Luke 12:17

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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...
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 th...
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

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

I have no room ] 'Thou hast barns, the mouths of the poor which can hold much; barns which can never be pulled down or destroyed, for they are hea...
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 i...
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...
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 a...
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...
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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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

‘And he spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully, and he reasoned within himself, saying, What sh...
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

and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

¹⁷ And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

Related Commentaries of Luke 12:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Luke 12:17