὙΠΆΓΕΙΣ. ‘For as thou goest.’ Our
translators omitted the ‘for’ probably because they could not see
the connexion. It seems however to be this. ‘For _this_ is your
clear duty,—to reconcile your...
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VER 58. WHEN YOU GO WITH YOUR ADVERSARY TO THE MAGISTRATE, AS YOU ARE
IN THE WAY, GIVE DILIGENCE THAT YOU MAY BE DELIVERED FROM HIM; LEST HE
HALE YOU TO THE JUDGE, AND THE JUDGE DELIVER YOU TO THE OFF...
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WHEN THOU GOEST, &C.— _As you are going with your adversary to the
governor, endeavour to satisfy him, and get your discharge while you
are in the way; lest he carry you by force before the judge,_ &c...
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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...
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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...
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When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art
in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him;
lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to th...
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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...
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12:58 For (b-1) The 'For' here is the practical conclusion the Lord
draws as to the need of Israel's reconciling itself with God. 'Hearing
what I say, that is what you have to do.' lest (c-21) See Not...
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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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Ignorance of the signs of the times.
54-56. See on Matthew 16:1....
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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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WHEN THOU GOEST WITH THINE ADVERSARY.... — Better, with all the
MSS., _For as thou goest...._ The conjunction would seem to have been
omitted by the translators because they did not see the sequence o...
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ὡς γὰρ : introducing a legal scene from natural life to
illustrate a similar situation in the moral world. It is implied that
if they had the necessary moral discernment they would see that a
judgment...
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_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...
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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...
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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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When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, [as thou art]
in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him;
lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to t...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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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WHEN THOU GOEST WITH THINE ADVERSARY,.... The creditor, as the Persic
version, and who is the prosecutor, that has commenced a suit of law
against another, in order to obtain his right: for Christ is...
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When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, _as thou art_
in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him;
lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to t...
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_When thou goest with thine adversary_, &c. The evils which befall
obstinate sinners, he here illustrates by the punishment which, in
ordinary cases, is inflicted upon the man who obstinately refuses...
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WHEN THOU GOEST WITH THINE ADVERSARY; literally, For when thou goest
with thine adversary; the word "for" connecting this verse immediately
with the preceding. Under the figure of a man summoned by hi...
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A last word to the people:...
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WHEN THOU GOEST WITH THINE ADVERSARY TO THE MAGISTRATE AS THOU ART IN
THE WAY, GIVE DILIGENCE THAT THOU MAYEST BE DELIVERED FROM HIM, LEST
HE HALE THEE TO THE JUDGE, AND THE JUDGE DELIVER THEE TO THE...
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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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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 12:57...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
They affirm that for this reason Jesus spoke the following
parable:-"Whilst thou art with thine adversary in the way, give all
diligence, that thou mayest be delivere...
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Luke 12:58 When G5613 G1063 go G5217 (G5719) with G3326 your G4675
adversary G476 to G1909 magistrate...
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“For as you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, on
the way give diligence to be quit of him, lest haply he drag you to
the judge, and the judge shall deliver you to the officer, and t...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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Luke 12:58. FOR AS THOU ART GOING, etc. Act as in such a case; the
implied thought being that they were thus going.
WITH THINE ADVERSARY. The ‘adversary' is the holy law of God, since
‘what is right'...
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GIVE DILIGENCE TO BE QUIT OF HIM
(δος εργασιαν απηλλαχθα απ' αυτου). Second
aorist active imperative δος from διδωμ. Απηλλαχθα,
perfect passive infinitive of απαλλασσω an old verb common,
but only...
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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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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...
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_When thou goest with thine adversary_
AGREEING WITH THE ADVERSARY
This solemn exhortation of our Lord’s may be viewed in different
points of light, as intended to subserve various purposes, both in...
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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.
⇐...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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 3:19; 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Genesis 32:3;...
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When thou goest [ω ς γ α ρ υ π α γ ε ι ς]. The A. V. does
not translate gar, for. Rev., correctly, for as thou art going. Their
own judgment should show them the necessity of repentance toward God;
an...
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When thou art going — As if he had said, And ye have not a moment to
lose. For the executioners of God's vengeance are at hand. And when he
hath once delivered you over to them, ye are undone for ever...