luke 12:39

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Luke 12:39

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody
Luke 12:39
Verse 39 of 59

Scripture focus

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Luke 12:39KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 12:39

Theological / Devotional

Goodman of the house. Greek oikodespotes, “master of the house” (see on chapter 2:29). See on Proverbs 7:19.

Broken through. Many Oriental houses were made of mud walls, and the easiest way for a thief to get into them was by digging a hole through the walls (cf. Ezekiel 12:5, 12).

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