Luke 12:32 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 12:32

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

KJV

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (444)

But why they ought not to fear, He shows, adding, for it is your Father's good pleasure; as if He says, How shall He who gives such precious things be wearied in showing mercy towards you? For although His flock is little both in nature and number and renown, yet the goodness of the Father has granted even to this little flock the lot of heavenly spirits, that is, the kingdom of heaven. Therefore that you may possess the kingdom of heaven, despise this world's wealth. Hence it is added, Sell that ye have, &c.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom - How much more food and raiment? And since ye have such an inheritance, regard not your earthly possessions.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Therefore fear not, little flock, but hope to the end; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. This comfortable word we had not in Matthew. Note, [1.] Christ's flock in this world is a little flock; his sheep are but few and feeble.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Fear not, little flock - Or, very little flock, το μικρον ποιμνιον. This is what some term a double diminutive, and, literally translated, is, little little flock. Though this refers solely to the apostles and first believers, of whom it was literally true, yet we may say that the number of genuine believers has been, and is still, small, in comparison of heathens and false Christians. It is your Father’s good pleasure - Ευδοκησεν, It hath pleased, etc., though this tense joined with an infinitive has often the force of the present.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Μὴ	Mē	Not	G3361 →
φοβοῦ,	phobou	do fear,	G5399 →
τὸ	to	O	G3588 →
μικρὸν	mikron	little	G3398 →
ποίμνιον,	poimnion	flock,	G4168 →
ὅτι	hoti	for	G3754 →
εὐδόκησεν	eudokēsen	took delight	G2106 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατὴρ	patēr	Father	G3962 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
δοῦναι	dounai	to give	G1325 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
βασιλείαν.	basileian	kingdom.	G932 →

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
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Romans 9:16
  So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10
  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…
Through
Revelation 1:6
who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
leads to
- Revelation 5:10
  You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- Revelation 20:6
  Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him…
- Exodus 19:6
  And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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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