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._...
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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...
_heat_ Rather, A SIMOOM or scorching wind, because -the South wind" in Palestine would blow from the desert....
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...
ΚΑΎΣΩΝ. ‘A simoom,’ or scorching wind, because ‘the south wind’ in Palestine would blow from the desert. Matthew 20:12....
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, AND RESULTANT DUTY...
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...
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...
Ignorance of the signs of the times. 54-56. See on Matthew 16:1....
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...
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...
THERE WILL BE HEAT. — See Note on Matthew 20:12. The word rendered “heat” is probably used here as signifying the “burning wind,” the _simoom,_ which, blowing over the desert, scorched and withered al...
(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...
καύσων, the sirocco, a hot wind from the desert, blighting vegetation (James 1:11), equally a matter of course....
_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...
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 WHEN YE SEE THE SOUTH WIND BLOW,.... From the hot countries of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Arabia, which lay south of Judea: YE SAY THERE WILL BE HEAT; or hot sultry weather, scorching heat, which such...
_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...
THE SOUTH WIND; from the hot and sultry deserts of Arabia and Eqypt....
A last word to the people:...
AND WHEN YE SEE THE SOUTH WIND BLOW, YE SAY, THERE WILL BE HEAT; AND IT COMETH TO PASS....
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...
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Luke 12:55 And G2532 when G3752 wind G3558 blow G4154 (G5723) say G3004 (G5719) G3754 be...
“And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.” The south wind comes up from the hot wilderness warmth of the Negeb and beyond, and thus will inevi...
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...
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...
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...
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: 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...
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...
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...
_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...
Job 37:17...
Heat [κ α υ σ ω ν]. See on James 1:10; Matthew 20:12. Discern [δ ο κ ι μ α ζ ε ι ν]. See on trial and tried, 1 Peter 1:7. It means here test or prove. You can test and prove the weather by your signs;...