Luke 12:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? ”

• Luke 12:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  He thought within himself - He reasoned or inquired. He was anxious and perplexed. Riches increase thought and perplexity. Indeed, this is almost their only effect - to engross the thoughts and s...

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• Luke 12:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And he (f) thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? (f) Reckoned with himself, which is the characteristic of covetous surly men who spend t...

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• Luke 12:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Parable of the Rich Fool. Lk. only. Luke 12:13 . The crowd of Luke 12:1 reappears here. Luke 12:14 . Jesus declines to usurp the functions of the civil judge. Luke 12:15 is an ed...

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• Luke 12:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  thought . was reasoning. within. Greek. en. App-104. no . not. Greek ou. App-105. bestow . gather together, or lay up.

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

  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...

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• Luke 12:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? He thought within himself - Began to be puzzled in consequence of the increase of his goods....

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• Luke 12:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he spake a parable ... The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: An...

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• Luke 12:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Leaven of the Pharisees. The Rich Fool 1-12. Jesus warns His followers against Pharisaic hypocrisy, and exhorts them to be courageous in face of opposition. This speech is not unsuitable to th...

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• Luke 12:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And he thought within himself. — The parable, like that of the Good Samaritan, is more than a similitude, and reads like an actual history. There is an almost dramatic vividness in the rich man’s s...

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• Luke 12:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 23 THE ESCHATOLOGY OF THE GOSPEL. COIFI, in his parable to the thanes and nobles of the North Humber country, likened the present life of man to the flight of a sparrow through one of the...

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• Luke 12:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Doom of the Money Lover Luke 12:13-21 Our Lord did not come into our world as an earthly judge, adjusting differences between man and man. He lays down great principles, obedience to which...

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• Luke 12:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Knowing that the enmity of the rulers against Him would proceed also against His disciples, He told them not to be afraid of those who kill the body, remembering ever their Father's care, as revealed...

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• Luke 12:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (13) And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. (14) And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge, or a divider, over you? (15) And h...

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• Luke 12:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And, he thought within himself ,.... And foolish thoughts they were; he did not think of God, or that there was one, and much less that he was the author, of all his outward prosperity and plenty; a...

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• Luke 12:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? Ver. 17. And he thought within himself ] He was up with the more and down with the less;...

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• Luke 12:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  To illustrate his admonition, and give it the greater weight, our Lord here delivers an important parable. The ground of a rich man brought forth plentifully This man, it appears, became rich, not...

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• Luke 12:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE PEOPLE WARNED AGAINST FALSE LEADERS (vs.1-12) At a time when the crowd was extremely large, the Lord addressed His disciples "first of all," warning them to beware of the leaven of the Pharis...

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• Luke 12:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Worldly-mindedness Exposed.       13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance wi...

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• Luke 12:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 12:16 "

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• Luke 12:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  SECTION 5 (12:1-14:35). We commence here a new section of Luke. As we shall see this section centres around a mighty act of Jesus in delivering a woman bound by Satan, and thus doubled up and unab...

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• Luke 12:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 12:13 . One of the company .—Rather, “one out of the multitude” (R.V.). Perhaps the mention of magistrates and powers suggested to him Christ’s acting as a judge and giving a...

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• Luke 12:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 12:13-21 The folly of the rich fool appears: I. In the fact that he completely ignored his responsibility to God in the matter of his possessions. He speaks of " my fruits," and " my goods...

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• Luke 12:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  The teaching of our Lord, in this chapter, has very much to do with Christianity in connection with this present life, and its cares and troubles. God has nowhere promised us exemption from afflictio...

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• Luke 12:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Luke 12:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully A successful worldly policy I. THE PICTURE OF A SUCCESSFUL WORLDLY POLICY. 1. No sin in worldly success. 2. No sin in wise and t...

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• Luke 12:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 12:1-42 The Lord , after leaving the Pharisee ' s house , speaks at great length to a numerous crowd waiting for him , addressing his words principally to his own discip...

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• Luke 12:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The parable of the rich man:

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• Luke 12:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:16 ; 1 Timothy 6:17 ; 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 ; Acts 16:30 ; Acts 2:37 ; Ecclesiastes 11:2 ; Isaiah 58:7 ; Luke 10:25 ; Luke 11:41 ; Luke 12:22 ; Luke 12:29 ; Luke 12:33 ; Luke 14:...

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• Luke 12:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  What shall I do? — The very language of want! Do? Why, lay up treasure in heaven.

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