Luke 12:45

Luke 12:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,
• New Living Translation (NLT)But what if the servant thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’ and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?

Context of Luke 12:45

43It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers. 47“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.

Luke 12:45 word by word

Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· χρονίζει ὁ κύριός μου ἔρχεσθαι, καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς παῖδας καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας ἐσθίειν τε καὶ πίνειν καὶ μεθύσκεσθαι,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But andδέde · thenG1161
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• servantὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• servantδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• Myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• lordκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• delayethχρονίζωchronizō · to delayG5549
• his comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• shall beginἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• to beatτύπτωtuptō · to strikeG5180
• the menservantsπαῖςpais · childG3816
• maidensπαιδίσκηpaidiskē · maidservantG3814
• andτεte · and/bothG5037
• to eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• drinkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• to be drunkenμεθύσκωmethuskō · to get drunkG3182

Cross-references for Luke 12:45

• Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by and every vision comes to nothing’?
• Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’
• 2 Peter 2:3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
• Isaiah 65:6“See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps—
• Jeremiah 20:2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple.
• Ezekiel 34:3You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.
• Matthew 22:6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
• 2 Corinthians 11:20In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face.
• 3 John 1:9I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us.
• Revelation 13:7It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
• Revelation 16:6for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.”
• Revelation 17:5The name written on her forehead was a mystery: babylon the great the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.
• Revelation 18:24In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people, of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”
• Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.
• Ezekiel 34:8As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,
• Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.

Commentaries on Luke 12:45

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45Begin to beat, etc. - See the different parts of this bad minister's conduct pointed out on Matthew 24:48, Matthew 24:49; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38-46Verses 38-46 See the notes at Matthew 24:42-51. Second watch - See the notes at Matthew 14:25.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-53Verses 41-53 All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be right which he neglects; therefore all are without excuse in their sin. The bringing in the gospel dispensation would occasion desolations. Not that this would be the tendency of Christ's religion, which is pure, peaceable, and loving; but the effect of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-48Jesus compared his faithful followers to servants in a master's house. These servants were always ready for his return and did a good job managing the resources he left with them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 41-4841-48. unto us or even to all?--us the Twelve, or all this vast audience?Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 12:45

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• Minister, Christian
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Commentaries on Luke 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings