Luke 12:1-10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:8

And I say unto you, Every man who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.Christ must have stated this teaching dozens of times in the years of his ministry; for in this appears one of the key principles of the kingdom he came to establish. For an article on the good confession, see my Commentary on Matthew, Matthew 10:32. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:10

And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.II. Warning against blaspheming the Holy Spirit.At the conclusion of the previous writing, Christ instructed that men should confess him, the converse of that being that some would deny him; and it was that habit of Israel's denying God through long ages, and now denying the Christ himself, which prompted the warning here that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:1

Luke 12:1. When there were gathered together an innumerable multitude— Many thousands of people;— των μυριαδων του οχλου ; literally, many myriads. Perhaps this vast assemblage of people might be owing to an apprehension, either that Christ might meet with some ill usage among so many of his enemies, or that he would say or do something peculiarly remarkable on the occasion. It was in the hearing of this vast assembly, that he gave his disciples in general a charge and exhortation, similar to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:6

Luke 12:6. For two farthings,— 'Ασσαριων δυο .—The ass, or ancient assarius, which was the tenth part of the denarius, or Roman penny, was also a Roman coin then current in Judea, and in value, as is generally thought, about three farthings of our money. See on Matthew 10:29. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:10

Luke 12:10. It shall be forgiven him:— It may be forgiven him: Doddridge; who observes that the common reading of αφεθησεται, is more literal; but the connection shews, it must be taken according to the translation here given; for it would be madness to imagine that in such a case as this, forgiveness must come of course, whether the blasphemer does or does not repent. What grammarians call an enallage of words and tenses, is very frequent in the sacred writings. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:1

1-3. meantime—in close connection, probably, with the foregoing scene. Our Lord had been speaking out more plainly than ever before, as matters were coming to a head between Him and His enemies, and this seems to have suggested to His own mind the warning here. He had just Himself illustriously exemplified His own precepts. his disciples first of all—afterwards to "the multitudes" ( :-). covered—from the view. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:2

2. hid—from knowledge. "Tis no use concealing anything, for all will one day come out. Give free and fearless utterance then to all the truth." (Compare 1 Corinthians 4:3; 1 Corinthians 4:5). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:3

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:4

4, 5. I say, c.—You will say, That may cost us our life. Be it so but, "My friends, there their power ends." He calls them "my friends" here, not in any loose sense, but, as we think, from the feeling He then had that in this "killing of the body" He and they were going to be affectingly one with each other. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:5

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