Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:4
Kill the body - See on Matthew 10:28 ; (note). read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:5
Fear him - Even the friends of God are commanded to fear God, as a being who has authority to send both body and soul into hell. Therefore it is proper even for the most holy persons to maintain a fear of God, as the punisher of all unrighteousness. A man has but one life to lose, and one soul to save; and it is madness to sacrifice the salvation of the soul to the preservation of the life. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:6
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? - See this explained on Matthew 10:29 ; (note), from which place we learn that two sparrows were sold for one farthing, and here; that five were sold for two farthings: thus we find a certain proportion - for one farthing you could get but two, while for two farthings you could get five. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:7
Fear not therefore - Want of faith in the providence and goodness of God is the source of all human inquietudes and fears. He has undertaken to save and defend those to the uttermost who trust in him. His wisdom cannot be surprised, his power cannot be forced, his love cannot forget itself. Man distrusts God, and fears that he is forgotten by him, because he judges of God by himself; and he knows that he is apt to forget his Maker, and be unfaithful to him. See on Matthew 10:29-31 ;... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:8
Shall confess - See on Matthew 10:32 , Matthew 10:33 ; (note). read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:10
Him that blasphemeth - See the sin against the Holy Ghost explained, Matthew 12:32 ; (note). read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:11
Unto magistrates and powers - See Matthew 10:17-20 . Take ye no thought - See Matthew 6:25 ; Matthew 10:19 . read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:13
Speak to my brother, that he divide - Among the Jews, the children had the inheritance of their fathers divided among them; the eldest had a double portion, but all the rest had equal parts. It is likely the person complained of in the text was the elder brother; and he wished to keep the whole to himself - a case which is far from being uncommon. The spirit of covetousness cancels all bonds and obligations, makes wrong right, and cares nothing for father or brother. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:14
A judge - Without some judgment given in the case, no division could be made; therefore Jesus added the word judge. Pearce. A minister of Christ ought not to concern himself with secular affairs, any farther than charity and the order of discipline require it. Our Lord could have decided this difference in a moment; but the example of a perfect disengagement from worldly things was more necessary for the ministers of his Church than that of a charity applying itself to temporal concerns. He... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:2
There is nothing covered - See the notes on Matthew 5:15 ; Matthew 10:26 , Matthew 10:27 ; (note); Mark 4:22 ; (note). read more