Luke 12:4

Luke 12:4

2 ^aFor there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.

3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

Jesus Teaches the Fear of God

4 ^a“And I say to you, ^bMy friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, ^afear Him!

6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two¹ copper coins? And ^anot one of them is forgotten before God.

7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Confess Christ Before Men

8 ^a“Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me ^bbefore men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Unto you my friends (umin toiv filoiv). As opposed to the Pharisees and lawyers in Luke 11:43, Luke 11:46, Luke 11:53.

Be not afraid of (mh fobhqhte apo). First aorist passive subjunctive with mh, ingressive aorist, do not become afraid of, with apo and the ablative like the Hebrew min and the English "be afraid of," a translation Hebraism as in Matthew 10:28 (Moulton, Prolegomena, p. 102).

Have no more that they can do (mh exontwn perissoteron ti poihsai). Luke often uses the infinitive thus with exw, a classic idiom (Luke 7:40, Luke 7:42; Luke 12:4, Luke 12:50; Luke 14:14; Acts 4:14, etc.).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 12:4:**

Matthew 10:26
Luke 1:50
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