Luke 12:56
Ye hypocrites, ye know how to distinguish the aspect of the heavens and the earth; and why can ye not distinguish the present time?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
55And when a south wind bloweth, ye say: It will be hot: and it is so.
57And why do ye not, of yourselves, judge correctly?
Cross References
Matthew 16:3And in the morning ye say, There will be a storm to-day; for the heavens are sadly red. Ye hypocrites, ye are intelligent to discover the aspect of the heavens, but the signs of this time ye have no skill to discern.
Luke 19:42and said: O, hadst thou known the things that are of thy peace, at least in this thy day: but now they are hidden from thy eyes.
Galatians 4:4But when the consummation of the time arrived, God sent forth his Son; and he was from a woman, and was 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 →