Luke 12:13-30

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:22

Take no thought - Be not anxiously careful. See on Matthew 6:25 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:25

To his stature one cubit? - See on Matthew 6:27 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:28

Into the oven - See the note on Matthew 6:30 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:29

Neither be ye of doubtful mind - Or, in anxious suspense, μη μετεωριζεσθε . Raphelius gives several examples to prove that the meaning of the word is, to have the mind agitated with useless thoughts, and vain imaginations concerning food, raiment, and riches, accompanied with perpetual uncertainty. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:30

The nations of the world seek after - Or, earnestly seek, επιζητει from επι above, over, and ζητεω , I seek; to seek one thing after another, to be continually and eagerly coveting. This is the employment of the nations of this world, utterly regardless of God and eternity! It is the essence of heathenism to live only for this life; and it is the property of Christianity to lead men to live here in reference to another and better world. Reader! how art thou living? Dr. Lightfoot... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:13

Verse 13 13.Bid my brother divide Our Lord, when requested to undertake the office of dividing an inheritance, refuses to do so. Now as this tended to promote brotherly harmony, and as Christ’s office was, not only to reconcile men to God, but to bring them into a state of agreement with one another, what hindered him from settling the dispute between the two brothers? (265) There appear to have been chiefly two reasons why he declined the office of a judge. First, as the Jews imagined that the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:15

Verse 15 15.Take heed and beware of covetousness. Christ first guards his followers against covetousness, and next, in order to cure their minds entirely of this disease, he declares, that our life consisteth not in abundance. These words point out the inward fountain and source, from which flows the mad eagerness for gain. It is because the general belief is, that a man is happy in proportion as he possesses much, and that the happiness of life is produced by riches. Hence arise those... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:16

Verse 16 16.And he spoke a parable to them This parable presents to us, as in a mirror, a lively portrait of this sentiment, that men do not live by their abundance. Since the life even of the richest men is taken away in a moment, what avails it that they have accumulated great wealth? All acknowledge it to be true, so that Christ says nothing here but what is perfectly common, and what every man has constantly in his mouth. But where is the man that honestly believes it? Do not all, on the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:17

Verse 17 17.What shall I do? Wicked men are driven to perplexity in their deliberations, because they do not know how any thing is to be lawfully used; (269) and, next, because they are intoxicated with a foolish confidence which makes them forget themselves. Thus we find that this rich man lengthens out his expectation of life in proportion to his large income, and drives far away from him the remembrance of death. And yet this pride is accompanied by distrust; for those men, when they have... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:19

Verse 19 19.Take thine ease, eat, drink, enjoy thyself. When he exhorts himself to eat and drink, he no longer remembers that he is a man, but swells into pride by relying on his abundance. We daily perceive striking instances of this disdainful conduct (270) in irreligious men, who hold up the mass of their riches, as if it were nothing less than a brazen rampart against death. When he says, Eat, my soul, and enjoy thyself, there is an emphatic meaning in this Hebrew idiom; (271) for he... read more

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