Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 12:1-12
1. The importance of fearless confession 12:1-12 (cf. Matthew 10:19-20, 26-33)Jesus used His condemnation of the Pharisees’ hypocrisy as an occasion to warn His disciples against being hypocritical. The context of this teaching in Matthew’s Gospel is Jesus’ instruction of the Twelve before He sent them on their mission. Luke recorded that He also taught His disciples the importance of fearless witness under persecution as they moved toward Jerusalem. read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:5
5. Fear Him . . . Fear Him—how striking the repetition here! Only the one fear would effectually expel the other. after he hath killed, c.—Learn here—(1) To play false with one's convictions to save one's life, may fail of its end after all, for God can inflict a violent death in some other and equally formidable way. (2) There is a hell, it seems, for the body as well as the soul consequently, sufferings adapted to the one as well as the other. (3) Fear of hell is a divinely authorized and... read more