IN. Greek. _en.App-104._ TRODE ONE UPON ANOTHER. trampled one another down. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 12:11. FIRST. The Structure ("K ") on p. 1471 shows that this must be connected with "disciples "and not with what follows. BEWARE YE. Take heed to yourselves. C... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTHING. Greek. _ouden._ Compound of ou. App-105. COVERED. concealed. Greek _sunkaluptomai._ Only here in N.T. NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 12:4; Luke 12:6 -, Luke 4:7; Luke 4:21; Luke 4:26; Luke 4:27 -; Luke 4:29; Luke 4:32;... [ Continue Reading ]
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 6:6; Matthew 24:26. PROCLAIMED. App-121. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. HOUSETOPS. Compare Matthew 2... [ Continue Reading ]
I SAY UNTO YOU. Always introduces an important matter. UNTO. to. BE NOT AFRAID (_phobethete)._ ye shall fear _(phobethete) (Luke 12:5)._ Note the Figure of speech _Anadiplosis_ (App-6), by which all the words between are emphasized, by being thus enclosed. NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. Not the same w... [ Continue Reading ]
FOREWARN. shew, or warn; p. Luke 3:7. YE SHALL FEAR. See note on Luke 12:4. FEAR. Note the second _Anadiplosis._ App-6. HIM, which: i.e. God Who. POWER. authority. See App-172. INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. HELL. the Gehenna. See note on 2 Kings 23:10; Matthew 5:3, and App-131.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. See App-105. TWO FARTHINGS. two _assaria._ See note on Matthew 10:29. OF. out of. Greek. _ek._ App-104. BEFORE. in the sight of. Greek. _enopion,_ as in Luke 1:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE. have been. See note on Matthew 10:30; Acts 27:34. and compare 1 Samuel 14:45; 1 Kings 1:52. MORE VALUE. differ from: i.e. excel.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL. may (with Greek. _an)._ ME. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) Me: i.e. in My Name. BEFORE. in the presence of. Greek. _emprosthen._ MEN. Plural of _anthropos._ App-123. HIM. in him. SHALL. will. THE SON OF MAN. See App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
DENIETH. has disowned. DENIED. utterly disowned.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORD. Not "blaspheme", as in next clause. AGAINST. Greek. _eis._ App-101. THE HOLY GHOST. With Art. See App-101. As in Luke 12:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. before. Greek. _epi._ App-104. SYNAGOGUES. See App-120. POWERS. authorities. App-172. TAKE YE NO THOUGHT. be not full of care, or anxious. ANSWER. reply in defence. See Acts 6:8, Act 6:10. 2 Timothy 4:17; 1 Peter 3:15. Compare Daniel 3:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUGHT TO. should.... [ Continue Reading ]
MASTER. Teacher. App-98. DIVIDE. Compare Deuteronomy 21:15. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE. appointed, or constituted. Compare Exodus 2:4. OVER. Greek. _epi._ App-104. Not with the same case as in verses: Luke 12:42; Luke 12:44.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE HEED. See. Greek. _horao._ App-133. BEWARE. keep yourselves from, COVETOUSNESS. All the texts read "all covetousness". MAN'S. to any one. LIFE. Greek _zoe._ See App-170. Not so with _bios_ (App-171.) POSSESSETH. Greek. _huparcho._ see Philippians 1:2; Philippians 1:6 (being); Luke 3:20 ("i... [ Continue Reading ]
GROUND. estate. Greek. _chora._ BROUGHT FORTH PLENTIFULLY. Greek _euphoreo._ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGHT. was reasoning. WITHIN. Greek. _en._ App-104. NO. not. Greek _ou._ App-105. BESTOW. gather together, or lay up.... [ Continue Reading ]
BARNS. granaries. FRUITS. produce. Not the same word as in Luke 12:17. Tr. WI. read "the corn". GOODS. good things.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SOUL. Idiom for "myself". Greek. _mou psuche_. See App-13., App-110, and note on Jeremiah 17:21. SOUL _= psuche._ See App-110. LAID UP. laid by. FOR (Greek. _eis._ App-104.) many years. Compare Proverbs 27:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOL. See note on Luke 11:40. THIS NIGHT. this very night. THY SOUL. thy life. App-110. SHALL BE REQUIRED. they demand. Only here and Luke 6:30. Tr.. WI read "is required". But both are impersonal, referring to some unknown invisible agencies which carry out God's judgments or Satan's will. Compar... [ Continue Reading ]
TOWARD. Greek. _eis._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE. On (Greek. _dia._ App-104.Luke 12:3; Luke 12:3) _this_ [account]. TAKE NO THOUGHT, &c. This saying is repeated from Matthew 6:25. See note there. LIFE. Greek. _psuche._ See App-110. It is what can "eat".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE. [L]. Tr.. WH. read "For the", &c. MEAT. food. Compare Matthew 6:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONSIDER, &c. See note on Matthew 7:3. RAVENS. See Job 38:41.Psalms 147:9. Occurs only here in N.T. NEITHER SOW. sow not (Greek. _ou._ App-105). NOR. Greek. _oude._ NEITHER HAVE. have not, as above. STOREHOUSE. Same as "closet "in Luke 12:3. BARN. granary. FOWLS. birds.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. Greek. _epi._ App-104. STATURE. age, as in John 9:21; John 9:23.Hebrews 11:11, referring to fullness of growth, hence rendered "stature" (Luke 19:3.Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:13).. "cubit" could not be "the least" of Luke 12:26. It must therefore be putby Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject... [ Continue Reading ]
IF YE, &c. Assuming the hypothesis as. fact. See App-118. NOT. Compound of ou. App-105. LEAST. This determines the meaningof "cubit "in Luke 12:25, or it would nullify the Lord's argument. FOR. Greek. _peri._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY GROW. T Tr.. WI m. omit, and read "how they toil not", &c. TOIL NOT, THEY SPIN NOT = neither toil nor spin.. A WI m. read "neither spin nor weave". SOLOMON... WAS NOT. not even Solomon was. 1Ki 3:13. 1 Kings 10:1; Song of Solomon 3:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GRASS, &c. Compare Isaiah 40:6; 1 Peter 1:24.James 1:10; James 1:11. CAST: i.e. for fuel, "oven "being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the furnace; as we _say "_ the kettle boils" or "light the fire". O YE OF LITTLE FAITH. Greek. _oligopistos._ See all the five occuranc... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER. and not. Greek. _me._ App-104. OF DOUBTFUL MIND. excited. Occurs only here in N.T.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORLD. Greek. _kosmos._ App-129. KNOWETH. Greek _oida._ App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KINGDOM OF GOD. See App-114.... [ Continue Reading ]
LITTLE FLOCK. Compare Psalms 23:1.Isaiah 40:11.Matthew 26:31. Joh 10:12-16. IT IS YOUR FATHER'S GOOD PLEASURE. your Father took delight. The King was present: what could He not supply?... [ Continue Reading ]
SELL. Compare Acts 2:44; Acts 2:45; Acts 4:37. THAT YE HAVE. Greek. _huparcho:_ your possessions. See note on "is", Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:20. BAGS. purses. WAX NOT OLD. never wear out. THE HEAVENS. Plural. See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. that FAILETH not. unfailing. MOTH. Compar... [ Continue Reading ]
HEART BE ALSO. heart also be.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHTS. lamps. See App-130.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WAIT FOR. waiting, or looking, for. Greek. _prosdechomai,_ as in Luke 2:25; Luke 2:38; Luke 23:51.Mark 15:43.Titus 2:13. LORD. App-98. A. WHEN. whensoever. WILL. All the texts read "may". RETURN. Greek. _analuo. Occurs only_ here, and Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:23, in N.T. In Septuagint... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. Happy. SERVANTS. bondman. WATCHING. Greek. _gregoreo,_ as in 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:10 (wake). VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. Greek. _ean._ App-118. SECOND... THIRD WATCH. See App-51. (12, 17). SO. thus.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOODMAN. master. App-98. BROKEN. dug. Occurs only here; Matthew 6:19; Matthew 6:20; Matthew 24:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE. Become.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. Note, not "Jesus". App-98. A. TO. Greek. _pros._ Same as "unto" in preceding clause.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT FAITHFUL AND WISE STEWARD. the faithful steward and prudent [man]. MAKE RULER. set. OVER. Greek. _epi.App-104._ Not the same case as in verses: Luke 12:14; Luke 12:44. PORTION OF MEAT. measure of food. Greek. _sitometrion._ Occurs only here. Supposed to be. peculiar N.T. word, but it is foun... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER. Greek. _epi._ App-104. Not the same case as in verses: Luke 12:14; Luke 12:42.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in Luke 12:45 and Luke 12:46. MENSERVANTS. See App-108. MAIDENS. Greek... [ Continue Reading ]
AT. in, as in preceding clause. IS NOT AWARE. knows not. App-132. CUT HIM IN SUNDER. Compare Daniel 2:5.Hebrews 11:37. UNBELIEVERS. unfaithful.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. But. WILL. Greek. _thelema._ See App-102. ACCORDING to. Greek. _pros._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVEN. committed. OF. from. Greek. _para._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM COME. Icame, &c. SEND. Greek. _ballo._ In fourteen out of the eighteen occurrences in Luke, rendered "cast". See verses: Luke 28:88. FIRE. See Joel 2:30, &c. Had the nation received Him, _all_ that the prophets had spoken would have been fulfilled. So would it have been had Peter's proclamati... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE. BAPTISM, &c. Referring to the sufferings which had to be first accomplished. See Luke 24:26; Acts 3:18. App-115.. i. HOW AM. STRAITENED. how am. being pressed. Greek. _sunechomai,_ as in Acts 18:5 and Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:23. The prayer in Gethsemane shows how this WAS. See Luke 2... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM COME. I became present, as in Acts 21:18. TO GIVE PEACE. This was the _object of_ His coming (Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 9:7): but the _e. fect of His_ presence would bring war. He came not to judge (John 12:47) as to this _object,_ but the _effect of His_ coming was judgment (John 9:39). ON. in. Gre... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM HENCEFORTH. from(Greek. _apo._ App-104.) now: explaining the effect. AGAINST. Greek. _epi._ App-104. Referring to Micah 7:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST. In the last four instances _epi_ governs the ace.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO TO THE PEOPLE. to the crowds also; not "in-consequent". See the Structure "L", p. 1471). OUT OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. SHOWER. Occurs only here. IT IS. it happens.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGE ye, &c. Found in an inscriptionat Amorgus, as pronouncing. just judgment, anticipating Luke 12:58.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THOU GOEST. For, when thou art brought. Introducing the reason for this conclusion of the whole argument. ADVERSARY. Shown in the last clause to be the _tax-gatherer._ TO. before. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THE. a. IN THE WAY. Emph. by Figure of speech _Hyperbaton_ (App-6). GIVE DILIGENCE. wor... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. by no means. Greek. _ou me._ App-105. HAST PAID. shalt have paid. This verse is repeated from Matthew 5:28, with. different purpose, and therefore with different words, MITE. See App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]