Bible Commentary

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. 7. even the very hairs of your head ] See Luk 21:18; Act 27:34; and in the O. T. 1Sa 14:45; 1Ki 1:52. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 7. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 12:7”

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? 6. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings ] St Matthew says ‘two sparrows for one farthing.’ The little birds were sold in the markets strung together, or on skewers. The varying expressions of St Matthew and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 12:6”

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. 5. Fear him, which after he hath killed ] Many commentators have understood this expression of the Devil, and one of the Fathers goes so far … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 12:5”

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 4. my friends ] Joh 15:14-15, “Henceforth I call you not servants but friends.” The term comes the more naturally and pathetically because Jesus had just been in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 12:4”

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. 3. whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness ] The application of the similar language in Mat 10:26, Mar 4:22, is different. See Luk 8:17. in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 12:3”

For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 2. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed ] Rather, But (unless with we omit the altogether). This whole discourse, in its vividness and compression, and the apparent abruptness of some of its causal connexions, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 12:2”

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luk 12:1-12. The Duty of bold Sincerity and Trust in God. 1. when … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 12:1”

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. 54. to catch ] Literally, “ to hunt.” They were members of a body of a sort of ‘commission of enquiry’ which had been sent from Jerusalem for this express purpose, Mar 12:13. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 11:54”

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 53. And as he said these things ] Rather (with , B, C, L), when He had gone forth from thence. The Pharisees in their anger followed Him. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 11:53”

Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. 52. ye have taken away the key of knowledge ] A key was the regular symbol of the function of a scribe (Mat 13:52; Mat 16:19), which was to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 11:52”