Luke 12:13-34

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:21

Luke 12:21. And is not rich towards God.— There is a force and propriety in the phrase εις θεον, here rendered towards God, which our language will not exactly express; it represents God as a depositary, in whose hands the good man has lodged his treasure, and who has as it were made himself accountable for it in another and better world. See Proverbs 19:17. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:22

Luke 12:22. Take no thought— Be not solicitous. Our Lord, having delivered the parable of the rich glutton, proceeded in the charge: and because a hurry of business is often a great enemy to religious dispositions, he cautioned his disciples against anxious cares about the world, from the consideration of God's providence, which is so extensively perfect, as to comprehend all his works, great and small, without exception. The caution to beware of covetousness, and the parable whereby he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:24

Luke 12:24. Consider the ravens:— See Matthew 6:26. Dr. Heylin renders the last clause in this verse, Of how much greater value are ye than the fowls? read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:26

Luke 12:26. To do that thing which is least,— This proves, that to add one cubit to a thing, was a proverbial expression for making the least addition to it. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:29

Luke 12:29. Neither be ye of doubtful mind.— Neither be ye set afloat [with desire] Μη μετεωριζεσθε : "Be not (like meteors in the air, which are tossed about by every blast of wind) hurried with anxious cares, and agitated with a variety of restless and uneasy thoughts." Any speculations and musings, in which the mind fluctuates or is suspended in an uneasy hesitation, might well be expressed by the word μετεωριζω . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:32-34

Luke 12:32-34. Fear not, little flock, &c.— "Since the will of God is your everlasting happiness, he will surely bestow on you the necessaries of the present life." This part of the charge may be considered as parallel to the directions given to the twelve, Matthew 10:9. Provide neither gold, &c. That is, "make no provision for your journey, but rely wholly on the providence of God." Only our Lord added a precept peculiarly calculated for those times, in which the profession of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:13

13. Master, c.—that is, "Great Preacher of righteousness, help there is need of Thee in this rapacious world; here am I the victim of injustice, and that from my own brother, who withholds from me my rightful share of the inheritance that has fallen to us." In this most inopportune intrusion upon the solemnities of our Lord's teaching, there is a mixture of the absurd and the irreverent, the one, however, occasioning the other. The man had not the least idea that his case was not of as urgent a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:14

14. Man, c.—Contrast this style of address with "my friends," ( :-). who, &c.—a question literally repudiating the office which Moses assumed ( :-). The influence of religious teachers in the external relations of life has ever been immense, when only the INDIRECT effect of their teaching but whenever they intermeddle DIRECTLY with secular and political matters, the spell of that influence is broken. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:15

15. unto them—the multitude around Him (Luke 12:1). of covetousness—The best copies have "all," that is, "every kind of covetousness"; because as this was one of the more plausible forms of it, so He would strike at once at the root of the evil. a man's life, &c.—a singularly weighty maxim, and not less so because its meaning and its truth are equally evident. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:16

16-19. a certain rich man, &c.—Why is this man called a "fool?" ( :-) (1) Because he deemed a life of secure and abundant earthly enjoyment the summit of human felicity. (2) Because, possessing the means of this, through prosperity in his calling, he flattered himself that he had a long lease of such enjoyment, and nothing to do but give himself up to it. Nothing else is laid to his charge. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:24

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:26

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:29

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:32-34

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:16

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