John Gill Commentary Luke 12:41

John Gill Commentary

Luke 12:41

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Luke 12:41

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?" — Luke 12:41 (ASV)

Then Peter said to him, Lord
The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "our Lord":

speak you this parable :
of the master at the wedding, and his servants waiting for him, or of the housekeeper watching that his house be not broken up, or both:

to us, or to all ?
Peter was in doubt whether the above discourse was peculiarly directed to them, the apostles, as containing special instructions to them in the discharge of the ministerial work; or whether it was designed for all his disciples and followers, both in the present age, and in time to come, to the end of the world.