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Why don`t you judge for yourselves what is right?

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Inexcusable Spiritual Blindness

Commentators agree that Jesus is rebuking the crowd for a glaring inconsistency. They could skillfully interpret natural signs to predict the weather, yet they failed to use their own God-given reason and conscience to recognize the profound spiritual signs of His ministry. This failure to 'judge what is right' was not from a lack of evidence but from a willful negligence, leaving them without excuse.

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AT Robertson

AT Robertson

On Luke 12:57

Even of yourselves (κα αφ' εαυτων). Without the presence and teaching of Jesus they had light enough to tell what is right (το δικ…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Luke 12:57

19th Century

Bishop

Yea, and why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right?—Better, judge that which is just. The meaning of…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Luke 12:57

16th Century

Theologian

And why even of yourselves, etc.? Here Christ opens up the source of the evil and, as it were, applies the lancet to the ulcer. He tells t…

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John Gill

John Gill

On Luke 12:57

17th Century

Pastor

Yea, and why even of yourselves
From their own observation, as in discerning the signs of the weather; in a rational…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Luke 12:54–59

17th Century

Minister

Christ would have people be as wise in the concerns of their souls as they are in outward affairs. Let them hasten to obtain peace with God before …