Luke 12:55

12:55 The hot south wind blows into Israel from the Arabian Desert to the south and east (Job 37:17; Jer 4:11).

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Luk 12:55. Νότον, south) See ch. Luk 13:29; Act 27:13.—καύσων) καύσων sometimes is used to express the wind itself from the East. But in this passage the South Wind is a prognostic of the καύσων; therefore καύσων expresses the heat, which the wind coming from the regions situated at the equator used to occasion to the Jews.

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

Luk 12:55 . καύσων , the sirocco, a hot wind from the desert, blighting vegetation (Jas 1:11 ), equally a matter of course.

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

(55) There will be heat.—See Note on Mat_20:12. The word rendered “heat” is probably used here as signifying the “burning wind,” the simoom, which, blowing over the desert, scorched and withered all that was green and fresh. (Comp. Jas_1:11, where it is rightly rendered “burning heat.”)

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

55. heat] Rather, a Simoom or scorching wind, because ‘the South wind’ in Palestine would blow from the desert.

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Yea, and why even of yourselves,.... From their own observation, as in discerning the signs of the weather; in a rational way, by the light of reason, and according to the dictates of their own consciences; by what they themselves saw and heard; by the signs and wonders which were done, they might have concluded, that now was the time of the Messiah's coming; and that he was come, and that Jesus of Nazareth was he: this was as easy, by observation, to be discerned, as the face of the sky was; even of themselves, without any hints or directions from others:

judge ye not what is right? or "truth", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it; concerning the present time, the coming of the Messiah, and the accomplishment of the promises and prophecies of the Old Testament in him: or why do ye not of yourselves judge, what is fit and right to be done between man and man, without going to law? and that, in cases which are plain and clear, the consequences of which may be as easily discerned, as what weather it will be by the signs in the heavens; to which sense the following words incline.

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And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will he heat; and it cometh to pass. To the south of Palestine lay the desert; when the wind blew from that direction, it was usually a time of heat and drought.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

55. καύσων. ‘A simoom,’ or scorching wind, because ‘the south wind’ in Palestine would blow from the desert. Mat 20:12.

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.

55.] ὅταν, sc. ἴδητε.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

55. ὅταν νότον ονέοντα. Understand ἴδητε. One sees, that it is a south wind by the objects which it moves. Lk. alone uses νότος of the south wind (Act 27:13, Act 28:13). Elsewhere it means the South, as frequently in LXX (11:31, 13:29; Mat 12:42; Rev 21:13; 1Sa 27:10, 30:1, 14, 27; 2Sa 24:7; 1Ki 7:25, 1Ki 7:39 [13, 25], etc.).

καύσων. “Scorching heat”: Mat 20:12; Jas 1:11; Isa 49:10; Ecclus. 18:16, 43:22. Perhaps nowhere in N.T. does καύσων mean the burning east wind (Job 27:21; Hos 12:1); but Jas 1:11 is doubtful.

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

Heat [καυσων] . See on Jas 1:10; Mt 20:12.

Discern [δοκιμαζειν] . See on trial and tried, 1Pe 1:7. It means here test or prove. You can test and prove the weather by your signs; but you cannot apply the proof which lies in the signs of the times. Rev., interpret, gives the idea. Wyc., prove.

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