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Luke 12:4

Luke 12:4
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And I say unto you, my friends,.... Whom he dearly loved, and had taken into the greatest intimacy and familiarity; making known to them whatever he had heard from his Father; giving them the best…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Luke 12:2-9

Nothing covered - See the notes at Mat 10:26-32. Luk 12:3 Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops - See the notes at Mat 10:27. The custom of making proclamation from the tops or roofs of houses still…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 12:1-12

We find here, I. A vast auditory that was got together to hear Christ preach. The scribes and Pharisees sought to accuse him, and do him mischief; but the people, who were not under the bias of their…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

my friends Joh 15:14-15, "Henceforth I call you not servants but friends." The term comes the more naturally and pathetically because Jesus had just been in the thick of enemies.

Be not afraid of μὴ…