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See the notes at Matthew 24:42-51 . Second watch - See the notes at Matthew 14:25 .
(12) Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. (12) None need to watch more than they that have some degre...
The Faithful Steward ( Matthew 24:45-51 *). Luke 12:39 is peculiar to Lk. The answer to Peter's question is that the injunctions to watchfulness...
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. Be ye therefore ready also - It is pretty evident that what is re...
Will come forth, and serve them, &c.— It was usual for servants to sit at table, and for the master to wait upon them, among the Babylonians, a...
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at...
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...
Exhortation to vigilance. The greater part of it appears also (and most appropriately) in Matthew 24 . The apostles and other ministers of the wor...
And this know, that if the goodman of the house... — Better, “if the master of the house.” See Notes on Matthew 24:43-44 , where the words are a...
Ever on the Watch Luke 12:35-48 The Lord leads our thoughts on to His advent, when He will call His servants to account. The day may pass into...
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,...
(32) Fear not little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (33) Sell that ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves...
Be ye therefore ready also ,.... Not habitually, but actually, in the exercise of grace, and the discharge of duty, with loins girt, and lights burn...
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. Ver. 40. Be ye therefore ready ] See Matthew 24:46 ; See Tr...
And if he shall come in the second or third watch , &c. This included all the time from nine in the evening to three in the morning; and was as...
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,"...
Inordinate Care Reproved. 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto...
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What The Attitude Of His Disciples Should Be (12:35-40). The parable that follows confirms that Jesus will have been previously laying out the bac...
“You be also ready, for in an hour that you think not the Son of man comes.” The lesson of both parables is then made clear. All are to be ready bec...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 12:35 . Loins girded .—An allusion to the long robes of the East, which those who wear them must bind up before they engage...
Son of man ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 8:20 ).
Luke 12:40 What is the problem about Advent? You hear of the Son of Man coming. Sometimes you hear of His coming as a thief in the night: sometime...
In this chapter, our Saviour dispels the fears of his disciples concerning temporal things, and especially their fear of persecution and their fear o...
Luke 12:13-14 . And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me, And he said unto him, Ma...
Luke 12:13-14 . And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him, Ma...
Luke 12:22-23 . And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, w...
Luke 12:35-37 . Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will ret...
Luke 12:1 . There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people. The Greek is myriads, or ten thousands of people. Luke 12:5 . Powe...
Men that wait for their Lord Of the believer’s readiness for the coming of Christ This readiness stands in watchfulness and fidelity. I. WAT...
EXPOSITION Luke 12:1-42 The Lord , after leaving the Pharisee ' s house , speaks at great length to a numerous crowd waiting for him ,...
Christian alertness:
Be ye therefore ready also; for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not. A state of watchful waiting is that which is expected of the C...
1 Thessalonians 5:6 ; 2 Peter 3:12-14 ; Luke 21:34-36 ; Mark 13:33-36 ; Matthew 24:42 ; Matthew 24:44 ; Matthew 25:13 ; Revelation 19:7 ; Ro...
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.