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Luke 12:55-57
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Luke 12:55-57
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55 And when you see the south wind[a] blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and there is. 56 You hypocrites![b] You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how[c] to interpret the present time?
Clear the Debts
57 “And[d] why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
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- Luke 12:55 sn The south wind comes from the desert, and thus brings scorching heat.
- Luke 12:56 sn In Luke, the term hypocrites occurs here, in 6:42, and in 13:15.
- Luke 12:56 tc Most mss (P45 A W Ψ ƒ1,13 M lat) have a syntax here that reflects a slightly different rhetorical question: “but how do you not interpret the present time?” The reading behind the translation, however, has overall superior support: P75 א B L Θ 33 892 1241.
- Luke 12:57 tn Jesus calls for some personal reflection. However, this unit probably does connect to the previous one—thus the translation of δέ (de) here as “And”—to make a good spiritual assessment, thus calling for application to the spiritual, rather than personal, realm.
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