Luke 12:35-38 ESV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:35-36

Luke 12:35-36. 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 possessions, proceeds now to exhort them to be in constant readiness for the proper discharge of their duty, for their final remove from earth, and for the awful solemnities of death, judgment, and eternity. That this is the purport of this paragraph, seems evident from every part... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:37

Luke 12:37. Blessed are those servants, &c. And blessed also will you be, if this shall be your case: verily, he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat The master of such servants, pleased with their care, would perhaps order them a refreshment, after having watched and fasted so long; and if he were of a very humane disposition, might even bring it them himself, and give it them out of his own hand. It may not be improper to observe here, that it was usual for servants to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:38-40

Luke 12:38-40. And if he shall come in the second or third watch, &c. This included all the time from nine in the evening to three in the morning; and was as if he had said, whether he come early or late. Here our Lord enforces “this constant watchfulness and habitual preparation for his coming, from the consideration of the uncertainty of the time of it; telling them, that as there is no master of a family but would make some preparation against a thief, if he knew of his coming, so it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 12:35-53

96. Be prepared at all times (Luke 12:35-53)The followers of Jesus must always be ready for whatever circumstances they meet. They are likened to household servants waiting for their master to return home after a feast. Whether the master arrives home earlier or later than expected, he will be pleased if the servants are ready and waiting for him. Though they have merely done their duty, he may give them an unexpected reward by serving them a meal (Luke 12:35-38).Another illustration of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:35

lights = lamps. See App-130 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:36

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". return. Greek. analuo. Occurs only here, and Philippians 1:1 , Philippians 1:23 , in N.T. In Septuagint only in the Apocryphal books, and always in the sense of returning back, as in ana-kampto (Hebrews 11:15 ). See Tobit 2.9. Judith 13.1.Ezra 3:3 . Book of Wisdom 2.1; 5.12; 16.14. Ecclus... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:37

Blessed = Happy. servants = bondman. watching. Greek. gregoreo, as in 1 Thessalonians 5:6 , 1 Thessalonians 5:10 (wake). verily . See note on Matthew 5:18 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:38

if . Greek. ean. App-118 . second . . . third watch. See App-51 . (12, 17). so = thus. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:35

Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him. 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 sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:35-36

Luke 12:35-36. 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 them up, and gird them close; a practice to which there are frequent references both in the Old Testament and the New. That the lamps should be found extinguished, might be an inconvenient circumstance to the master, would deprive his procession of all its grandeur, and would be a... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:35-36

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:37

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:38-40

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 12:35-53

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:35

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:36

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:37

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:38

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:35

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:35-36

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