Luke 12:56
You hypocrites! You discern the face of the heavens, and of the earth, yet how is it that you do not discern this time?
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55And when a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be hot.’ And so it is.
57And why do you not, even among yourselves, judge what is just?
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:32Also, from the sons of Issachar, there were learned men, who knew each of the times, in order to anticipate what Israel ought to do, two hundred leaders. And all the remainder of the tribe were following their counsel.
Haggai 2:7For thus says the Lord of hosts: There is yet one brief time, and I will move heaven and earth, and the sea and the dry land.
Malachi 4:2But unto you, who fear my name, the Sun of justice will arise, and health will be in his wings. And you will go forth and leap like the calves of the herd.
Matthew 16:3and in the morning, ‘Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and gloomy.’ So then, you know how to judge the appearance of the sky, but you are unable to know the signs of the times?
Luke 19:42“If only you had known, indeed even in this your day, which things are for your peace. But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of time arrived, God sent his Son, formed from a woman, formed under the law,
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:55-59
Reconciliation to God. 54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give… Read the whole commentary →