E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:21
toward . Greek. eis. App-104 . read more
Luke 12:15-21
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:16
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat drink, be merry. But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:15
Luke 12:15. Take heed, and beware of covetousness:— See to it, and be upon your guard against covetousness. The original is very lively, and the full force of it not easy to be expressed. Some old versions, and very good copies, read, all covetousness. It is not said which of these brothers was in the wrong; only because the disposition which they discovered, afforded a fit opportunity for religious advice, our Lord embraced it, and cautioned his hearers in the most solemn manner against... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:16
Luke 12:16. And he spake a parable unto them,— The first thing to be inquired into, is the true drift and meaning of this parable. In the 15th verse our Lord warns his hearers to beware of covetousness. In this parable, he represents the foolish rich man enlarging his barns,that he might heap up his goods in store: in the text he warns us of the danger of laying up treasures for ourselves, while we neglect being rich towards God, and Luk 12:33 he exhorts us to sell what we have, and give alms;... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:18
Luke 12:18. All my fruits and my goods.— All my increase and good things: that is, "There will I collect and lay up all this year's increase, and likewise the produce of former years which I have in store." read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:19
Luke 12:19. Take thine ease, &c.— The original is remarkably lively and expressive, and contains one proof among a thousand, of the propriety and elegance of the scripture language: 'Αναπαυου, φαγε, πιε, ευφραινου : Take thy rest, eat, drink, be joyful. Nothing can more strongly express the self-satisfied hilarity of a sensualist. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:20
Luke 12:20. Shall be required of thee:— It is in the original απαιτουσιν, they shall require; which Elsner thinks alludes to the messengers sent to fetch away the soul; and he produces a remarkable and well-known passage from Plato to prove that Socrates thought this the office of a spirit superior to men. Others, to preserve the literal meaning of the words, suppose, that thieves broke into this man's house, and robbed him of his life, together with his riches; but it is most probable that,... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:21
Luke 12:21. And is not rich towards God.— There is a force and propriety in the phrase εις θεον, here rendered towards God, which our language will not exactly express; it represents God as a depositary, in whose hands the good man has lodged his treasure, and who has as it were made himself accountable for it in another and better world. See Proverbs 19:17. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:15
15. unto them—the multitude around Him (Luke 12:1). of covetousness—The best copies have "all," that is, "every kind of covetousness"; because as this was one of the more plausible forms of it, so He would strike at once at the root of the evil. a man's life, &c.—a singularly weighty maxim, and not less so because its meaning and its truth are equally evident. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:20
fool . See note on Luke 11:40 . this night = this very night. thy soul = thy life. App-110 . shall be required = they demand. Only here and Luke 6:30 . Tr. A WI read "is required". But both are impersonal, referring to some unknown invisible agencies which carry out God's judgments or Satan's will. Compare Psalms 49:15 .Job 4:19 ; Job 18:18 ; Job 19:26 ; Job 34:20 . In a good sense compare Isaiah 60:11 . which, &c. In the Greek this clause is emph., standing before the question "then... read more