A judge or a divider
(κριτην η μεριστην). Jesus repudiates the position of judge or arbiter in this family fuss. The language reminds one of Exodus 2:14. Jesus is rendering unto Caesar the things of Caesar (Luke 20:25) and shows that his kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36). The word for divider or arbiter (μεριστης) is a late word from μεριζομα (verse Luke 12:13) and occurs here only in the N.T.
LUKE 12:14 krith.n h' meristh,n {B} The multiplicity of variant readings has arisen from the rarity of meristh,j (which occurs nowhere else in the Greek Bible), from the recollection of Exodus 2:14...
Verse Luke 12:14. _A JUDGE_] Without some judgment given in the case, no division could be made; therefore Jesus added the word _judge_. PEARCE. A minister of Christ ought not to concern himself with...
WHO MADE ME A JUDGE? - It is not my business to settle controversies of this kind. They are to be settled by the magistrate. Jesus came for another purpose - to preach the gospel, and so to bring peop...
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. ...
PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL. Lk. only. LUKE 12:13_. _ The crowd of Luke 12:1 reappears here. Luke 12:14. Jesus declines to usurp the functions of the civil judge....
One of the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." He said to him, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbitrator over you?" He said to them, "Watch and gua...
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
MADE. appointed, or constituted. Compare Exodus 2:4. OVER. Greek. _epi._ App-104. Not with the same case as in verses: Luke 12:42; Luke 12:44....
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...
_Man_ The word is sternly repressive. Comp. Romans 2:1. _who made me a judge_ "My kingdom is not of this world," John 18:36. _or a divider_ i.e. umpire, arbitrator. There is an evident allusion to E...
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...
EGOTISM REBUKED. THE RICH FOOL...
ἌΝΘΡΩΠΕ. The word is sternly repressive. Comp. Romans 2:1; Romans 9:20. ΤΊΣ ΜΕ ΚΑΤΈΣΤΗΣΕΝ ΚΡΙΤΉΝ; “My kingdom is not of this world,” John 18:36. Ἢ ΜΕΡΙΣΤΉΝ. ‘Umpire, arbitrator.’ There is an evident...
VER 13. AND ONE OF THE COMPANY SAID TO HIM, MASTER, SPEAK TO MY BROTHER, THAT HE DIVIDE THE INHERITANCE WITH ME. 14. AND HE SAID TO HIM, MAN, WHO MADE ME A JUDGE OR A DIVIDER OVER YOU? 15. AND HE SAID...
ΚΑΤΈΣΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΘΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2525) назначать, учреждать, с двойным _асс._ ΜΕΡΙΣΤΉΣ (G3312) разделитель, тот, кто делит....
MASTER, SPEAK TO MY BROTHER, &C.— While Jesus was thus exhorting his disciples, a certain person in the crowd begged that he would persuade his brother, who probably was present, to divide their pater...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Man God Called a Fool Scripture_ Luke 12:13-21 And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. 14 But he said unto him, M...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Astuteness in Alertness (Luke 12:13-34) 13 One of the multitude said to him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. 14But he said to him, Man, who made m...
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, MAN. What a contrast is there between this style of address and "My friends," when encouraging His own f...
14 See Exo_2:14. 15 Compare 1Ti_6:6-10. 15 A telling truth which would do more to ameliorate the ills of humanity than all government, were it heeded, is embodied in the phrase, "the superfluity of...
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...
WHO MADE ME?] Cp. Exodus 2:14....
PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL (peculiar to Lk). The parable teaches that since death and judgment are inevitable, men ought to devote their attention to laying up treasure in heaven, not on earth....
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...
MAN, WHO MADE ME A JUDGE...? — This is the only instance of our Lord’s so addressing one who had come to Him as a questioner. As in Romans 2:1; Romans 2:3, the form, “O man,” was one which expressed g...
CHAPTER 23 THE ESCHATOLOGY OF THE GOSPEL. COIFI, in his parable to the thanes and nobles of the North Humber country, likened the present life of man to the flight of a sparrow through one of their l...
ἄνθρωπε, man! discouraging, no sympathy with the object (_cf._ Romans 2:1; Romans 9:20). κριτὴν, a judge, deciding the right or equity of the case; μεριστὴν, an arbiter carrying out the judgment (here...
_An interlude leading to a change of theme_, in Lk. only....
THE DOOM OF THE MONEY LOVER Luke 12:13-21 Our Lord did not come into our world as an earthly judge, adjusting differences between man and man. He lays down great principles, obedience to which will b...
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...
Judge, &c. Our Saviour does not here mean to say that he or his Church had not authority to judge, as the Anabaptists foolishly pretend; for he was appointed by the Father, the King of kings, and the...
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...
1 _st. The Occasion: Luke 12:13-14_. A man in the crowd profits by a moment of silence to submit a matter to Jesus which lies heavily on his heart, and which probably brought him to the Lord's presenc...
(13) And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. (14) And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge, or a divider, over you? (15) And he...
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...
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...
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, MAN,.... Or "friend", as the Ethiopic version renders it; that is, Jesus said to him, as the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions express it: WHO MADE ME A JUDGE, OR A DIVIDER...
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? Ver. 14. _A judge or a divider over you_] It is work enough for a minister rightly to judge of the estate of his flock, and to di...
_One said, Master, speak to my brother_, &c. While Jesus was discoursing, as above related, to his disciple, one of the crowd, that was then collected about Jesus, requested that he would speak to his...
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, MAN, WHO MADE ME A JUDGE OR A DIVIDER OVER YOU?...
Warning against avarice:...
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,...
13-21 Christ's kingdom is spiritual, and not of this world. Christianity does not meddle with politics; it obliges all to do justly, but wordly dominion is not founded in grace. It does not encourage...
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Luke 12:14 But G1161 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 Man G444 who G5101 made G2525 (G5656) Me...
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...
THE DANGER OF RICHES (12:13-21). We now come to the first of a series of parables in this section. It is the first demonstration of how distorted Israel (and the world) is and how it needs to be made...
‘But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?” Jesus' reply is indicative of how He saw His position. He had not been sent to sort out petty worldly affairs, especially not whe...
Luke 12:13-21. WARNING AGAINST COVETOUS-NESS. Peculiar to Luke....
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 12:14. MAN. In a tone of reproof, as in Romans 2:1; Romans 9:20. WHO MADE ME A JUDGE? etc. Moses assumed this position and was reproached for it by one of his countrymen in language closely rese...
Luke 12:13 The folly of the rich fool appears: I. In the fact that he completely ignored his responsibility to God in the matter of his possessions. He speaks of " _my_fruits," and " _my_goods," and...
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...
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...
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...
A MAN IN THE CROWD SAID TO HIM. Only Luke gives this parable of the Rich Fool. TELL MY BROTHER. Whether this man's brother had been unfair or not, isn't told. But the parable shows that the one who sa...
_Who made Me a Judge era divider over you?_ CHRIST NOT A CIVIL JUDGE, BUT A REDEEMER; At first sight, Christ’s refusal to interfere between these brothers seems astonishing. Is there not a question...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:13 TELL MY BROTHER TO DIVIDE. Since Jesus’ teaching on the desire for material things immediately follows this request, this man is probably speaking from personal greed. WHO MADE...
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...
_But He said unto him, Man, who made Me a judge or a divider over you?_ The word "man" is a Hebraism for an unknown person, as in Luke 22:58, Peter said, "Man, I am not," and Luke 22:60, "Man, I know...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 12:13. ONE OF THE COMPANY.—Rather, “one out of the multitude” (R.V.). Perhaps the mention of magistrates and powers suggested to him Christ’s acting as a judge and giving a decis...
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...
Exodus 2:14; John 18:35; John 18:36; John 6:15; John 8:11;...
Made [κ α τ ε σ τ η σ ε ν]. Appointed or constituted....
Who made me a judge? — In worldly things. His kingdom is not of this world....