Luke 12:36-48

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 12:35-40

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 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 lesson as in the parable of the Ten Virgins.Luke 12:36. Men that wait.—This is a different figure from the parable just named: servants waiting at home for their master’s return from the wedding. Wedding.—The word may mean a feast or entertainment of any kind. No stress, therefore, need be laid upon the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 12:41-49

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 12:41. Then Peter said.—The high reward promised, rather than the duty enjoined, was in Peter’s thoughts, and involved a certain measure of danger against which Christ warns him. It is noticeable that his question is not answered directly, but by implication. “Jesus continues His teaching as if He took no account of Peter’s question; but in reality He gives such a turn to the warning which follows about watchfulness, that it includes the precise answer to the question”... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 12:40

Luke 12:40 What is the problem about Advent? You hear of the Son of Man coming. Sometimes you hear of His coming as a thief in the night: sometimes you hear of His returning as a bridegroom from the wedding. In the passage from which my text is taken both these forms of speech are combined. What do they signify; are they merely figures which point to the necessity of preparation for death? I. The first coming of Christ in great humility imports a continual lordship of His over the being and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 12:35-37

DISCOURSE: 1529THE WATCHFUL SERVANTLuke 12:35-37. 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 cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 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.SUCH is the uncertainty... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 12:47-48

DISCOURSE: 1530PUNISHMENT PROPORTIONED TO MEN’S DESERTLuke 12:47-48. That servant, which knew his Lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.IF there be much spoken in Scripture concerning the necessity... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Luke 12:40

Son of man (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 12:1-59

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 the area of the Jordan River beyond Jericho. Where He will sort of absent Himself from the authorities, until such a time as He comes back for the feast of the Passover, and makes His triumphant entry on the Sunday before the feast of the Passover. So just where, here in Luke's account, does Jesus... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:1-59

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 Isaiah 30:33. Matthew 5:22. Luke 12:6 . Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, two assarions. The assarion was the tenth of a denarion. A farthing, that is, the fourth of a penny, though correct in English, is quite erroneous when applied to the denarion, as in the Greek. Matthew 22:19.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:35-40

Luke 12:35-40Men that wait for their LordOf the believer’s readiness for the coming of ChristThis readiness stands in watchfulness and fidelity.I. WATCHFULNESS. 1. Its nature. 2. Its ground. The servant’s relation of dependence toward his Lord. 3. The motive to it. The glorious reward. 4. The difficulty of it. The long delay. 5. Its necessity. The uncertainty of the time. II. FIDELITY. 1. Motives to it. (1) The confidence reposed in him by the Lord; (2) who intrusts to him a large sphere of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:42-44

Luke 12:42-44That faithful and wise stewardOur stewardshipI.HERE IS REPRESENTED A SITUATION OF WEIGHTY RESPONSIBILITY. A stewardship. All responsibility on the part of man is owing to God. 1. And first, my brethren, let it be remarked that God, on this principle and in this relationship of responsibility, or of stewardship, has endowed us with natural faculties: faculties which impart to us a dominion and empire over the various orders of that material creation by which we are surrounded;... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 12:35-40

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 12:41-49

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 12:40

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 12:35-37

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 12:47-48

Scofield's Reference Notes - Luke 12:40

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 12:1-59

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:1-59

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:35-40

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:42-44

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