Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Luke 12:13-21
EGOTISM REBUKED. THE RICH FOOL
EGOTISM REBUKED. THE RICH FOOL
Verse Luke 12:13. _SPEAK TO MY BROTHER, THAT HE DIVIDE_] Among the Jews, the children had the inheritance of their fathers divided among them; the eldest had a double portion, but all the rest had eq...
ONE OF THE COMPANY - One of the multitude. This man had probably had a dispute with his brother, supposing that his brother had refused to do him justice. Conceiving that Jesus had power over the 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....
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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...
MASTER. Teacher. App-98. DIVIDE. Compare Deuteronomy 21:15. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104....
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...
13-21. Egotism rebuked. The Rich Fool. 13. _Master, speak to my brother_ This was the most foolish and unwarrantable interpellation ever made to our Lord. The few words at once reveal to us an egotis...
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...
ΕΊΠΕ _aor. imper. act., см._ Luke 12:10. _Aor. imper._ указывает на специфическую просьбу, ΜΕΡΊΣΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. inf. от_ ΜΕΡΊΖΩ (G3307) разделять; _med._ делиться чем-л. с другим. _Inf._ в непрямой...
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 one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. AND ONE OF THE COMPANY SAID UNTO HIM, MASTER [`TEACHER' Didaskale (G1320 )], SPEAK TO MY B...
46 Compare Mat_23:4. 47 Compare Mat_23:29-36. 51 Compare Gen_4:8; 2Ch_24:20-21. 51 Men are to be judged by what they know as well as by what they do. To do that which you condemn in others convicts...
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....
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...
DIVIDE THE INHERITANCE] Such questions were decided by the 'bench of three 'of the local synagogues. Christ, as usual, refuses to be drawn into any political or semi-political action. The unseasonable...
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...
AND ONE OF THE COMPANY. — Better, _one of the multitude._ The request implied a recognition of our Lord’s character as a scribe or Rabbi, but it was for the purpose of asking Him to assume that office...
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...
τις ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου : the crowd now comes to the front, and becomes the audience for at least a few moments. εἰπὲ here takes after it the infinitive, instead of ἵνα with subjunctive. μερίσασθαι, to divid...
_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...
(5) And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. (5) For three reasons Christ would not be a judge to divide an inheritance. First, becaus...
The inheritance. This man might think, that Jesus being the Messias, would act like a king and a judge. (Witham) --- Speak to my brother, &c. See in this the spirit of this world, at the very time Jes...
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...
13._Bid my brother divide _Our Lord, when requested to undertake the office of _dividing an inheritance, _refuses to do so. Now as this tended to promote brotherly harmony, and as Christ’s office was,...
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 ONE OF THE COMPANY SAID UNTO HIM,.... Not one of the disciples of Christ, but one of the multitude, or crowd, about him, Luke 12:1 MASTER, SPEAK TO MY BROTHER, THAT HE DIVIDE THE INHERITANCE WITH...
For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. Ver. 13. _Mast...
_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...
SPEAK TO MY BROTHER; he wished to make use of the Saviour's authority and influence to increase his own estate, as some men now value religion simply from its worldly advantages....
Warning against avarice:...
AND ONE OF THE COMPANY SAID UNTO HIM, MASTER, SPEAK TO MY BROTHER THAT HE DIVIDE THE INHERITANCE WITH ME....
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...
Ver. 13,14. This passage certainly is not recorded for nothing; if it teacheth us any thing, it is this, That matters of civil justice belong not to those whom Christ sends to preach his gospel: that...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV , for he is the Christ of the simply good and non-judicial god. "Who," says he, "made me a judge over you? "[1158]...
Luke 12:13 G1161 one G5100 from G1537 crowd G3793 said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 Teacher G1320 tell...
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...
‘And one out of the crowd said to him, “Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.” ' The passage opens with a man coming to Jesus in order to have the problem of his inheritance situatio...
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...
Luke 12:13-21. WARNING AGAINST COVETOUS-NESS. Peculiar to Luke....
Luke 12:13. AND ONE OUT OF THE MULTITUDE. An ordinary hearer in the crowd. His request may have been suggested by our Lord's previous declarations about Providential care, or by his notion that the Me...
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...
BID MY BROTHER (ειπε τω αδελφω μου). This volunteer from the crowd draws attention to the multitude (verses Luke 12:13-21). He does not ask for arbitration and there is no evidence that his brother...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_And one of the multitude said unto Him._ My brother is injuring me, for he wishes to seize the whole of our father's property, and he will give me no share of it. Command him therefore to do me justi...
_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...
1 Timothy 6:5; Acts 8:18; Acts 8:19; Ezekiel 33:31; Luke 6:45;...
While our Saviour was thus instructing his disciples and the rest of his auditors, in things appertaining to the kingdom of heaven; one of the company being more intent, as it seems, upon his temporal...