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LUKE 12:56 pw/j ouvk oi;date dokima,zein {B}
Although it is possible that copyists inserted oi;date in conformity
with the preceding clause, it is more probable that they omitted the
word in order to...
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Verse Luke 12:56. _THIS TIME?_] Can ye not discover from the writings
of the prophets, and from the events which now take place, that this
is the time of the Messiah, and that I am the very person for...
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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...
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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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HYPOCRITES. See note on Luke 11:44.
CAN. know [how to]. Greek. _oida._ App-132.
FACE. appearance.
SKY. the heaven. Singular. See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10....
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_Ye hypocrites_ The insincerity consisted in the fact that though the
signs of the Kingdom were equally plain they _would_not see them, and
pretended not to see them. The Prophets had long ago pointed...
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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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ὙΠΟΚΡΙΤΑΊ. Their insincerity consisted in the fact that
though the signs of the Kingdom were equally plain they _would_ not
see them, and pretended not to see them. The Prophets had long ago
pointed t...
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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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THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, AND RESULTANT DUTY...
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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...
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ΔΟΚΙΜΆΖΕΙ Ν _praes. act. inf. от_ ΔΟΙΑΜΆΖΩ (G1381)
исследовать, доказывать, приходить к
выводу после рассмотрения. _Inf._ в роли
_obj._ при гл. ΟΪΔΑΤΕ ("вы знаете, как") perf.
_ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G14...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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Ignorance of the signs of the times.
54-56. See on Matthew 16:1....
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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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HOW IS IT THAT YE DO NOT DISCERN THIS TIME? — What had been said
before to Pharisees and Sadducees (Matthew 16:3) is here repeated with
a wider application. It was true of the people, as of their teac...
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(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...
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ὑποκριταί seems too strong a term to apply to the people,
and more appropriate to a Pharisaic or professional audience (Matthew
16:3). Raphel, after Erasmus Schmidt, translates _harioli_, weather
prop...
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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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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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YE HYPOCRITES,.... A word often used of the Scribes and Pharisees, and
which suggests, that there were such in company, to whom Christ more
especially directs his discourse; and this may be the rather...
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_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...
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THIS TIME; the indications of the presence of the Messiah....
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A last word to the people:...
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YE HYPOCRITES, YE CAN DISCERN THE FACE OF THE SKY AND OF THE EARTH;
BUT HOW IS IT THAT YE DO NOT DISCERN THIS TIME?...
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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 12:55...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV
must have predicted it to Marcion's Christ! On this account He
pronounced them "hypocrites," because they could "discern the face of
the sky and the earth, but coul...
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Luke 12:56 Hypocrites G5273 can G1492 (G5758) discern G1381 (G5721)
face G4383 sky G3772 and G2532 earth...
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“You hypocrites, you know how to interpret the face of the earth and
the heaven, but how is it that you do not know how to interpret this
time?”
But Jesus considers that if they can take the trouble 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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TO INTERPRET THIS TIME
(τον καιρον τουτον δοκιμαζειν). To test
δοκιμαζειν as spiritual chemists. No wonder that Jesus here
calls them "hypocrites" because of their blindness when looking at and
hea...
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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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WHEN YOU SEE A CLOUD COMING UP. The Jewish Age was about to close. See
notes on Matthew 16:2-3....
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_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...
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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...
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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 Chronicles 12:32; Acts 3:24; Daniel 9:24; Galatians 4:4; Haggai 2:7
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How do ye not discern this season — Of the Messiah's coming,
distinguishable by so many surer signs....