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NOTHING COVERED - See the notes at Matthew 10:26.
Luke 12:3
SHALL BE PROCLAIMED UPON THE HOUSETOPS - See the notes at Matthew
10:27. The custom of maki
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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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LUKE 12. A COLLECTION OF SAYINGS taken from Q and arranged in groups
with more or less suitable introductions.
LUKE 12:1. JESUS ENCOURAGES HIS DISCIPLES. (For parallels in Mt. see
below.) After a war...
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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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In the meantime, when the people had been gathered together in their
thousands, so that they trampled on each other, Jesus began to say
first of all to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the lea...
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THEREFORE. Instead of (Greek. _anti._ App-104.) which.
HAVE SPOKEN. spake.
DARKNESS. the darkness.
IN. to. Greek _pros._ App-104.
CLOSETS. the chambers. Occurs only here, Luke 12:24, and Matthew 6:...
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_whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness_ The _application_of the
similar language in Matthew 10:26; Mark 4:22, is different. See Luke
8:17.
_in closets_ Literally, _"in the treasuries_or _storehouses,...
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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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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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Luke 12:1-12. THE DUTY OF BOLD SINCERITY AND TRUST IN GOD...
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ἈΝΘ' ὯΝ. ‘_Wherefore_,’ comp. ἀντὶ τούτου,
‘therefore,’ Ephesians 5:31; it means ‘because’ in Luke 1:20;
Luke 19:44.
ὍΣΑ ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΣΚΟΤΊΑΙ ΕἼΠΑΤΕ. The ἐν
σκοτίᾳ here means ‘in obscurity.’ The _applicati...
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Ver 1. In the mean time, when there were gathered together an
innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they bode one upon
another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Beware you of
th...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Arguments for Alertness (Luke 12:1-12)
12 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had
gathered together that they trod upon one another, he began to say...
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For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither
hid, that shall not be known.
FOR THERE IS NOTHING COVERED (FROM VIEW), THAT SHALL NOT BE REVEALED;
NEITHER HID (FROM KNOWLEDGE),...
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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...
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For in that day the most secret words and thoughts of hypocrites will
be proclaimed to the whole creation. THEREFORE (RV 'Where-fore')] is
better translated 'for,' 'because '(cp. Luke 1:20; Luke 19:44...
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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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THEREFORE WHATSOEVER YE HAVE SPOKEN IN DARKNESS. — See Note on
Matthew 10:27. There is, it will be noted, a difference of the same
character as in the last verse. As recorded in St. Matthew, it is
“Wh...
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_Exhortation to fearless utterance_, addressed to the disciples (_cf._
Matthew 10:17-33). ἐν οἷς, in these circumstances, _i.e._,
while the assaults of the Pharisees and scribes on Jesus were going on...
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ἀνθʼ ὧν, either = _quare_, inferring the particular case
following from the general statement going before, or = because,
assigning a reason for that statement. This verse = Matthew 10:27, but
altered...
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THE SECRET OF FEARLESSNESS
Luke 12:1-12
The program of this paragraph seems dark. The leaven of evil always at
work; the body tortured and killed; confession difficult, denial easy;
the trials befor...
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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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_House-tops. Our divine Saviour speaks here according to the custom of
his own nation, where it was not uncommon for men to preach from the
house-top, when they wished to deliver anything to the publi...
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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...
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: _The assured Success of their Ministry, and the Fall of their
Adversaries._ “ _In the meantime, when there were gathered together
an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upo...
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3 _d. To the Disciples: Luke 12:1-12_.
This violent scene had found its echo outside; a considerable crowd
had flocked together. Excited by the animosity of their chiefs, the
multitude showed a dispos...
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(1) In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable
multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he
began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the...
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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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THEREFORE WHATSOEVER YE HAVE SPOKEN IN DARKNESS,.... In the most
private manner, to one another:
SHALL BE HEARD IN THE LIGHT; which makes all things manifest, the day
shall declare it:
AND THAT WHIC...
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Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the
light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be
proclaimed upon the housetops.
Ver. 3. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 1...
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_For there is nothing covered_, &c. All your actions shall be brought
to light, either in this world or in the next. Wherefore take great
care never to do any thing which cannot bear the light, but le...
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THEREFORE, WHATSOEVER YE HAVE SPOKEN IN DARKNESS SHALL BE HEARD IN THE
LIGHT; AND THAT WHICH YE HAVE SPOKEN IN THE EAR IN CLOSETS SHALL BE
PROCLAIMED UPON THE HOUSETOPS.
While the assaults of the Phar...
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WARNING AGAINST HYPOCRISY AND COVETOUSNESS.
The leaven of the. Pharisees:...
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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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1-12 A firm belief of the doctrine of God's universal providence, and
the extent of it, would satisfy us when in peril, and encourage us to
trust God in the way of duty. Providence takes notice of th...
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We have something very like this MATTHEW 10:27, spoken by way of
precept. It seemeth to be a sentence also variously applied: it may be
left indifferent to the reader, whether he will understand it as...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI
Comprehending this, as He who taught wished, and receiving it in its
grand sense, he teaches worthily "on the housetops"[221]...
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Luke 12:3 Therefore G473 G3739 whatever G3745 spoken G2036 (G5627) in
G1722 dark G4653 heard G191 ...
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“Wherefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in
the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers
will be proclaimed on the housetops.”
The same is true of their...
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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...
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INSTRUCTION TO HIS DISCIPLES ABOUT LIVING IN THE LIGHT OF ETERNITY
(12:1-12).
Approaching the detail of the section the first thing that Jesus wants
to do is make His disciples think in the light of e...
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Luke 12:2-9. See on Matthew 10:26-33, which was also spoken to the
disciples.
MY FRIENDS (Luke 12:4) is peculiar, see John 15:13-15
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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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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...
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Luke 12:1-12. WARNING AGAINST HYPOCRISY. Comp. the various parallel
passages in Matthew. The connection: ‘Beware of hypocrisy (Luke
12:1), for all shall be made evident in the end (Luke 12:2), and ye...
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IN THE INNER CHAMBERS
(εν τοις ταμειοις). Old form ταμιειον, a store
chamber (Luke 12:24), secret room (Matthew 6:6; Luke 12:3)....
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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...
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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...
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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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AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CROWDED TOGETHER. This is one of the statements
which show the great influence of Christ on the people. [See _also_
Mark 1:33; Mark 2:2; Mark 3:9; Mark 6:31
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_Nothing covered, that shall not be revealed_
THE REVEALING PROCESS
There is a tendency in things everywhere to manifest their natures,
and make themselves known.
Seeds that are buried, seek the lig...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:2 Everything will BE REVEALED and BE (made)
KNOWN by God (compare Luke 8:17)—a referen
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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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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 12:1. AN INNUMERABLE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE.—“The many thousands
of the multitude” (R.V.); lit. “the myriads of the multitude.”
The discourse in this chapter is evidently in continu...
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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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Ecclesiastes 10:12; Ecclesiastes 10:13; Ecclesiastes 10:20; Job 24:14;...
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Closets [τ α μ ε ι ο ι ς]. The word has the same root as
temnw, to cut or divide, and means an apartment where supplies are
divided and apportioned : a treasury, magazine, and therefore a secret
and w...
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Matthew 10:27....