Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
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Gill's Exposition
Consider the ravens,.... According to the Jews (k) there are three sorts of ravens, the black raven, the raven of the valley, which is said to be white, and the raven whose head is like a dove. In…
Our Lord Jesus is here inculcating some needful useful lessons upon his disciples, which he had before taught them, and had occasion afterwards to press upon them; for they need to have precept upon…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the ravens More specific, and therefore more poetic, than "the fowls" in St Matthew. Perhaps there is a reference to Job 38:41; Psa 145:15.
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