Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Luke 12:54
also to the people. to the crowds also; not "in-consequent". See the Structure "L", p. 1471).
out of. from. Greek. apo. App-104.
shower. Occurs only here.
it is. it happens.
also to the people. to the crowds also; not "in-consequent". See the Structure "L", p. 1471).
out of. from. Greek. apo. App-104.
shower. Occurs only here.
it is. it happens.
Verse 54. _A CLOUD RISE_] See on Matthew 16:2; Matthew 16:3....
See the notes at Matthew 16:2. SOUTH WIND - To the south and southwest of Judea were situated Arabia, Egypt, and Ethiopia, all warm or hot regions, and consequently the air that came from those quart...
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. ...
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._...
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...
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
54-59. The Signs of the Times, and resultant Duty. 54. _to the people_ Rather, to the multitudes, whom He now addresses, having finished the lessons which were most necessary for His timid and discou...
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...
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, AND RESULTANT DUTY...
ἘΠῚ ΔΥΣΜΩ͂Ν. אBL Ti[258] W.H[259] [258] Ti. Tischendorf. [259] W.H. Westcott and Hort. 54. ΤΟΙ͂Σ ὌΧΛΟΙΣ. ‘To the multitudes,’ whom He now addresses, having finished the lessons which were most neces...
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...
VER 54. AND HE SAID ALSO TO THE PEOPLE, WHEN YOU SEE A CLOUD RISE OUT OF THE WEST, STRAIGHTWAY YOU SAY, THERE COMES A SHOWER; AND SO IT IS. 55. AND WHEN YOU SEE THE SOUTH WIND BLOW, YOU SAY HERE WILL...
ΪΔΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть. _Conj._ в indef. _temp. прид._ ΆΝΑΤΈΛΛΟΥΣΑΝ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΆΝΑΤΈΛΛΩ (G393) подниматься, ΔΥΣΜΏΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΔΥΣΜΉ (G1424) нисхождение,...
AND HE SAID ALSO TO THE PEOPLE,— When Jesus had done speaking to his disciples, he addressed the unbelieving multitude, who on this occasion were gathered together, and stood round, hearing the instru...
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...
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...
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. AND HE SAID ALSO TO THE PEOPLE - rather, 'to the multitudes' [ toi...
39 As most of the houses in Palestine were built of sun-dried clay, or adobe, a thief could best effect an entrance by digging his way through the walls. They literally burrowed their way into a house...
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...
Ignorance of the signs of the times. 54-56. See on Matthew 16:1....
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...
(54-56) WHEN YE SEE A CLOUD RISE OUT OF THE WEST. — See Notes on Matthew 16:2. The differences in form are, however, noticeable enough to suggest the impression here also of like teaching at a differe...
_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...
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...
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...
(14) And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud (n) rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. (14) Men who are very quick to see with regard to earthly t...
In these words he reproaches them, that they knew well enough how to judge of the weather by the appearance of the heavens; but were ignorant how to distinguish the times: i.e. could not discern that...
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...
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...
(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...
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 ALSO TO THE PEOPLE,.... For what Christ had before said, were chiefly, if not solely, directed to his disciples; but now he turned himself to the innumerable multitude that were about him,...
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. Ver. 54. See Matthew 16:2 ....
_And he said to the people_ Namely, to the unbelieving multitude, which on this occasion was gathered together, and stood around him: _When ye see a cloud_, &c. As if he had said, The perverseness whi...
OUT OF THE WEST; from the Mediterranean sea, which lay west of Judea. Were men as quick to discern, and as wise to judge, in spiritual as they are in temporal things, and did they as earnestly and per...
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....
A last word to the people:...
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,...
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...
Ver. 54-56. We met with a discourse of the same nature; SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 16:2", SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 16:3". The sense of our Saviour is, that God by his prophets had given them more certain sign...
Luke 12:54 Then G1161 also G2532 said G3004 (G5707) multitudes G3793 Whenever G3752 see G1492 (G5632) cloud...
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...
‘And he said to the crowds also, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, straight away you say, ‘There comes a shower,' and so it happens.” Jesus has now turned His concentration back on the crowds...
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...
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...
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...
TO THE MULTITUDES ALSO (κα τοις οχλοις). After the strong and stirring words just before with flash and force Jesus turns finally in this series of discourses to the multitudes again as in verse Luk...
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...
WHEN YOU SEE A CLOUD COMING UP. The Jewish Age was about to close. See notes on Matthew 16:2-3....
_How is it that ye do not discern this time?_ SIGNS OF THE TIMES I. CONSIDER THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF OUR OWN AGE. 1. The times are sadly darkened with superstition. 2. A parching wind of unbelief...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:54 A CLOUD RISING IN THE WEST over the Mediterranean would have brought moist air that condensed as it climbed the cooler hills of Palestine (SHOWER; see...
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...
_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 it cometh to pass._ When you see a cloud from the west you say, It will r...
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...
_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...
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...
1 Kings 18:44; 1 Kings 18:45; Matthew 16:2...
A cloud. With the definite article, the cloud, which you so often see. There cometh a shower. Or, a shower is coming. See on James 5:7. It is [γ ι ν ε τ α ι]. Better, as Rev., it cometh to pass....
And he said to the people also — In the preceding verses he speaks only to his disciples. From the west — In Judea, the west wind, blowing from the sea, usually brought rain: the south wind, blowing f...
Our Saviour in these words does at once upbraid the stupid ignorance of the Jews in general, and the obstinate infidelity of the Pharisses in particular, in that they could make. judgment of the weath...