Luke 12:36 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

that wait for. waiting, or looking, for. Greek. prosdechomai, as in Luke 2:25; Luke 2:38; Luke 23:51.Mark 15:43.Titus 2:13.

lord. App-98. A.

when. whensoever.

will. All the texts read "may".

return. Greek. analuo. Occurs only here, and Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:23, in N.T. In Septuagint only in the Apocryphal books, and always in the sense of returning back, as in ana-kampto (Hebrews 11:15). See Tobit 2.9. Judith 13.1.Ezra 3:3. Book of Wisdom 2.1; 5.12; 16.14. Ecclus 3.15.. Macc. 8.25; 9.1; 12.7; 15.28. The noun analusis. a returning back of the body to dust, as in Genesis 3:19, occurs only once, in 2 Timothy 4:6.

from. out of. Greek ek. App-104.

the wedding. the marriage feast.

Luke 12:36

36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.