Luke 12:58

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' had just been spoken of; in the parallel passage, Matthew 5:25-26, the connection points rather to some brother offended.

The magistrate is God.

On the way. ‘As thou art' is unnecessary; ‘on the way' belongs to what follows.

To be released from him. By repentance and faith.

Lest He, i.e., the adversary.

Christ is the Judge.

Officer, or ‘exactor.' The Roman officer corresponding to our sheriff, more exactly named by Luke than by Matthew. The word is used only here, and probably refers to the angels, see Matthew 13:41.

The prison. The place of punishment. This interpretation of the figure seems even more fitting here than in Matthew. Some prefer to regard it as a general statement of danger, without explaining the several parts. But the repetition of the detailed figure (the Sermon on the Mount certainly preceded) as well as the previous part of the discourse point to special meanings.