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Selected Verse: Luke 12:8 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 12:8 |
King James |
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: |
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] |
| confess . . . deny--The point lies in doing it "before men," because one has to do it "despising the shame." But when done, the Lord holds Himself bound to repay it in kind by confessing such "before the angels of God." For the rest, see on Luk 9:26. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Son of man
(See Scofield) - (Mat 8:20).
angels
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And I say to you - If you avoid all hypocrisy, and openly avow my Gospel: The Son of man shall confess you - before the angels - At the last day. Mar 8:38; Luk 9:26. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Shall confess - See on Mat 10:32, Mat 10:33 (note). |
26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.