Luke 12:18

Luk 12:18. Πάντα, all) There is no mention made here of the poor.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Luk 12:18 . τὸν σῖτον (or τὰ γενήματα ): may refer to the fruits ( καρπούς , Luk 12:17 ) of the season, τὰ ἀγαθὰ to the accumulated possessions of bygone years.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Verse 18. I will pull down, &c.] The rich are full of designs concerning this life, but in general take no thought about eternity till the time that their goods and their lives are both taken away.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

(18) I will pull down my barns.—The Greek noun (apothekè, whence our “apothecary,”) has a somewhat wider meaning, and includes storehouses or warehouses of all kinds.

All my fruits.—Here, too, the Greek word is somewhat wider. Literally, produce—i.e., crops of every kind.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

18. my barns] Rather, storehouses (apothekas—not only for corn). He never thought of the admonition of the Son of Sirach, “Shut up alms in thy storehouses,” Sir_29:12.

my fruits] Not the same word as before. Rather, my produce.

my goods] Such ‘good things’ as he was alone capable of recognising, Luk_16:25. And “all my goods,” with no mention of the poor.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And he said, this will I do,.... This was the resolution he came to, and which he took up, without consulting God, or asking leave of him:

I will pull down my barns, and build greater; which was not a very wise one; for he might have let his present barns have stood, and have added new ones to them:

and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods; he ascribes the increase of his substance to himself, and reckons them his own acquisitions, and entirely owing to his diligence and industry; and therefore calls them my fruits, and my goods; and accounts them his good things, his only good things; as worldly men place all good and happiness in outward enjoyments, having no notion of spiritual and eternal good things he determines to lay up all in his barns, for his own use and service, and nothing for God and his interest, nor any thing for the poor and their relief.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

Ver. 18. My barns] So my fruits, and my goods, all was his; God came not into this epicure’s thoughts. Hic Deus nihil fecit, Here God does nothing, one wittily twitted Pope Adrian, talking after the same rate.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

I will pull down my barns - The word “barns” here, properly means, “granaries,” or places exclusively designed to put wheat, barley, etc. They were commonly made, by the ancients, “underground,” where grain could be kept a long time more safe from thieves and from vermin. If it be asked why he did not let the old ones remain and build new ones, it may be answered that it would be easier to “enlarge” those already excavated in the earth than to dig new ones.

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18. Pull down—His barns then are not, as they often were among the Jews, caves of the earth or rocks. They are tall buildings; but he must have still more spacious ones.

My fruits—My products.

My goods—The heathen philosophers, especially the Stoics, denied that perishable things should be called goods. But to this man they were, indeed, my goods. They were his life, than which he knew no life higher, and which he considered to consist in the abundance of his possessions.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

18. καθελῶ. In Attic the future of αἰρέω is αἱρήσω. The fut. ἑλῶ is late.

ἀποθήκας. ‘Storehouses’ (not only for corn). He never thought of the admonition of the Son of Sirach, “Shut up alms in thy storehouses,” Sir 29:12.

τὰ γενήματά μου. Not the same word as before. Rather, ‘my produce.’

τὰ ἀγαθά μου. Such ‘good things’ as he was alone capable of recognising, Luk 16:25. And “all my goods,” with no mention of the poor.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

18. καθελῶ First with emphasis: he is eager to set to work. But pauperum nulla mentio (Beng.). Comp. ἀφελεῖ, which is the true reading, Rev 22:19; and see Veitch, p. 25. Note the chiasumus between καθελῶ and οἰκοδομήσω.

The text of the words which follow καὶ συνάξω ἐκεῖ is much confused, but πάντα τὸν σῖτον καὶ τὰ ἀγαθά μου (אa אc B L T X, Syr-Harcl. Boh. Sah. Aeth. Arm.) is probably correct, the μου after σῖτον (אa אc X, Syr-Harcl.: Boh. sah. Aeth.). being rejected as an insertion.

WH. give the evidence in full (ii. p. 103), and regard it as a marked instance of conflation. Comp. 9:10, 11:51, 24:51 The main facts are these. The expression τὰ γενήματα is very common in LXX for the fruits of the earth, arid the phrase συνάγειν τὰ γενήματα Occurs Exo 23:10; Lev 25:20; Jer 8:13. The familiar τὰ γενήματά μου was substituted in some documents for the unusual combination τὸν σῖτον καὶ τὰ ἀγαθά (א* D), in others for τὸν σῖτον (A Q A F G H etc.), in one for τὰ ἀγαθά μου (346); yet another variation is caused by the substitution of τοὺς καρπούς μου (from ver. 17) for the whole of the unusual combination (39), omnes fructus meos (a c d e). Thus we have—

(α) τὸν σῖτον [μου] καὶ τὰ ἀγαθά μου.

(β) 1. τὰ γενήματα μου.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Fruits [γενηματα] . Some texts, however, read ton siton, my corn. So Rev.

Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.