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Selected Verse: Luke 12:36 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 12:36 |
King James |
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| return from the wedding--not come to it, as in the parable of the virgins. Both have their spiritual significance; but preparedness for Christ's coming is the prominent idea. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Shall return (ἀναλύσῃ)
The verb means, originally, to unloose: so of vessels, to unloose their moorings and go to sea. Of departing generally. This is its sense in the only other passage where it occurs, Phi 1:23, "having a desire to depart, or break up; the metaphor being drawn from breaking up an encampment." Compare departure (ἀναλύσεως), Ti2 4:6. The rendering return is a kind of inference from this: when he shall leave the wedding and return.
Wedding (τῶν γάμων)
Properly, the marriage-feast. See on Mat 22:2. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
That wait for their lord - See the notes on Mat 25:1 (note), etc.
The wedding - How the Jewish weddings were celebrated, see in the notes on Mat 8:12 (note); Mat 22:11 (note). |
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.