Luke 12:20

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou fool - If there is any supreme folly, it is this. As though riches could prolong life, or avert for a moment the approach of pain and death....
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 func...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fool . See note on Luke 11:40 . this night . this very night. thy soul . thy life. App-110. shall be required . they demand. Only here and L...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. Fool, this night they will demand thy soul from thee. The word soul carries an allusion. Formerly, the rich man addressed his so...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1527 THE RICH FOOL Luke 12:20-21 . But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? Thou f...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Shall be required of thee:— It is in the original απαιτουσιν, they shall require; which Elsner thinks alludes to the messengers sent to fetch awa...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parable of the rich fool (peculiar to Lk). The parable teaches that since death and judgment are inevitable, men ought to devote their attention to...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This night, etc.] lit. 'this night do they (i.e. the angels of vengeance) require thy soul of thee.' The righteous man willingly and joyfully commi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But God said unto him. — The bold anthropomorphic language seems intended to suggest the thought not only that death came suddenly, but that the ma...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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 m...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE RICH FOOL ‘And he said, This will I do … But God said unto him, Thou fool.’ Luke 12:18-20 How busy are the streets of a great city! How...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But God said unto him ,.... He determined within himself he should die that night; for the time of a man's death, as well as of his birth, is fixed...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? Ver...
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 pl...
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,"...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Worldly-mindedness Exposed. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, spea...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Danger of Riches (12:13-21). We now come to the first of a series of parables in this section. It is the first demonstration of how distorted...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“But God said to him, You foolish one, this night is your soul required of you, and the things which you have prepared, whose shall they be?” But th...
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 sugges...
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 posses...
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. Go...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this chapter, our Saviour dispels the fears of his disciples concerning temporal things, and especially their fear of persecution and their fear o...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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 . Powe...
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...
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 ,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The parable of the rich man:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 16:10 ; 1 Kings 16:9 ; 1 Samuel 25:36-38 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; 1 Timothy 6:7 ; 2 Samuel 13:28 ; 2 Samuel 13:29 ; Daniel 5:1-6 ; Da...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thou fool — To think of satisfying thy soul with earthly goods! To depend on living many years! Yea, one day! They — The messengers of death, commi...

²⁰ But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thya soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

Related Commentaries of Luke 12:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Luke 12:20