33. Sell that ye have For you will be rich as kings by Such a surrender. And give alms For this will be the richest investment. Provide yourself bags Purses, out of the proceeds of your sales. Wax not old As the purses will which contain your earthly funds. A treasure in the heavens In lieu of that ye have. There is a beautiful little allegory contained in this verse. read more
35. Let your loins be girded The lord of a household of servants has gone late at night to a wedding. What hour he will return is utterly uncertain. If when he returns he finds them prepared, alert, watching, and dutiful, rich will be their reward. But woe be to them if the reverse. Girded about you Ready for action in doing the honours of his return. When a servant was about to engage in active service, he first drew tight around his waist the girdle which bound his loose and flowing... read more
V. Gradually extending his address from the twelve to the multitudes, Jesus warns of his Second Coming, Luke 12:35-50. The Saviour’s address so imperceptibly expands to take in all alike, that Peter is at last induced to ask his Lord which he means, the twelve or the myriads? How beautifully calculated was this passage to make the hesitater between Jesus and the hierarchy tremble! It is the Son of man, it is himself before whom these myriads, and even these scribes and pharisees, are... read more
36. Knocketh, they may open Not be fast asleep, with their lights gone out, or low in the socket. read more
37. Blessed are those servants At the Roman Saturnalia the masters put on the servile dress and waited on and served their servants. As our Lord bases this parable upon the ancient relation of master and servant, so he uses this custom for an image to express the great honour he will confer upon his servants at the judgment day. He will indeed then have put off the “form of a servant;” and all the blessings accruing to his followers from his ever having worn it, he will then confer. read more
38. Second watch… third watch Our Lord here doubtless uses the old division by which the night was portioned into three watches. In the first would be the wedding; in the second or third the return. read more
39. The goodman of the house The householder. The image is now changed. Before, it was the servant, knowing not the hour of the coming of his Lord; now it is a householder, knowing not the hour of the coming of the thief. His house to be broken through Be digged through; for the walls of the eastern houses are often of clay, and the house would be attacked by excavation. read more
40. Cometh… hour… think not The language is now literal. The judgment day lies in the unknown future. It may be to-day; it may be myriads of years hence. We may be mistaken in placing it nearer than it is, or making it more distant. Even our interpretations of those prophecies which seem to us at the present time to indicate that the day is distant, may be wrong; for prophecy is designedly obscure, in accordance with the law that the future must be profoundly hid from mortal knowledge. But,... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:32
32. Little flock Addressed primarily to the twelve. Father’s good pleasure The words good pleasure no doubt express a supreme and sovereign purpose; but God’s purposes are never matters of mere blank power; but are founded in infinite benevolence and wisdom. God is omnipotent love and infinite reason; and his sovereignty is the enthronement of true divine excellence and perfect goodness over the universe. The kingdom The kingdom of heaven, mentioned as the object of those who seek ... read more