Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:10
See the notes at Matthew 12:32. read more
Luke 12:1-12
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:11-12
See the notes at Matthew 10:17-20. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:1
Luke 12:1. When there were gathered together an innumerable multitude Επισυναχθεισων των μυριαδων , literally, myriads (that is, tens of thousands, how many is not said) being gathered together. By this it appears, that though the scribes and Pharisees thought to accuse him, and bring him into disrepute, the people that were not under the influence of their prejudices and jealousies still admired him, attended on him, and did him honour. Nay, it seems the more these learned hypocrites... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:2-5
Luke 12:2-5. For there is nothing covered, &c. All your actions shall be brought to light, either in this world or in the next. Wherefore take great care never to do any thing which cannot bear the light, but let the whole of your behaviour be fair, honest, and good. This argument against hypocrisy he proceeded to improve as a reason for their acquiring another quality, which would serve all the ends they could propose by their hypocrisy, and to much better purpose; an undaunted... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:6-7
Luke 12:6-7. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings Ασσαριων δυο , two pence, as Dr. Campbell translates it, or “three half-pence sterling;” and not one of them is forgotten before God As if he had said, But trust in as well as fear him, for remember, he is an infinitely more kind, as well as more powerful friend than man, and all things are in his hand and keeping. His providence extends itself to the meanest of his works: he numbers the very hairs of your head, and therefore... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:8-9
Luke 12:8-9. Also I say unto you It will be necessary, however, in order that you may keep your minds unshaken, that you should often look forward unto the final judgment, at which I will own you as my servants, if, by your constant and cheerful obedience to my commands, you now acknowledge me as your Master. For whosoever shall confess me before men Shall freely and openly acknowledge himself to be my disciple, and shall conduct himself as such, to whatever dangers and persecutions he... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:10
Luke 12:10 . And whosoever, &c. Nothing, therefore, can be more dangerous and fatal than to oppose my cause: and yet the denying me in some degree, may, upon true repentance, be forgiven: for whosoever shall speak a word Expressive of unbelief and disregard, or even of opposition and enmity; against the Son of man In this his present state of humiliation and suffering, he may possibly hereafter repent, and on his repentance his sins may be forgiven him. But unto him that... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:11-12
Luke 12:11-12. When they bring you unto the synagogues Let me add, however others may be affected by this testimony of the Spirit, one happy effect of its operation shall be to furnish you, my apostles, for a proper and honourable discharge of your office in its most difficult parts: and therefore when, in the opposition you shall meet with from your persecutors, they shall bring you into the synagogues, to be tried in the judicial courts assembled there; And unto magistrates and powers ... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 12:1-3
72. Beware of Pharisees and Sadducees (Matthew 16:1-12; Mark 8:11-21; Luke 12:1-3,Luke 12:54-56)In spite of all that Jesus had done, the Pharisees and Sadducees still demanded he produce a special sign to satisfy them. Jesus refused. They could look at the sky and work out what the weather would be like, but when they looked at Jesus’ miracles they refused to believe what the miracles told them, namely, that Jesus was the Son of God. The only sign Jesus would give them would be his... read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:2-9
Nothing covered - See the notes at Matthew 10:26-32.Luke 12:3Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops - See the notes at Matthew 10:27. The custom of making proclamation from the tops or roofs of houses still prevails in the East. Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 51, 52) says: “At the present day, local governors in country districts cause their commands thus to be published. Their proclamations are generally made in the evening, after the people have returned from their labors in... read more