Luke 12:31-48

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 12:1-59

Shall we turn in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 12.We are dealing with the final month in the ministry of Jesus. He has returned to Jerusalem. He will soon be leaving Jerusalem to go down to the area of the Jordan River beyond Jericho. Where He will sort of absent Himself from the authorities, until such a time as He comes back for the feast of the Passover, and makes His triumphant entry on the Sunday before the feast of the Passover. So just where, here in Luke's account, does Jesus... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 12:1-59

Luke 12:1 . There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people. The Greek is myriads, or ten thousands of people. Luke 12:5 . Power to cast into hell. The Greek is Gehenna, as on Isaiah 30:33. Matthew 5:22. Luke 12:6 . Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, two assarions. The assarion was the tenth of a denarion. A farthing, that is, the fourth of a penny, though correct in English, is quite erroneous when applied to the denarion, as in the Greek. Matthew 22:19.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:31

Luke 12:31Seek ye the Kingdom of GodManner of sanctifying our exertions for daily breadThe Lord gives us continually our daily bread, multiplying for this the grain in the field; yet are we contented with it?The reason of our discontentedness is, because we are inclined to make our daily pursuits for a livelihood the main point, and the Kingdom of God a secondary one. Perhaps we go so far even as to separate one from the other, although religion, like the leaven, should penetrate all our works... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:32

Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock.--Christians forbidden to fearI. AN AGREEABLE RESEMBLANCE. A flock (Psalms 79:13; John 10:27). The flock of Christ is--1. A purchased flock (1 Corinthians 6:20; 2 Peter 2:1; Acts 20:28). 2. A flock washed in the blood of Jesus (1 John 1:7; Revelation 1:5). 3. A chosen flock (Matthew 20:16; Mark 13:20). 4. A marked flock (2 Timothy 2:19; John 13:35). 5. A patient flock--under provocations, and amidst sufferings and delays Job 1:22; Romans 12:12; Luke 21:19;... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:33

Luke 12:33Sell that ye have, and give almsSell allDo not hoard it for yourself; do not, like the rich fool, call them your fruits.Do not consider yourselves proprietors of your goods. Regard them not as yours, but as God’s. Sell them to God, and dispose of them in mercy for the wants of others. This is not a command that no money be kept for our own use, but that righteousness should not be neglected through fear of poverty. They make the best of bargains, who secure eternal life. They obtain... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:35-40

Luke 12:35-40Men that wait for their LordOf the believer’s readiness for the coming of ChristThis readiness stands in watchfulness and fidelity.I. WATCHFULNESS. 1. Its nature. 2. Its ground. The servant’s relation of dependence toward his Lord. 3. The motive to it. The glorious reward. 4. The difficulty of it. The long delay. 5. Its necessity. The uncertainty of the time. II. FIDELITY. 1. Motives to it. (1) The confidence reposed in him by the Lord; (2) who intrusts to him a large sphere of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:42-44

Luke 12:42-44That faithful and wise stewardOur stewardshipI.HERE IS REPRESENTED A SITUATION OF WEIGHTY RESPONSIBILITY. A stewardship. All responsibility on the part of man is owing to God. 1. And first, my brethren, let it be remarked that God, on this principle and in this relationship of responsibility, or of stewardship, has endowed us with natural faculties: faculties which impart to us a dominion and empire over the various orders of that material creation by which we are surrounded;... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:45-46

Luke 12:45-46My lord delayeth his comingEmboldened by delayHistory says that long ago it had been announced that the world was coming to an end, and there was great excitement in London.It was said that the world would perish on a certain Friday. On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the people were in the cathedral, praying and weeping. It seemed as if the whole English nation was being converted to God, for it was announced as certain by philosophers that on the coming Friday the world... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:47

Luke 12:47Beaten with many stripesMany stripesOur Lord in the context urges His disciples to diligence, watchfulness, and fidelity.This is important, for we are stewards, servants, and are responsible to Him who will one day say unto us, “Give an account of thy stewardship.” I. THE CHARACTER SUSTAINED--“That servant.” In many passages of Scripture true believers are called the servants of God. Called so by God--by Christ--by believers themselves (see John 12:26). “Paul a servant of God”;... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 12:48

Luke 12:48For unto whomsoever much is givenThe law of accountability-These words are rendered as a reason why those servants that know their master’s will are beaten with more stripes than those that knew it not, because they did not improve their advantages.And Christ pleadeth the equity of it from the custom of men, expressed in their common proverbs or sentences, that go from hand to hand among the people. A beneficiary that hath received much from his benefactor is obliged to a greater... read more

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