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Verse Luke 12:6. _ARE NOT FIVE SPARROWS SOLD FOR TWO FARTHINGS?_] See
this explained on Matthew 10:29, from which place we learn that two
sparrows were sold for one farthing, and here; that _five_ we...
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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
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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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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...
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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...
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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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NOT. See App-105.
TWO FARTHINGS. two _assaria._ See note on Matthew 10:29.
OF. out of. Greek. _ek._ App-104.
BEFORE. in the sight of. Greek. _enopion,_ as in Luke 1:15....
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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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_Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings_ St Matthew says
_-two_sparrows for _one_farthing." The little birds were sold in the
markets strung together, or on skewers. The varying expressions of S...
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ΟΥ̓ΧῚ ΠΈΝΤΕ ΣΤΡΟΥΘΊΑ ΠΩΛΟΥ͂ΝΤΑΙ�; St
Matthew says ‘_two_ sparrows for _one_ farthing.’ The little birds
were sold in the markets strung together, or on skewers. The varying
expressions of St Matthew a...
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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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Luke 12:1-12. THE DUTY OF BOLD SINCERITY AND TRUST IN GOD...
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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...
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FOR TWO FARTHINGS,— 'Ασσαριων δυο .—The _ass,_ or
ancient _assarius,_ which was the tenth part of the _denarius,_ or
Roman penny, was also a Roman coin then current in Judea, and in
value, as is gener...
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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...
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Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is
forgotten before God?
ARE NOT FIVE SPARROWS SOLD FOR TWO FARTHINGS? In , it is, "two for
one farthing:" so, if one took two far...
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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...
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12:6 assaria? (e-8) See Note, Matthew 10:29 ....
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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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ARE NOT FIVE SPARROWS SOLD FOR TWO FARTHINGS? — The variation from
St. Matthew’s “two sparrows sold for a farthing,” seems to
reproduce the very bargains of the market-place. The sparrow was of so
lit...
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(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....
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πέντε, five, for two farthings, two for one in Mt. (Matthew
10:29); one into the bargain when you buy a larger number. They hardly
have a price at all! ἐπιλελησμένον, forgotten, for Mt.'s
“falls not t...
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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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(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...
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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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ARE NOT FIVE SPARROWS SOLD FOR TWO FARTHINGS,.... As two were sold for
one farthing, Matthew 10:29; so in buying and selling, where more
money is laid out, things are bought cheaper; the Persic versio...
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Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is
forgotten before God?
Ver. 6. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:29 _"_...
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_Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings_ Ασσαριων
δυο, _two pence_, as Dr. Campbell translates it, or “three
half-pence sterling;” _and not one of them is forgotten before God_
As if he had said...
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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...
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True fearlessness:...
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ARE NOT FIVE SPARROWS SOLD FOR TWO FARTHINGS? AND NOT ONE OF THEM IS
FORGOTTEN BEFORE GOD....
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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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FARTHING:
See Matthew 10:29...
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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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Ver. 6,7. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 10:29", and following verses to
MATTHEW 10:31. Our Saviour's third argument is brought from the
providence of God, both his general providence, upholding the beings
of...
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Clementine Homily XII
But to the wicked who punish and desire to ill-use them, and will not
repent, it is permitted to ill-use the righteous for the filling up of
their own punishment. For without th...
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Luke 12:6 Are G4453 not G3780 five G4002 sparrows G4765 sold G4453
(G5743) two G1417 coins G787 And...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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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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...
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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...
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IS FORGOTTEN
(εστιν επιλελησμενον). Periphrastic perfect passive
indicative of επιλανθανομα, common verb to forget. See
Matthew 10:29 for a different construction....
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Luke 12:6
These words occur in a discourse of the Lord to His disciples, in
which He is instructing and preparing them for their future work as
the heralds and preachers of His kingdom. He tells them...
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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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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...
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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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AREN'T FIVE SPARROWS SOLD FOR TWO PENNIES? Sparrows were the cheapest
birds sold. See notes on Matthew 10:29-33,...
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_Not one of them is forgotten before God_
GOD’S UNIVERSAL OVERSIGHT
You see the Bible will not be limited in the choice of symbols, and
there is hardly beast, or bird, or insect which has not been c...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:6 OF MORE VALUE signals a “lesser to
greater” argument (see note on 11:11–13).
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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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_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...
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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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Luke 12:24; Luke 12:27; Matthew 10:29; Psalms 113:5; Psalms 113:6;...
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Sparrows. See on Matthew 10:29.
Fall. See on Matthew 10:29....
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Are not five sparrows — But trust as well as fear him....
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Observe here, 1. The doctrine which our Saviour preaches to his
disciples: and that is, the doctrine of the divine providence, which
concerns itself for the meanest of creatures. Even the birds of the...