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Verse 45. _BEGIN TO BEAT_, c.] See the different parts of this bad
minister's conduct pointed out on Matthew 24:48-40....
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See the notes at Matthew 24:42.
SECOND WATCH - See the notes at Matthew 14:25....
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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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THE FAITHFUL STEWARD (Matthew 24:45 *). Luke 12:39 is peculiar to Lk.
The answer to Peter's question is that the injunctions to watchfulness
are particularly applicable to the Twelve. This is emphasiz...
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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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"Let your loins be girt and your lamps burning. Be like men who are
waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that,
when he comes and knocks, they will open to him immediately....
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DELAYETH. The emphasis is placed on this verb
BY the Figure of speech _Hyperbaton_ (App-6), because it is this
postponement of the reckoning which leads to his evil doing.
AND. Note the Figure of sp...
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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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_say in his heart_, _My lord delayeth his coming_ Ecclesiastes 8:11.
It was not long before the temptation to use this language arose with
fatal results, 2 Peter 3:8-9....
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ΕἼΠΗΙ … ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΚΑΡΔΊΑΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂,
ΧΡΟΝΊΖΕΙ Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΌΣ ΜΟΥ ἜΡΧΕΣΘΑΙ.
Ecclesiastes 8:11. It was not long before the temptation to use this
language arose with fatal results, 2 Peter 3:8-9....
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LESSONS OF TRUSTFULNESS (22–32), ALMSGIVING (33, 34), AND FAITHFUL
WATCHFULNESS (35–48). THE SEARCHING EFFECT OF CHRIST’S WORK
(49–53)...
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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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Ver 41. Then Peter said to him Lord, speak you this parable to us, or
even to all? 42. And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise
steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household,...
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ΕΪΠΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить.
_Conj._ с ΕΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._ 3 типа,
предполагающем возможность условия,
ΧΡΟΝΊΖΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΧΡΟΝΊΖΩ (G5549)
занимать время, откладывать...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
Action as Alertness (Luke 12:35-48)
35 Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning, 36and be like men
who are waiting for their master to come home from the marriage...
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Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
doing.
BLESSED IS THAT SERVANT, WHOM HIS LORD WHEN HE COMETH SHALL FIND SO
DOING. OF A TRUTH ... HE WILL MAKE HIM RULER OVER ALL...
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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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EXHORTATION TO VIGILANCE. The greater part of it appears also (and
most appropriately) in Matthew 24. The apostles and other ministers of
the word are chiefly addressed, though there is a lesson for a...
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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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TO BEAT THE MENSERVANTS. — Literally, _the boys,_ but in the sense
which the word had acquired, like the French _garçon,_ as used
generally for servants of any age. Note the more specific terms as
com...
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(42-46) WHO THEN IS THAT FAITHFUL AND WISE STEWARD? — See Notes on
Matthew 24:45. Here the words come as an answer to Peter’s question.
The promise was spoken, not for the Twelve only, but for every
f...
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ἐὰν δὲ : introducing supposition of an abuse of power,
conceived possible even in the case of an apostle, of a Peter. Let no
proud ecclesiastic therefore say, Is thy servant a dog?
χρονίζει : a delaye...
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_A question by Peter and a reply_ (Matthew 24:45-51). Some look on
Peter's question as a literary device of the evangelist either to
connect his material (Weiss in Meyer; x. 29, xi. 45 cited as simila...
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EVER ON THE WATCH
Luke 12:35-48
The Lord leads our thoughts on to His advent, when He will call His
servants to account. The day may pass into the evening, the evening
into the night, and the night m...
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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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SOLICITUDE
Luke 12:22-31. This item of our Savior's discourse is so identical
with a paragraph in His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6), that I
forbear quotation, the substantial repetition of the Great...
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4 _th. To the Apostles: Luke 12:41-53_.
Up till now, Jesus had been speaking to all believers; from this
point, on occasion of a question put by Peter, He addresses the
apostles in particular, and rem...
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_The Parable of the Two Stewards._
The magnificence of the promise, Luke 12:37, has struck Peter; he asks
himself if such a recompense is intended for all the subjects of the
Messiah, or ought not rat...
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VERS. 45, 46 represent an apostle or an unfaithful minister under the
image of an unprincipled steward.
The condition of fidelity being the constant watching for the master's
return, this servant, to...
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(32) Fear not little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom. (33) Sell that ye have, and give alms: provide
yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens t...
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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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BUT AND IF THAT SERVANT SAY IN HIS HEART,.... Not the same servant
before spoken of as a wise and faithful steward, that gives to all in
the family the portion of meat in due season, and shall be foun...
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_But and if that servant_, &c. On the other hand, consider attentively
the character and punishment of a bad servant, that you may avoid
both. If any steward, who has the care of his lord's family com...
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The faithful servant. Matthew 24:42-51....
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BUT AND IF THAT SERVANT SAY IN HIS HEART, MY LORD DELAYETH HIS COMING,
AND SHALL BEGIN TO BEAT THE MEN-SERVANTS AND MAIDENS, AND TO EAT AND
DRINK, AND TO BE DRUNKEN,...
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Peter's question and the Lord's reply:...
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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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41-53 All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and
to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know
many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 12:45...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
Of whom also did the Lord say: "But if the evil servant shall say in
his heart, My lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to smite the
man-servants and maidens, a...
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Luke 12:45 But G1161 if G1437 that G1565 servant G1401 says G2036
(G5632) in G1722 his G846 heare...
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“But if that servant shall say in his heart, ‘My lord delays his
coming,' and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants,
and to eat and drink, and to be drunken.”
But far from being ble...
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THE PARABLE OF THE SERVANTS GOOD AND BAD (12:42-48).
In reply to Peter's question Jesus tells a parable about an individual
steward (although it expands to cover all level of servants at the
end). It...
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Luke 12:42-46. See on Matthew 24:45-51, which corresponds exactly.
‘Jesus continues His teaching as if He took no account of Peter's
question; but in reality He gives such a turn to the warning which...
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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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Luke 12:35-48. EXHORTATIONS TO WATCHFULNESS. The connection is with
Luke 12:32: ‘It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom,' let that free you from anxiety; but let it be the motive to...
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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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SHALL SAY
(ειπη). Second aorist subjunctive, with εαν, condition of the
third class, undetermined, but with prospect of being
determined.DELAYETH
(χρονιζε). From χρονος, time, spends time, linger...
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Luke 12:22. _And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the
body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the...
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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...
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Luke 12:35. Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will
return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, t...
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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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BE READY FOR WHATEVER COMES. People in the East wore long robes, which
had to be tucked under their belts to get ready to travel. See notes
on Matthew 24:42-44. AND YOUR LAMPS LIT. See notes on Matthe...
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_My lord delayeth his coming_
EMBOLDENED BY DELAY
History says that long ago it had been announced that the world was
coming to an end, and there was great excitement in London.
It was said that the...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:41 ARE YOU TELLING THIS PARABLE FOR US OR FOR
ALL? Jesus does not actually answer Peter’s question, which would
seem to indicate that the parable was meant for “everyone” to whom...
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Jesus tells about his return Matthew 24:36-51; Mark 13:32-37; Luke
21:34-36; Luke 12:39-46;...
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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 12:41. THEN PETER SAID.—The high reward promised, rather than
the duty enjoined, was in Peter’s thoughts, and involved a certain
measure of danger against which Christ warns him....
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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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2 Corinthians 11:20; 2 Peter 2:13; 2 Peter 2:19; 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Pet
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Delayeth. The emphatic word, since the thought of the lord's delay and
of the postponement of the reckoning is uppermost in the servant's
thought....
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Our Lord in these verses describes. negligent and unfaithful steward
of his household, and then declares that dreadful sentence of wrath
which hangs over him. The unfaithful steward, or negligent mini...