Luke 12:45-46 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 12:41-53

Here is, I. Peter's question, which he put to Christ upon occasion of the foregoing parable (Luke 12:41): ?Lord, speakest thou this parable to us that are thy constant followers, to us that are ministers, or also to all that come to be taught by thee, to all the hearers, and in them to all Christians?? Peter was now, as often, spokesman for the disciples. We have reason to bless God that there are some such forward men, that have a gift of utterance; let those that are such take heed of being... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 12:35-48

12:35-48 "Let your loins be girt and your lamps burning. Be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that, when he comes and knocks, they will open to him immediately. Happy are those servants whom the master will come and find awake. This is the truth that I tell you--he will gird himself; he will make them recline at table; and he will come and serve them. Happy are they if he finds them so, even if he comes in the second or third watch. Know... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:45

But and if that servant say in his heart ,.... Not the same servant before spoken of as a wise and faithful steward, that gives to all in the family the portion of meat in due season, and shall be found doing, and be made ruler over his master's goods but another, who also, as he, is made by his Lord ruler over his household, and is in a like post, and in the same office, but is an "evil servant", as Matthew calls him, to distinguish him from the other; and so the Arabic and Ethiopic... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:46

The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him ,.... For, not coming as was expected, he gives over looking, and concludes he will not come at all; in which he will find himself mistaken, for he will come in the very day which is appointed, though men know not of it, and do not look for it: and at an hour when he is not aware ; for as neither the day, nor hour of Christ's coming are known to any man, it becomes men to look for it every day and hour, lest it come... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:45

Begin to beat, etc. - See the different parts of this bad minister's conduct pointed out on Matthew 24:48 , Matthew 24:49 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:46

With the unbelievers - Or, rather, the unfaithful; των σπιϚων . Persons who had the light and knowledge of God's word, but made an improper use of the privileges they received. The persons mentioned here differ widely from unbelievers or infidels, viz. those who were in a state of heathenism, because they had not the revelation of the Most High: the latter knew not the will of God, Luke 12:48 , and, though they acted against it, did not do it in obstinacy; the former knew that will, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:1-59

The Lord , after leaving the Pharisee ' s house , speaks at great length to a numerous crowd waiting for him , addressing his words principally to his own disciples. The foregoing scene ( Luke 11:1-54 .), when the Master addressed his bitter reproaches to the learned and cultivated of the great Pharisee party, took place in a private house belonging to an apparently wealthy member of this, the dominant class. The name of the large village or provincial town where all this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:41-59

The glories and responsibilities of the Christian ministry. The previous parable attracts Peter by reason of its glorious promise, and he accordingly wonders if it can apply to all believers or to the apostles only. Having asked our Lord, he receives light upon the responsibilities and glories of the ministerial office. From our Lord's words we learn— I. IT IS CHRIST 'S WILL THERE SHOULD BE STEWARDS IN HIS CHURCH , WHOSE DUTY IT IS TO GIVE HIS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:45-46

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware . "But," continued the Master, "although certain of my servants have onlooks to higher degrees of glory than the great mass of their fellows, these seemingly favored ones have at the same time more perilous... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:38-46

See the notes at Matthew 24:42-51.Second watch - See the notes at Matthew 14:25. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 12:41-53

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 12:35-48

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:45

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 12:46

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:45

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:46

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:1-59

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:41-59

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:45-46

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:38-46

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