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Text -- Luke 12:1-9 (NET)

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Fear God, Not People
12:1 Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 12:2 Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known. 12:3 So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops. 12:4 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do. 12:5 But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! 12:6 Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. 12:7 In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows. 12:8 “I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God’s angels. 12:9 But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.
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 · Pharisee a religious group or sect of the Jews


Dictionary Themes and Topics: LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF | JESUS CHRIST, 4D | WEALTH, WEALTHY | Jesus, The Christ | JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 | Sparrow | Judgment | Minister | JUDAS ISCARIOT | Angel | FARTHING | RESURRECTION | PERSON OF CHRIST, 4-8 | PAROUSIA | Afflictions and Adversities | CLOSET | House | Hypocrisy | Judgment, The final | God | more
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NET Notes: Luk 12:1 The pursuit of popularity can lead to hypocrisy, if one is not careful.

NET Notes: Luk 12:2 I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice verbs here (“be revealed,” be made known”) see the revelation as coming from God. The te...

NET Notes: Luk 12:3 The expression “proclaimed from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century ...

NET Notes: Luk 12:4 Judaism had a similar exhortation in 4 Macc 13:14-15.

NET Notes: Luk 12:5 The word translated hell is “Gehenna” (γέεννα, geenna), a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew words ge hinno...

NET Notes: Luk 12:6 The pennies refer to the assarion, a small Roman copper coin. One of them was worth one sixteenth of a denarius or less than a half hour’s avera...

NET Notes: Luk 12:7 Do not be afraid. One should respect and show reverence to God (v. 5), but need not fear his tender care.

NET Notes: Luk 12:8 This acknowledgment will take place at the judgment. Of course, the Son of Man is a reference to Jesus as it has been throughout the Gospel. On Jesus ...

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