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Selected Verse: Luke 12:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 12:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Also [1161] I say [3004] unto you [5213], Whosoever [3956] [3739] [302] shall confess [3670] [1722] me [1698] before [1715] men [444], [1722] him [846] shall [3670] the Son [5207] of man [444] also [2532] confess [3670] before [1715] the angels [32] of God [2316]: |
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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 [1063] whosoever [3739] [302] shall be ashamed [1870] of me [3165] and [2532] of my [1699] words [3056], of him [5126] shall [1870] the Son [5207] of man [444] be ashamed [1870], when [3752] he shall come [2064] in [1722] his own [846] glory [1391], and [2532] in his Father's [3962], and [2532] of the holy [40] angels [32].
4 Being made [1096] so much [5118] better than [2909] the angels [32], as [3745] he hath by inheritance obtained [2816] a more excellent [1313] name [3686] than [3844] they [846].
20 And [2532] Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto him [846], The foxes [258] have [2192] holes [5454], and [2532] the birds [4071] of the air [3772] have nests [2682]; but [1161] the Son [5207] of man [444] hath [2192] not [3756] where [4226] to lay [2827] his head [2776].
26 For [1063] whosoever [3739] [302] shall be ashamed [1870] of me [3165] and [2532] of my [1699] words [3056], of him [5126] shall [1870] the Son [5207] of man [444] be ashamed [1870], when [3752] he shall come [2064] in [1722] his own [846] glory [1391], and [2532] in his Father's [3962], and [2532] of the holy [40] angels [32].
38 Whosoever [3739] [302] therefore [1063] shall be ashamed [1870] of me [3165] and [2532] of my [1699] words [3056] in [1722] this [5026] adulterous [3428] and [2532] sinful [268] generation [1074]; of him [846] also [2532] shall [1870] the Son [5207] of man [444] be ashamed [1870], when [3752] he cometh [2064] in [1722] the glory [1391] of his [846] Father [3962] with [3326] the holy [40] angels [32].
33 But [1161] whosoever [3748] shall [302] deny [720] me [3165] before [1715] men [444], him [846] will I also [2504] deny [720] before [1715] my [3450] Father [3962] which [3588] is in [1722] heaven [3772].
32 Whosoever [3956] [3748] therefore [3767] shall confess [3670] [1722] me [1698] before [1715] men [444], [1722] him [846] will I confess [3670] also [2504] before [1715] my [3450] Father [3962] which [3588] is in [1722] heaven [3772].