37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. Ver. 37. Blessed are those servants ] So Luke 12:38 ; Luke 12:43 . They are three times said to be blessed that watch. Terque quaterque beati: Faelices ter et amplius. Horat. read more
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. Ver. 38. In the second watch ] For serius aut citius, death will be upon us; neither is it sure that he will knock or give warning. Watch, therefore; since at the next puff of breath thou mayest blow away thy life. Fablus Senator, poto in lactis haustu uno pilo, strangulatus est, saith Pliny. Fabius was choked with a hair in a draught of milk. read more
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Ver. 39. See Matthew 24:43 . read more
your loins: 1 Kings 18:46, Proverbs 31:17, Isaiah 5:27, Isaiah 11:5, Ephesians 6:14, 1 Peter 1:13 your lights: Matthew 5:16, Matthew 25:1, Matthew 25:4-2 Samuel :, Philippians 2:15 Reciprocal: Exodus 12:11 - loins Exodus 27:21 - Aaron Leviticus 24:2 - the lamps 2 Kings 9:1 - Gird up thy loins Psalms 90:12 - So Jeremiah 1:17 - gird up Matthew 24:42 - Watch Matthew 25:7 - General Matthew 25:8 - for 1 Corinthians 16:13 - Watch read more
men: Luke 2:25-Amos :, Genesis 49:18, Isaiah 64:4, Lamentations 3:25, Lamentations 3:26, Matthew 24:42-Acts :, Mark 13:34-Haggai :, James 5:7, James 5:8, 2 Peter 1:13-Ezra :, Jude 1:20, Jude 1:21 return: Matthew 22:1-2 Chronicles :, Matthew 25:1-1 Chronicles : when: Song of Solomon 5:5, Song of Solomon 5:6, Revelation 3:20 Reciprocal: Matthew 25:10 - they 1 Corinthians 1:7 - waiting 2 Thessalonians 3:5 - and into read more
Blessed: Luke 12:43, Luke 21:36, Matthew 24:45-2 Corinthians :, Matthew 25:20-Isaiah :, Philippians 1:21, Philippians 1:23, 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:8, 1 Peter 5:1-Numbers :, 2 Peter 1:11, 2 Peter 3:14, Revelation 14:13 that: Isaiah 62:5, Jeremiah 32:41, Zephaniah 3:17, John 12:26, John 13:4, John 13:5, 1 Corinthians 2:9, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 14:4 Reciprocal: Genesis 18:8 - stood 1 Kings 2:7 - eat 2 Chronicles 9:4 - the sitting Proverbs 27:18 -... read more
Matthew 25:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Reciprocal: Psalms 90:4 - and as Matthew 14:25 - the fourth watch Mark 6:48 - the fourth Acts 23:23 - at Revelation 22:14 - Blessed read more
Matthew 24:43, Matthew 24:44, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 3:3, Revelation 16:15 Reciprocal: Job 24:14 - in the night Psalms 91:5 - terror Proverbs 7:19 - the goodman Ecclesiastes 9:12 - the sons 1 Thessalonians 5:6 - watch read more
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;Let your loins be girt — An allusion to the long garments, worn by the eastern nations, which they girded or tucked up about their loins, when they journeyed or were employed in any labour: as also to the lights that servants used to carry at weddings, which were generally in the night. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:36
36 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 the hammer of his word and Spirit, or by the hand of death, summoning you thereto by some sickness, death’s harbinger. read more