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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:52

from henceforth = from(Greek. apo. App-104 .) now: explaining the effect. against. Greek. epi. App-104 . Referring to Micah 7:6 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:53

against . In the last four instances epi governs the ace. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:54

also to the people = to the crowds also; not "in-consequent". See the Structure "L", p. 1471). out of = from. Greek. apo. App-104 . shower. Occurs only here. it is = it happens. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 12:56

hypocrites. See note on Luke 11:44 . can = know [how to]. Greek. oida. App-132 . face = appearance. sky = the heaven. Singular. See notes on Matthew 6:9 , Matthew 6:10 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:49

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?VI. Warning against divisions due to the word of God.In the chapter introduction, Luke 12:41-48 were listed as a separate warning against unfaithfulness; but the emphasis on lack of preparedness (Luke 12:47) shows a very close connection, making both warnings, in fact, an exhortation against unpreparedness; for this reason, they were discussed in these notes as a single warning with multiple phases.This warning... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:50

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished.The path laid out for Jesus was extremely narrow and difficult. On the one hand, his was the task of convincing all men that he is King of kings and Lord of lords; and, on the other hand, this had to be done in such a manner as to frustrate Satan's purpose of getting our Lord killed as a seditionist. The skill and genius by which Jesus negotiated this narrow path have ever been the marvel of all who... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:51

Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. They shall be divided father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.There is here a divine prophecy by Jesus to the effect that the gospel will cut across family lines. Men... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 12:54

And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass. And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat, and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?VII. Warning against lack of perception.Men are much better at reading the signs of the weather and of nature,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:49

Luke 12:49. I am come to send fire, &c.— Jesus concluded the charge with foretelling the divisions which should be occasioned by his gospel: I am come to send fire on the earth, (see on Matthew 10:34.) and what will I, if it be already kindled?— τι θελω,— what wish I. "Do I wish to escape that fire myself, if it be already kindled?" The fire that our Lord here speaks of, as the effect of his coming, being the fire of divisionandpersecution, it was already kindled, and about to seize... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 12:50

Luke 12:50. But I have a baptism, &c.— "But I have indeed, in the mean time; a most dreadful baptism to be baptized with, and know that I shall shortly be baptized as it were in blood, and plunged in the most overwhelming distress;" (see on Matthew 20:23.) "Yet how am I straitened [συνεχομαι ] and uneasy, through the earnestness of my desire, till, terrible as it is, it be fully completed, and the glorious birth produced, whatever agonies may lie in the way to it." See 2 Corinthians 5:14.... read more

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