Luke 12:25 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 12:25

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?

KJV

And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And which of you with taking thought,.... In an anxious and distressing manner, for food and raiment, in order to preserve and continue life, add to his stature one cubit? The Persic version reads, "to his stature and height", as if this referred to the height of stature; whereas it seems rather to regard the age of a man, and the continuance of his life; See Gill on Mat 6:27.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We have in these verses—a collection of striking arguments against over-anxiety about the things of this world. At first sight they may seem to some minds simple and common. But the more they are pondered—the more weighty will they appear. An abiding recollection of them would save many Christians an immense amount of trouble. Christ bids us consider the RAVENS. "They neither sow nor reap. They have neither storehouse nor barn. But God feeds them."

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τίς	tis	Which	G5101 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	you	G4771 →
μεριμνῶν	merimnōn	being anxious	G3309 →
δύναται	dunatai	is able	G1410 →
ἐπὶ	epi	to	G1909 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἡλικίαν	hēlikian	lifespan	G2244 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
προσθεῖναι	prostheinai	to add	G4369 →
πῆχυν	pēchun	hour	G4083 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 6:27
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
leads to
- Luke 12:25–26
  Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- Ecclesiastes 3:14
  I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
- Psalms 39:5–6
  You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
- Matthew 5:36
  Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
- 1 Corinthians 12:18
  But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
Through
Matthew 5:36
Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
leads to
- Matthew 6:27
  Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- Matthew 23:16–21
  Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
Through
Luke 19:3
He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
leads to
- Luke 23:8
  When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke