Luke 12:57 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Yea, and why even of yourselves, &c.— The prediction of the coming of the Son of man to punish the Jews for their perfidy and rebellion, was a loud call to a national repentance: wherefore, as the improvement of that prediction, Jesus exhorted them to a speedy reformation, telling them, that common sense, with a very small degree of reflection, would point it out to them as the very best thing they could do for the averting of the impending judgments of God:—Why, even of yourselves, judge ye not what is right? The phrase αφ εαυτων, does not seem here to signify "from the like principles of good sense which you use in common affairs, or in matters relating to yourselves;" but it seems an advance on that thought: as if our Lord had said, "Even though I had not so expressly drawn the consequence; yet, from the tenor of my doctrine and character, as well as from my miracles, you might have discerned yourselves that it must be a very wrong and very dangerous thing to reject and slight me."