Luke 12:4-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 12:1-12

We find here, I. A vast auditory that was got together to hear Christ preach. The scribes and Pharisees sought to accuse him, and do him mischief; but the people, who were not under the bias of their prejudices and jealousies, still admired him, attended on him, and did him honour. In the mean time (Luke 12:1), while he was in the Pharisee's house, contending with them that sought to ensnare him, the people got together for an afternoon sermon, a sermon after dinner, after dinner with a... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 12:1-12

12:1-12 In the meantime, when the people had been gathered together in their thousands, so that they trampled on each other, Jesus began to say first of all to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing covered up which will not be unveiled, and there is nothing secret which shall not be known. All, therefore, that you have spoken in the dark shall be heard in the light; and what you have spoken into someone's ear in the inner... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:4

And I say unto you, my friends ,.... Whom he dearly loved, and had taken into the greatest intimacy and familiarity; making known to them whatever he had heard from his Father; giving them the best instructions, the most faithful and friendly advice, and proper precautions; all which, and more, showed them to be his friends, and for whom he after laid down his life: be not afraid of them that kill the body ; though he would have them beware of the Pharisees, he would not have them be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:5

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear , I will be your monitor, and direct you to the proper object of fear and reverence, and whom you should be careful to displease and offend: fear him, which after he hath killed ; your body, as the Persic version adds; hath taken away the life of it, by separating soul and body asunder, by sending one disease or another, or death in one shape or another: hath power to cast into hell ; your soul, as the above version also adds; yea, to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings ,.... As two were sold for one farthing; see Gill on Matthew 10:29 ; so in buying and selling, where more money is laid out, things are bought cheaper; the Persic version reads, "for two barley corns": and not one of them is forgotten before God ; a single sparrow, a bird of little value and worth, is taken notice and care of by him; it has its life from him, and is provided for with food by him, and is under his protection; nor does he ever... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:7

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered ,.... Not only their persons had passed under the hands of him that telleth them, who is the "Palmoni", or "wonderful numberer", as in the margin of Daniel 8:13 and not only the several members of their bodies, or the more substantial parts of them, were written in the book of his purposes, according to which they were fashioned in time, but the more minute parts, and less to be regarded, were all told over, and kept in account; even... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:4

Kill the body - See on Matthew 10:28 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:5

Fear him - Even the friends of God are commanded to fear God, as a being who has authority to send both body and soul into hell. Therefore it is proper even for the most holy persons to maintain a fear of God, as the punisher of all unrighteousness. A man has but one life to lose, and one soul to save; and it is madness to sacrifice the salvation of the soul to the preservation of the life. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? - See this explained on Matthew 10:29 ; (note), from which place we learn that two sparrows were sold for one farthing, and here; that five were sold for two farthings: thus we find a certain proportion - for one farthing you could get but two, while for two farthings you could get five. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:7

Fear not therefore - Want of faith in the providence and goodness of God is the source of all human inquietudes and fears. He has undertaken to save and defend those to the uttermost who trust in him. His wisdom cannot be surprised, his power cannot be forced, his love cannot forget itself. Man distrusts God, and fears that he is forgotten by him, because he judges of God by himself; and he knows that he is apt to forget his Maker, and be unfaithful to him. See on Matthew 10:29-31 ;... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 12:1-12

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 12:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:7

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