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Verse 25. _TO HIS STATURE ONE CUBIT?_] Matthew 6:27, Matthew 6:27....
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See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 6:25....
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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. (Luke 12:22)
5. The Disciples Comf...
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WARNING AGAINST WORRY (Matthew 6:25 *, Matthew 6:19 *). In Mt. the
section follows the saying about God and Mammon, with which the
parable just given by Lk. has an analogy. Lk. and Mt. agree closely,...
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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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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...
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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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VER 24. CONSIDER THE RAVENS: FOR THEY NEITHER SOW NOR REAP; WHICH
NEITHER HAVE STOREHOUSE NOR BARN; AND GOD FEEDS THEM: HOW MUCH MORE
ARE YOU BETTER THAN THE FOWLS? 25. AND WHICH OF YOU WITH TAKING
TH...
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ΜΕΡΊΜΝΩΝ _praes. act. part., см._ Luke 12:22. Part,
средства ("заботясь"),
ΉΛΙΚΊΑ (G2244) рост, мера измерения
пространства используется здесь по
отношению к небольшому промежутку
времени (Arndt).
Π...
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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...
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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.
AND HE SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, THEREFORE I...
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14 See Exo_2:14.
15 Compare 1Ti_6:6-10.
15 A telling truth which would do more to ameliorate the ills of
humanity than all government, were it heeded, is embodied in the
phrase, "the superfluity of...
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12:25 stature (d-12) Or 'growth.' see Note, Matthew 6:27 ....
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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 c...
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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. Th...
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CONSIDER THE RAVENS. — See Notes on Matthew 6:26. Here, however, we
have the more specific “ravens” instead of the wider “fowls of
the air,” as another example of independence. The choice of the
speci...
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_Dissuasives against earthly care_ (Matthew 6:25-33). The disciples
again become the audience....
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THE CURE FOR ANXIOUS CARE
Luke 12:22-34
Notice this contrast between two kinds of men: the one cares for
himself, is anxious for this life, worries about food and clothes and
standing a cubit higher...
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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 Grea...
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3 _d. To the Disciples: Luke 12:22-40_. Disengagement from earthly
goods. The following exhortations suppose faith. The believer should
renounce the pursuit of earthly goods: 1. From a feeling of enti...
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(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. (23) The life is more than meat, and the bo...
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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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AND WHICH OF YOU WITH TAKING THOUGHT,.... In an anxious and
distressing manner, for food and raiment, in order to preserve and
continue life,
ADD TO HIS STATURE ONE CUBIT? The Persic version reads, ...
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And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
Ver. 25. See Matthew 6:25,27...
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_And he said unto his disciples_ Having delivered the preceding
instructive and awakening parable, whereby he intended to caution the
contending brothers and the multitude against covetousness,
sensua...
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Taking thought for the morrow. Matthew 6:25-34....
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OF TRUST IN GOD AND PREPARATION FOR CHRIST'S COMING.
Warnings against care:...
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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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22-40 Christ largely insisted upon this caution not to give way to
disquieting, perplexing cares, Matthew 6:25. The arguments here used
are for our encouragement to cast our care upon God, which is t...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 12:22...
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Excerpts of Theodotus
Thus He limits not only our occupations, but our cares. For He says:
"Ye cannot, by taking thought, add aught to your stature."[26]...
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Luke 12:25 And G1161 which G5101 of G1537 you G5216 worrying G3309
(G5723) can G1410 (G5736) add G4369 (G5629) one G1520 cubit G4083 to
G1909 his G846 stature G2244
Luke 19:3; Matthew 5
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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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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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A CUBIT
(πηχυν). Matthew 6:27 has πηχυν ενα (one cubit, though
ενα is sometimes merely the indefinite article.STATURE
(ηλικιαν) as in Matthew, which see....
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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
Isaia...
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DO NOT BE WORRIED. These verses about Trust in God are almost
identical to those in Matthew 6:25-34. See notes there....
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_Take no thought for your life_
REASONS FOR BANISHING VEXATIOUS CARE
1.
It is needless; “your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of
these things”; and will certainly provide for you; and wha...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:22 THEREFORE (because of the truths taught in
vv. Luke 12:13) ... DO NOT BE ANXIOUS. The first reason why believers
should not be anxious is given in v. Luke 12:23 (FOR LIFE IS MO...
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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 12:22. TAKE NO THOUGHT.—Rather, “be not anxious” (R.V.).
The meaning of the word “thought” has changed since 1611. Then it
meant “anxiety” (see 1 Samuel 9:5).
Luke 12:23. IS MO...
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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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Luke 19:3; Matthew 5:36; Matthew 6:27...
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Stature [η λ ι κ ι α ν]. The original meaning of the word is
time of life, age. So, commonly, in classical Greek. See, also, John
9:21; John 9:23; Hebrews 11:11. The other meaning, stature, also
occur...
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Which of you can add the least measure — It seems, to add one cubit
to a thing (which is the phrase in the original) was a kind of
proverbial expression for making the least addition to it....