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Verse 36. _THAT WAIT FOR THEIR LORD_] Matthew 25:1, c.
_THE WEDDING_] How the Jewish weddings were celebrated, see in the
notes on Matthew 8:12; Matthew 22:13....
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LET YOUR LOINS ... - This alludes to the ancient manner of dress. They
wore a long flowing robe as their outer garment. See the notes at
Matthew 5:38. When they labored, or walked, or ran, it was nece...
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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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LUKE 12:35 THREE REFERENCES TO THE PAROUSIA.
Luke 12:35 (with Luke 12:47 F.). THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS. These
verses, like Luke 13:25, are clearly akin in thought to Mt.'s parable
of the Ten Bridesma...
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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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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".
RETU...
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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 35. LET YOUR LOINS BE GIRDED ABOUT, AND YOUR LIGHTS BURNING; 36.
AND YOU YOURSELVES LIKE TO MEN THAT WAIT FOR THEIR LORD, WHEN HE WILL
RETURN FROM THE WEDDING; THAT WHEN HE COMES AND KNOCKS, THEY...
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ΠΡΟΣΔΕΧΟΜΈΝΟΙΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (adj.) от_
ΠΡΟΣΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G4327) ждать, ожидать. _Dat._ с
_adj._ ΌΜΟΙΟΙ ("подобный"),
ΆΝΑΛΎΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΆΝΑΛΎΩ (G360)
разбивать, распускать, развязыв...
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DISCOURSE: 1529
THE WATCHFUL SERVANT
Luke 12:35. _Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will
return from the weddi...
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LET YOUR LOINS BE GIRDED ABOUT— As the eastern nations wore long
garments, it was necessary that, when they had any thing to do which
required them to exert their strength or agility, they should tuck...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
Action as Alertness (Luke 12:35-48)
35 Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning, 36and be like men
who are waiting for their master to come home from the marriage...
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And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he
will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they
may open unto him immediately.
AND YE YOURSELVES LIKE UNTO ME...
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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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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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Luke 12:35-36 contain the germ of the parable of the _Ten Virgins_
(Matthew 25:1 f.). So De Wette, J. Weiss, Holtzmann, Schanz, etc.
ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι, loins girt, for service.
λύχνοι καιόμενοι, la...
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EVER ON THE WATCH
Luke 12:35-48
The Lord leads our thoughts on to His advent, when He will call His
servants to account. The day may pass into the evening, the evening
into the night, and the night...
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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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(32) Fear not little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom. (33) Sell that ye have, and give alms: provide
yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens t...
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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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_IDEALS LOST AND RECOVERED_
‘Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning: And ye
yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return
from the wedding; that when he come...
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Luke 12:36._And you yourselves like men that wait for their master.
_He uses another parable not mentioned by Matthew, who writes more
briefly on this subject; for he compares himself to _a householde...
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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 YE YOURSELVES LIKE UNTO MEN THAT WAIT FOR THEIR LORD,.... Who
either was at a wedding, or was the bridegroom himself; so be ye in a
readiness, waiting for the coming of Christ, the bridegroom of t...
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And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will
return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may
open unto him immediately.
Ver. 36. _And knocketh_] _sc._ By...
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_Let your loins_, &c. Our Lord, having recommended to his disciples
disengagement of affection from the things of this world, and a due
moderation as to their esteem for, and cares about, earthly
poss...
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The faithful servant. Matthew 24:42-51....
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Christian alertness:...
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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 12:35...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV
that is, our minds kindled by faith, and resplendent with the works of
truth. And thus "to wait for our Lord,"[1188]...
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Luke 12:36 and G2532 yourselves G5210 like G3664 men G444 wait G4327
(G5740) their G1438 master G2962 when G4219 return G360 (G5692) from
G1537 wedding G1062 that G2443 comes G2064 (G5631) and G2532 k...
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THE FIRST PARABLE - THE SERVANTS IN READINESS (12:35-38).
In this parable Jesus is dealing with the responsibility that all who
claim to be His servants have for the whole world (the lord's house),
a...
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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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WHEN HE SHALL RETURN FROM THE MARRIAGE FEAST
(ποτε αναλυση εκ των γαμων). The interrogative
conjunction ποτε and the deliberative aorist subjunctive retained
in the indirect question. The verb αναλ...
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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 w...
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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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BE READY FOR WHATEVER COMES. People in the East wore long robes, which
had to be tucked under their belts to get ready to travel. See notes
on Matthew 24:42-44. AND YOUR LAMPS LIT. See notes on Matthe...
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_Men that wait for their Lord_
OF THE BELIEVER’S READINESS FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST
This readiness stands in watchfulness and fidelity.
I. WATCHFULNESS.
1. Its nature.
2. Its ground. The servant’...
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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 12:35. LOINS GIRDED.—An allusion to the long robes of the East,
which those who wear them must bind up before they engage in any
active employment. LIGHTS BURNING.—The same less...
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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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2 Peter 1:13; Genesis 49:18; Isaiah 64:4; James 5:7; James 5:8; Jude
1:20; Jude 1:21; Lamentations 3:25; Lamentations 3:26; Luke 2:25;...
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Shall return [α ν α λ υ σ η]. The verb means, originally, to
unloose : so of vessels, to unloose their moorings and go to sea. Of
departing generally. This is its sense in the only other passage where...