Luke 12:37

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

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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:37

37 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. Ver. 37. Blessed are those servants ] So Luke 12:38 ; Luke 12:43 . They are three times said to be blessed that watch. Terque quaterque beati: Faelices ter et amplius. Horat. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 12:37

Blessed: Luke 12:43, Luke 21:36, Matthew 24:45-2 Corinthians :, Matthew 25:20-Isaiah :, Philippians 1:21, Philippians 1:23, 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:8, 1 Peter 5:1-Numbers :, 2 Peter 1:11, 2 Peter 3:14, Revelation 14:13 that: Isaiah 62:5, Jeremiah 32:41, Zephaniah 3:17, John 12:26, John 13:4, John 13:5, 1 Corinthians 2:9, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 14:4 Reciprocal: Genesis 18:8 - stood 1 Kings 2:7 - eat 2 Chronicles 9:4 - the sitting Proverbs 27:18 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 12:37

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.He will come and serve them — The meaning is, he will show them his love, in the most condescending and tender manner. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:1-59

§ 47 THE SERMON TO THE MYRIADS, Luke 12:1-59 . Addressed partly to the disciples and partly to the multitudes, its subject is: The importance, as against the Pharisees, of deciding for Christ; which is urged especially in view of the judgment to come, at his SECOND ADVENT. It contains passages which had been previously delivered in Galilee, especially in his Sermon on the Mount; and passages resembling portions in the discourse on the Mount of Olives, Matthew 24:5. This discourse may be... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:35-50

V. Gradually extending his address from the twelve to the multitudes, Jesus warns of his Second Coming, Luke 12:35-50. The Saviour’s address so imperceptibly expands to take in all alike, that Peter is at last induced to ask his Lord which he means, the twelve or the myriads? How beautifully calculated was this passage to make the hesitater between Jesus and the hierarchy tremble! It is the Son of man, it is himself before whom these myriads, and even these scribes and pharisees, are... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:37

37. Blessed are those servants At the Roman Saturnalia the masters put on the servile dress and waited on and served their servants. As our Lord bases this parable upon the ancient relation of master and servant, so he uses this custom for an image to express the great honour he will confer upon his servants at the judgment day. He will indeed then have put off the “form of a servant;” and all the blessings accruing to his followers from his ever having worn it, he will then confer. read more

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