Luke 12:38

And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. If he shall come in the second watch - See the note on Matthew 14:25.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 24:42-51 . Second watch - See the notes at Matthew 14:25 .
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:4 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:5 ; Matthew 25:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Jews frequently divided the night into three watches, to which our Lord seems here to allude.

³⁸ And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

Related Commentaries of Luke 12:38

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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

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

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 12:38