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The Right Object of Fear
Jesus draws a sharp contrast: do not fear people, whose power ends with physical death, but fear God, who has authority over your eternal destiny. Commentators unanimously affirm that this verse reorients our perspective, showing that human threats are temporary and limited, while God's power is ultimate.
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Luke
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AT Robertson
On Luke 12:5
Whom ye shall fear (τινα φοβηθητε). First aorist passive subjunctive deliberative retained in the indirect question. Τινα is the a…
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 12:3–5
19th Century
Preacher
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be procl…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 12:5
“Friends” is an expression of confidence (), one that is antithetical to the hostility of the Pharisees (v.4). Jesus does not guarantee protection …
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John Calvin
On Luke 12:5
16th Century
Theologian
Yea, I say to you, Fear Him.596 This is an emphatic,596 repetition of the statement. Christ must be understood as sa…
John Gill
On Luke 12:5
17th Century
Pastor
But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear ,
I will be your monitor, and direct you to the proper object of fear an…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 12:1–12
17th Century
Minister
A firm belief in the doctrine of God's universal providence, and its extent, would satisfy us when we are in peril and encourage us to trust God in…