Luke 12:47 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 12:47

That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

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ASV

And that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

KJV

And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Which knew his lord’s will - Who knew what his master wished him to do. He that knows what God commands and requires. Many stripes - Shall be severely and justly punished. They who have many privileges, who are often warned, who have the gospel, and do not repent and believe, shall be far more severely punished than others. They who are early taught in Sunday schools, or by pious parents, or in other ways, and who grow up in sin and impenitence, will have much more to answer for than those who have no such privileges.

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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 learn firstly from these verses—the importance of doing , in our Christianity. Our Lord is speaking of His own second coming. He is comparing His disciples to servants waiting for their master's return, who have each their own work to do during His absence. "Blessed," He says, "is that servant, whom his master, when he comes, shall find so doing ." The warning has doubtless a primary reference to ministers of the Gospel. They are the stewards of God's mysteries, who are specially bound to be found "doing" when Christ comes again.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐκεῖνος	Ekeinos	That [very]	G1565 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δοῦλος	doulos	servant	G1401 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
γνοὺς	gnous	having known	G1097 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θέλημα	thelēma	will	G2307 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κυρίου	kuriou	master	G2962 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἑτοιμάσας	hetoimasas	having prepared	G2090 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
ποιήσας	poiēsas	having done	G4160 →
πρὸς	pros	according to	G4314 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θέλημα	thelēma	will	G2307 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
δαρήσεται	darēsetai	will be beaten with	G1194 →
πολλάς.	pollas	many [blows].	G4183 →

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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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
James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
leads to
- John 9:41
  “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
- John 13:17
  If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- John 15:22
  If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
- 2 Peter 2:21
  It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
- Luke 12:47–48
  That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
Through
John 12:48
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
leads to
- Luke 10:16
  Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
Through
John 9:41
“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
leads to
- Isaiah 5:21
  Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
- John 15:22–24
  If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Luke