Luke 12:1
Ἐν οἷς, ἐπισυναχθεισῶν τῶν μυριάδων τοῦ ὄχλου ὥστε καταπατεῖν ἀλλήλους, ἤρξατο λέγειν πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ πρῶτον, Προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης, ἥτις ἐστὶν ὑπόκρισις, τῶν
Φαρισαίων.
Luke 12:2
οὐδὲν δὲ συγκεκαλυμμένον ἐστὶν, ὃ οὐκ ἀποκαλυφθήσεται, καὶ κρυπτὸν ὃ οὐ γνωσθήσεται.
Luke 12:3
ἀνθ’, ὧν ὅσα ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ εἴπατε, ἐν τῷ φωτὶ ἀκουσθήσεται· καὶ ὃ πρὸς τὸ οὖς ἐλαλήσατε ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις κηρυχθήσεται ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων.
Luke 12:4
Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, τοῖς φίλοις μου, μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποκτεινόντων* τὸ σῶμα καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἐχόντων περισσότερόν τι ποιῆσαι.
Luke 12:5
ὑποδείξω δὲ ὑμῖν τίνα φοβηθῆτε· φοβήθητε τὸν μετὰ τὸ ἀποκτεῖναι, ἔχοντα ἐξουσίαν ἐμβαλεῖν εἰς τὴν γέενναν. ναί, λέγω ὑμῖν, τοῦτον φοβήθητε.
Luke 12:6
Οὐχὶ πέντε στρουθία πωλοῦνται ἀσσαρίων δύο; καὶ ἓν ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπιλελησμένον ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ.
Luke 12:7
ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ τρίχες τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν πᾶσαι ἠρίθμηνται. μὴ φοβεῖσθε, πολλῶν στρουθίων διαφέρετε.
Luke 12:8
Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, πᾶς ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁμολογήσει ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ Θεοῦ·
Luke 12:9
ὁ δὲ ἀρνησάμενός με ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀπαρνηθήσεται ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ Θεοῦ.
Luke 12:10
καὶ πᾶς ὃς ἐρεῖ λόγον εἰς τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ· τῷ δὲ εἰς τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα βλασφημήσαντι, οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται.
Luke 12:11
Ὅταν δὲ εἰσφέρωσιν ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τὰς συναγωγὰς, καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς, καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, μὴ μεριμνήσητε πῶς ἢ τί ἀπολογήσησθε, ἢ τί εἴπητε·
Luke 12:12
τὸ γὰρ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα διδάξει ὑμᾶς ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἃ δεῖ εἰπεῖν.
Luke 12:13
Εἶπεν δέ τις ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου αὐτῷ, Διδάσκαλε, εἰπὲ τῷ ἀδελφῷ μου μερίσασθαι μετ’ ἐμοῦ τὴν κληρονομίαν.
Luke 12:14
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἄνθρωπε, τίς με κατέστησεν κριτὴν ἢ μεριστὴν ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς;
Luke 12:15
εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Ὁρᾶτε καὶ φυλάσσεσθε ἀπὸ πάσης πλεονεξίας· ὅτι οὐκ ἐν τῷ περισσεύειν τινὶ, ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ.
Luke 12:16
Εἶπεν δὲ παραβολὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς, λέγων, Ἀνθρώπου τινὸς πλουσίου εὐφόρησεν ἡ χώρα.
Luke 12:17
καὶ διελογίζετο ἐν ἑαυτῷ, λέγων, Τί ποιήσω, ὅτι οὐκ ἔχω ποῦ συνάξω τοὺς καρπούς μου;
Luke 12:18
καὶ εἶπεν, Τοῦτο ποιήσω· καθελῶ μου τὰς ἀποθήκας καὶ μείζονας οἰκοδομήσω, καὶ συνάξω ἐκεῖ πάντα τὸν σῖτον καὶ τὰ ἀγαθά μου.
Luke 12:19
καὶ ἐρῶ τῇ ψυχῇ μου, Ψυχή, ἔχεις πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ κείμενα εἰς ἔτη πολλά· ἀναπαύου· φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου.
Luke 12:20
Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Θεός, Ἄφρων! ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτὶ, τὴν ψυχήν σου ἀπαιτοῦσιν ἀπὸ σοῦ· ἃ δὲ ἡτοίμασας— τίνι ἔσται;
Luke 12:21
Οὕτως ὁ θησαυρίζων ἑαυτῷ*, καὶ μὴ εἰς Θεὸν πλουτῶν.
Luke 12:22
Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ, Διὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν, μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ, τί φάγητε, μηδὲ τῷ σώματι (ὑμῶν), τί ἐνδύσησθε.
Luke 12:23
ἡ γὰρ ψυχὴ πλεῖόν ἐστιν τῆς τροφῆς, καὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἐνδύματος.
Luke 12:24
κατανοήσατε τοὺς κόρακας, ὅτι οὐ* σπείρουσιν οὐδὲ* θερίζουσιν· οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν ταμεῖον οὐδὲ ἀποθήκη— καὶ ὁ Θεὸς τρέφει αὐτούς. πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑμεῖς διαφέρετε τῶν πετεινῶν!
Luke 12:25
τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν, μεριμνῶν, δύναται ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ προσθεῖναι πῆχυν;
Luke 12:26
εἰ οὖν οὐδὲ ἐλάχιστον δύνασθε, τί περὶ τῶν λοιπῶν μεριμνᾶτε;
Luke 12:27
Κατανοήσατε τὰ κρίνα, πῶς ‹αὐξάνει· οὐ κοπιᾷ, οὐδὲ νήθει›. λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, οὐδὲ Σολομὼν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ περιεβάλετο ὡς ἓν τούτων.
Luke 12:28
εἰ δὲ ἐν ἀγρῷ τὸν χόρτον, ὄντα σήμερον καὶ αὔριον εἰς κλίβανον βαλλόμενον, ὁ Θεὸς οὕτως ἀμφιέζει, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς, ὀλιγόπιστοι!
Luke 12:29
Καὶ ὑμεῖς μὴ ζητεῖτε τί φάγητε, καὶ τί πίητε, καὶ μὴ μετεωρίζεσθε·
Luke 12:30
ταῦτα γὰρ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τοῦ κόσμου ἐπιζητοῦσιν· ὑμῶν δὲ ὁ Πατὴρ οἶδεν ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων.
Luke 12:31
πλὴν ζητεῖτε τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ταῦτα προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν.
Luke 12:32
Μὴ φοβοῦ, τὸ μικρὸν ποίμνιον, ὅτι εὐδόκησεν ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν δοῦναι ὑμῖν τὴν βασιλείαν.
Luke 12:33
Πωλήσατε τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ὑμῶν καὶ δότε ἐλεημοσύνην· ποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς βαλλάντια μὴ παλαιούμενα, θησαυρὸν ἀνέκλειπτον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ὅπου κλέπτης οὐκ ἐγγίζει, οὐδὲ σὴς
διαφθείρει.
Luke 12:34
ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρὸς ὑμῶν, ἐκεῖ καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν ἔσται.
Luke 12:35
Ἔστωσαν ὑμῶν αἱ ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι, καὶ οἱ λύχνοι καιόμενοι·
Luke 12:36
καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὅμοιοι ἀνθρώποις προσδεχομένοις τὸν κύριον ἑαυτῶν, πότε ἀναλύσῃ ἐκ τῶν γάμων, ἵνα ἐλθόντος καὶ κρούσαντος, εὐθέως ἀνοίξωσιν αὐτῷ.
Luke 12:37
μακάριοι οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι, οὓς ἐλθὼν, ὁ κύριος εὑρήσει γρηγοροῦντας. ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι περιζώσεται καὶ ἀνακλινεῖ αὐτοὺς, καὶ παρελθὼν, διακονήσει αὐτοῖς.
Luke 12:38
κἂν ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ κἂν ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ φυλακῇ ἔλθῃ καὶ εὕρῃ οὕτως, μακάριοί εἰσιν ἐκεῖνοι!
Luke 12:39
Τοῦτο δὲ γινώσκετε, ὅτι εἰ ᾔδει ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης ποίᾳ ὥρᾳ ὁ κλέπτης ἔρχεται, οὐκ ἂν ἀφῆκεν διορυχθῆναι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ.
Luke 12:40
καὶ ὑμεῖς γίνεσθε ἕτοιμοι· ὅτι ᾗ ὥρᾳ οὐ δοκεῖτε, ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται.
Luke 12:41
Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Πέτρος, Κύριε, πρὸς ἡμᾶς τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην λέγεις, ἢ καὶ πρὸς πάντας;
Luke 12:42
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος, Τίς ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ πιστὸς οἰκονόμος ὁ φρόνιμος, ὃν καταστήσει ὁ κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς θεραπείας αὐτοῦ, τοῦ διδόναι ἐν καιρῷ τὸ σιτομέτριον;
Luke 12:43
μακάριος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ὃν ἐλθὼν, ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει ποιοῦντα οὕτως.
Luke 12:44
ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐπὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτοῦ καταστήσει αὐτόν.
Luke 12:45
Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, Χρονίζει ὁ κύριός μου ἔρχεσθαι, καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς παῖδας καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας, ἐσθίειν τε καὶ πίνειν καὶ μεθύσκεσθαι,
Luke 12:46
ἥξει ὁ κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ, καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ ᾗ οὐ γινώσκει, καὶ διχοτομήσει αὐτὸν καὶ τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀπίστων θήσει.
Luke 12:47
Ἐκεῖνος δὲ ὁ δοῦλος, ὁ γνοὺς τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ ἑτοιμάσας, ἢ ποιήσας πρὸς τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, δαρήσεται πολλάς·
Luke 12:48
ὁ δὲ μὴ γνοὺς, ποιήσας δὲ ἄξια πληγῶν, δαρήσεται ὀλίγας. παντὶ δὲ ᾧ ἐδόθη πολύ, πολὺ ζητηθήσεται παρ’ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ᾧ παρέθεντο πολύ, περισσότερον αἰτήσουσιν αὐτόν.
Luke 12:49
Πῦρ ἦλθον βαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τί θέλω εἰ ἤδη ἀνήφθη!
A fire I came to hurl onto the earth and how I desire if already it be lit.
Paraphrase: Having finished this lesson, Jesus sighed deeply. “My dear children, I want to teach you something else about My mission. I’ve taught you a great deal about the kingdom of God, but now there is something else for you to learn about it. You need to know that one aspect of My mission is to light the world on fire. Yes, it’s true; everything will burst into flame as if struck with lightning. Oh how I wish this fire was already burning!
Comments:
For the options on this last clause, see Godet (p112).
Luke 12:50
βάπτισμα δὲ ἔχω βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ πῶς συνέχομαι ἕως ὅτου τελεσθῇ!
But now I have a baptism to be baptized and how I am pressed until the time it is completed.
Paraphrase: You may be wondering what this work is. At the heart of My mission is a terrible baptism of suffering. All the wrath (Galatians 3:13) of God’s justice will overwhelm Me just as water flows over a person when he is baptized. Then, I will give My life as a sin offering, and this fire cannot be kindled until this sin offering has been made. This is the great mandate which My Father gave Me and it weighs heavy on Me. (Mark 10:45; John 6:39-44) How I wish that the hour had arrived when I could enter into this baptism and start this fire burning! I wish it were already completed! (John 19:30)
Comments:
Most find here a reference to Jesus’ dread and anxiety about the sufferings He was about to enter. Stier speaks (p33) of this as “a presentient foretaste of the final suffering, of that anxiety, now already begun, and which was to be consummated in such profound anguish.” Certainly, this was a part of Jesus’ suffering (Luke 22:42), but I don’t find that thought here. The thought here is more the impatience of Jesus to begin His work and to complete His Mission.
Luke 12:51
Δοκεῖτε ὅτι εἰρήνην παρεγενόμην δοῦναι ἐν τῇ γῇ; οὐχί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ’ ἢ διαμερισμόν.
Do you think that peace I came to give on the earth? No! I say to you but rather division.
Paraphrase: Perhaps you think that I came to build a peaceful and prosperous kingdom ruled by Jews and oppressed by no one. (John 18:36) Certainly not! I did not come to establish such a kingdom but rather to bring division (Malachi 3:2, 3, 18; 4:1; Matthew 10:34; John 7:43; 9:39) and to force a separation between those people who are for Me and those who are against Me. (Joshua 24:15; Luke 2:34; Romans 9:32-33)
Comments:
Again, these words do not support the idea that Jesus was suffering anxiety about His future suffering.
The mission of Jesus is often described as bringing peace. (Luke 1:79; 2:14; 7:50; 8:48; 10:5–6; 19:38; Acts 10:36) The prophets, on the other hand, speak of the Day of YHWH as being a day of judgment, not a happy day for God’s people. (Amos 5:16; Joel 1:15; 2:1–2, 11, 31; Isaiah 13:6)
Luke 12:52
ἔσονται γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν πέντε ἐν ἑνὶ οἴκῳ διαμεμερισμένοι, τρεῖς ἐπὶ δυσὶν, καὶ δύο ἐπὶ τρισίν.
For from now, five shall be in one house being divided; three against two; two against three.
Paraphrase: I came to make a separation. There will be five people in one family; but when My sufferings are complete and the fire is started, a separation will come in that family and many more like them. (Micah 7:6) Three of the family members will begin to argue and quarrel with the other two. The other two will hate and curse the other three. Then it will become clear who are for Me and who against Me.
Comments:
Luke 12:53
διαμερισθήσονται πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ καὶ υἱὸς ἐπὶ πατρί, μήτηρ ἐπὶ [τὴν] θυγατέρα καὶ θυγάτηρ ἐπὶ τὴν μητέρα, πενθερὰ ἐπὶ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς καὶ νύμφη ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν.
They will 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.
Paraphrase: This separation will run right through family circles. Fathers will oppose their sons and vice versa; mothers will hate their daughters and vice versa; mothers-in-law will look with contempt on their daughters-in-law and vice versa.
Comments:
Luke 12:54
Ἔλεγεν δὲ καὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις, Ὅταν ἴδητε [τὴν] νεφέλην ἀνατέλλουσαν ἐπὶ δυσμῶν, εὐθέως λέγετε ὅτι, Ὄμβρος ἔρχεται, καὶ γίνεται οὕτως.
Luke 12:55
καὶ ὅταν νότον πνέοντα, λέγετε ὅτι, Καύσων ἔσται, καὶ γίνεται.
Luke 12:56
ὑποκριταί! τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς καὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν· τὸν καιρὸν δὲ τοῦτον, πῶς ‹οὐκ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν›;
Luke 12:57
Τί δὲ καὶ ἀφ’ ἑαυτῶν οὐ κρίνετε τὸ δίκαιον;
Luke 12:58
ὡς γὰρ ὑπάγεις μετὰ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου σου ἐπ’ ἄρχοντα, ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ δὸς ἐργασίαν ἀπηλλάχθαι ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ, μή‿ ποτε κατασύρῃ σε πρὸς τὸν κριτήν, καὶ ὁ κριτής σε παραδώσει τῷ πράκτορι, καὶ ὁ πράκτωρ σε βαλεῖ εἰς φυλακήν.
Luke 12:59
λέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν ἕως καὶ τὸ ἔσχατον λεπτὸν ἀποδῷς.