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Selected Verse: Luke 12:29 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Lu 12:29	King James	And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
of doubtful, &c.--unsettled mind; put off your balance.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

of doubtful, &c.--unsettled mind; put off your balance.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Be ye of doubtful mind (μετεωρίζεσθε) Only here in New Testament. The verb primarily means to raise to a height; buoy up, as with false hopes; and so to unsettle, or excite, or keep in fluctuation. Thus Thucydides says of the war between Athens and Sparta: "All Hellas was excited (μετέωρος) by the coming conflict between the two chief cities" (ii., 8).

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Be ye of doubtful mind (μετεωρίζεσθε)

Only here in New Testament. The verb primarily means to raise to a height; buoy up, as with false hopes; and so to unsettle, or excite, or keep in fluctuation. Thus Thucydides says of the war between Athens and Sparta: "All Hellas was excited (μετέωρος) by the coming conflict between the two chief cities" (ii., 8).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Neither be ye of a doubtful mind - The word in the original signifies, any speculations or musings in which the mind fluctuates, or is suspended (like meteors in the air) in an uneasy hesitation.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Neither be ye of a doubtful mind - The word in the original signifies, any speculations or musings in which the mind fluctuates, or is suspended (like meteors in the air) in an uneasy hesitation.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Neither be ye of doubtful mind - Or, in anxious suspense, μη μετεωριζεσθε. Raphelius gives several examples to prove that the meaning of the word is, to have the mind agitated with useless thoughts, and vain imaginations concerning food, raiment, and riches, accompanied with perpetual uncertainty.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Neither be ye of doubtful mind - Or, in anxious suspense, μη μετεωριζεσθε. Raphelius gives several examples to prove that the meaning of the word is, to have the mind agitated with useless thoughts, and vain imaginations concerning food, raiment, and riches, accompanied with perpetual uncertainty.

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