Luke 12:56

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:1-59

Jesus Teaches Concerning Greed, Stewardship and the Need For Fruitfulness Under The Kingly Rule of God Centring on the Fact That He Will Make The Crooked Straight (12:1-14:35). As we have seen we may analyse this next Section from Luke 12:1 to Luke 14:35 into its separate parts as follows: a Instructions to disciples concerning facing up to eternity (Luke 12:1-12). b An example is given of covetousness concerning an inheritance which is followed by the parable of the fool who decided to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:54-59

The Crowds Should Therefore Take Heed. They Must Recognise That Now Is The Time They Have Been Waiting For And That They Should Therefore Agree With Their Adversary (Jesus And His Words) While There Is Yet Time (12:54-59). Having spoken His momentous words Jesus now turns to the crowds and takes up the fact that they can detect the signs that indicate what the weather will be, but fail to gather the signs, such as those just mentioned, that reveal that the time of salvation is here. They are... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:56

“You hypocrites, you know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven, but how is it that you do not know how to interpret this time?” But Jesus considers that if they can take the trouble to note the signs of changing weather, they might also have taken the time to note the signs occurring through His ministry which are fulfilments of Old Testament prophecy (Luke 4:18-19; Luke 7:21-23), and thus have recognised that the last days were there. They were all ‘experts’ on the weather.... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:49-59

Luke 12:49-James : . Signs of the Times.— For parallels see below. Jesus is oppressed with the thought of the future till it is accomplished. Luke 12:49 f. Lk. only. Fire is what Jesus has come to cast on the earth ( cf. Luke 3:16 f.); here it probably means division ( Luke 12:51; Mt. “ sword” ). Would that the discord had set in— it would mean that the Kingdom was nigh. But something else has to precede the Kingdom, perhaps also the discord, viz., His death, here referred to as a baptism, ... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:54-56

We met with a discourse of the same nature; See Poole on "Matthew 16:2-3". The sense of our Saviour is, that God by his prophets had given them more certain signs and revelations of the coming of the Messiah, and of the nature of his kingdom, and the effects and consequences of it, than were written in nature of any natural effects; and upbraids their stupid ignorance and unbelief, that they could give credit to and discern the latter and not the former, whereas the former were much more... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 12:49-59

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 12:49. I am come.—Rather, “I came” (R.V.). The tense refers to the historical fact of the Incarnation. Note in this the consciousness of pre-existence, as also of a heavenly origin in the last clause of the verse. Fire.—As a symbol of discord and violence. What will I, etc.—It is difficult to make out the precise meaning of the words. Probably the best rendering of them is—“And what will I?” (what do I desire now?) “O that it were already kindled!”Luke 12:50. A baptism.—Cf.... read more

Chuck Smith

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 12:54-57

Luke 12:54-57How is it that ye do not discern this time?--Signs of the timesI. CONSIDER THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF OUR OWN AGE. 1. The times are sadly darkened with superstition. 2. A parching wind of unbelief is sweeping over the Churches. 3. Religious apathy abounds. The remedies for this are--(1) Prayer. (2) Personal activity. 4. There is an evident withdrawal of the Holy Ghost from this land. The earth has her harvest, but where is the harvest of the Church. Where are revivals now? The Spirit... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 12:56

ye can: 1 Chronicles 12:32, Matthew 11:25, Matthew 16:3, Matthew 24:32, Matthew 24:33 that: Luke 19:42-Acts :, Daniel 9:24-Ezekiel :, Haggai 2:7, Malachi 3:1, Malachi 4:2, Acts 3:24-Ezekiel :, Galatians 4:4 Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 8:5 - a wise Matthew 6:2 - as Matthew 7:5 - Thou hypocrite Matthew 16:11 - General Luke 12:1 - which John 14:9 - how read more