Luke 12:56

Luke 12:56

Discern the Time

54 Then He also said to the multitudes, ^a“Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is.

55 And when you see the ^asouth wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is.

56 Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern ^athis time?

Make Peace with Your Adversary

57 “Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?

58 ^aWhen you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort ^balong the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

59 I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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To interpret this time (ton kairon touton dokimazein). To test dokimazein as spiritual chemists. No wonder that Jesus here calls them "hypocrites" because of their blindness when looking at and hearing him. So it is today with those who are willfully blind to the steps of God among men. This ignorance of the signs of the times is colossal.

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