Luke 8:16-21

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 8:4-21

The former paragraph began with an account of Christ's industry in preaching (Luke 8:1); this begins with an account of the people's industry in hearing, Luke 8:4. He went into every city, to preach; so they, one would think, should have contented themselves to hear him when he came to their own city (we know those that would); but there were those here that came to him out of every city, would not stay till he came to them, nor think that they had enough when he left them, but met him when he... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 8:16-18

8:16-18 No one lights a lamp and then hides it under a vessel or puts it under a bed. No! he puts it on a lamp-stand so that those who come in may see the light. There is nothing hidden which will not be made manifest; there is nothing secret which will not be known and brought into the open. Take care, then, how you listen; for to him who has it will be given; and from him who has not there shall be taken away even what he thinks he has. Here we have three sayings, each with its own... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 8:19-21

8:19-21 Jesus' mother and brothers came to him, and they could not get at him because of the crowd. He was given a message. "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they want to see you." "My mother and my brothers," he answered them, "are those who hear the word of God and do it." It is not difficult to see that, at least during his lifetime, Jesus' family were not in sympathy with him. Mark 3:21 tells us how his kinsmen came and tried to restrain him because they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:16

No man, when he hath lighted a candle ,.... Christ by this, and some proverbial sentences following, observes to his disciples, that though the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven were delivered in parables for the present, that they might not be seen and understood by some; and though he gave to them the explanation of such parables, as of the above, in a private manner; yet his intention was not, that these things should always remain a secret with them; but as they were the lights of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:17

For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest ,.... Meaning, whatever was then wrapped up in parables and dark sayings, or was secretly, and in a private manner, committed to them, should be made manifest by them to others hereafter: neither any thing hid, that shall not be made known, and come abroad ; for what had been whispered to them, in the most secret and silent manner, was to come abroad not only in Judea, but in all the world, and to be published upon the house tops; See... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:18

Take heed therefore how ye hear ,.... That ye hear not in a careless and negligent manner, since what truths and doctrines ye now hear with the ear, are to be preached by you unto others: for whosoever hath ; that is, hath knowledge of the doctrines of the Gospel, and hath gifts and abilities to preach them to others: to him shall be given ; more knowledge, and by using his gifts they shall be increased: but he that hath not ; true, solid, spiritual knowledge of divine things,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:19

Then came to him his mother and his brethren ,.... It was when Christ was preaching in an house at Capernaum, that Mary his mother, and some of his near kinsmen with her, came from Nazareth to him: these brethren of his were relations according to the flesh, either by Joseph, or his mother's side: who they were, cannot be said with certainty: it may be they were Joses and Simon; for as for James and Judas, they were among the twelve apostles, and with him; and these are the four only persons... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:20

And it was told him by certain, which said ,.... The phrase, "which said", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin version, and in Beza's most ancient copy. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions only read, "and they said unto him"; and the Persic version renders it, "a certain person said"; some one person, as in Matthew 12:47 thy mother, and thy brethren, stand without, desiring to see thee; and to speak with thee, as in Matthew 12:47 . See Gill on Matthew 12:47 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:21

And he answered and said unto them ,.... Not to his mother and brethren, but to those that told him of them, who either designed to reproach him with them, by reason of the meanness of them, or to interrupt him in his work: my mother and my brethren are these ; pointing to his disciples: which hear the word of God ; which he had been preaching, and was meant by the seed in the preceding parable: and do it ; behave in their lives and conversations agreeably to it; and observe the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 8:16

Lighted a candle - This is a repetition of a part of our Lord's sermon on the mount. See the notes on Matthew 5:15 ; Matthew 10:26 ; and on Mark 4:21 , Mark 4:22 . read more

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