Luke 12:56-57 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:57

Individual responsibility. "Why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?" Those to whom our Lord was speaking were men of intelligence, education, religious privilege. They exercised their mental faculties with great keenness on some subjects ( Luke 12:54 , Luke 12:55 ): why could they not recognize the supreme fact of their time, viz. that the Messiah was before them ( Luke 12:56 )? why did they not employ their powers to discern between the false and the true, between the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 12:54-57

See the notes at Matthew 16:2-3.South wind - To the south and southwest of Judea were situated Arabia, Egypt, and Ethiopia, all warm or hot regions, and consequently the air that came from those quarters was greatly heated.How is it that ye do not discern this time! - You see a cloud rise, and predict a shower; a south wind, and expect heat. These are regular events. So you see my miracles; you hear my preaching; you have the predictions of me in the prophets; why do you not, in like manner,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:54-56

Luke 12:54-56. And he said to the people Namely, to the unbelieving multitude, which on this occasion was gathered together, and stood around him: When ye see a cloud, &c. As if he had said, The perverseness which I have spoken of, as about to take place when my gospel is more fully and universally preached, already shows itself in your overlooking so many proofs of the Messiah’s appearance among you, while you discover such sagacity in your observations with respect to other things.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:57

Luke 12:57. Why even of yourselves Without any external sign; judge ye not what is right? Why do ye not discern and acknowledge the intrinsic excellence of my doctrine, and gather from such obvious promises how you ought to receive it, and behave toward me? The prediction of the coming of the Son of man, to punish the Jews for their perfidy and rebellion, was a loud call to a national repentance. Wherefore, as the improvement of that prediction, he exhorted them to a speedy reformation,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 12:57-59

40. Legal obedience is not enough (Matthew 5:21-48; Luke 6:27-36; Luke 12:57-59)After his explanation concerning right and wrong attitudes to the law, Jesus gives a number of examples. He introduces these examples with statements such as ‘You have heard that it was said in the past’. This is not the same as ‘It is written’. Jesus is not quoting from the Old Testament but from the teachings of the scribes and Pharisees. He is not contradicting the law but the interpretations of the law that the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:56

hypocrites. See note on Luke 11:44 . can = know [how to]. Greek. oida. App-132 . face = appearance. sky = the heaven. Singular. See notes on Matthew 6:9 , Matthew 6:10 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:57

judge ye, &c. Found in an inscriptionat Amorgus, as pronouncing a just judgment, anticipating Luke 12:58 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:57

And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison. And I say unto you, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.The exhortation here is for ACTION NOW; do not wait until judgment is set, but make an agreement... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:56

Luke 12:56. Ye hypocrite, &c.— "Since ye can form a judgment of the weather which shall happen, by the signs appearing in the earth and sky, what is the reason that you do not discover this time by its signs?" Our Lord meant the time of the Messiah's appearing on earth, to accomplish the salvation of the world, according to the ancient prophesies. See Mark 8:11.Matthew 16:1; Matthew 16:1.-and also the time of his coming to destroy the Jewish nation, which he had described under the... read more