Luke 12:47

Luke 12:47 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Context of Luke 12:47

45But 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? 46The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will cut the servant in pieces and banish him with the unfaithful. “And a servant who knows what the master wants, but isn’t prepared and doesn’t carry out those instructions, will be severely punished. 48But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required. 49“I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning!

Luke 12:47 word by word

Ἐκεῖνος δὲ ὁ δοῦλος ὁ γνοὺς τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ ἑτοιμάσας ἢ ποιήσας πρὸς τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ δαρήσεται πολλάς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• servantδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
• which knewγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• hisἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• lord’sκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• preparedἑτοιμάζωhetoimazō · to make readyG2090
• notμήmē · notG3361
• neitherμηδέmēde · norG3366
• didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• according toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• shall be beatenδέρωderō · to beat upG1194
• with manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183

Cross-references for Luke 12:47

• Luke 10:12I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on judgment day.
• Numbers 15:30“But those who brazenly violate the Lord’s will, whether native-born Israelites or foreigners, have blasphemed the Lord, and they must be cut off from the community.
• Matthew 11:22I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.
• John 9:41“If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty because you claim you can see.
• John 12:48But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken.
• John 15:22They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
• John 19:11Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”
• Acts 17:30“God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him.
• 2 Corinthians 2:15Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.
• James 4:17Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.
• Deuteronomy 25:2If the person in the wrong is sentenced to be flogged, the judge must command him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate to the crime.

Commentaries on Luke 12:47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47Shall be beaten with many stripes - Criminals among the Jews could not be beaten with more than forty stripes; and as this was the sum of the severity to which a whipping could extend, it may be all that our Lord here means. But, in some cases, a man was adjudged to receive fourscore stripes! How could this be, when the law had decreed only forty? Answer: By doubling the crime. He received forty for each crime; if he were guilty of two offenses, he might…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47Which 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…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. 47-48Who knows ... who unknowingly: Sins committed in ignorance receive less punishment than deliberate sins (Numbers 15:22–26; Psalm 19:13; compare Luke 23:34). From everyone who has been given much: Believers will be held responsible for the knowledge and resources they have been given (James 3:1). A sin in ignorance is still a sin.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 12:47

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Opportunity
• Punishment
• Servant
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

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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