Luke 12 · Verse 45

Luke 12:45

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
Luke 12:45, King James Version

Luke 12:45 in other translations

BSBBut suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
WEBBut if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken,
ASVBut if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
YLT‘And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;
DARBYBut if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
BBEBut if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
WebsterBut if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the men-servants, and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken?

What does Luke 12:45 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 12:41-48

41-48. unto us or even to all?--us the Twelve, or all this vast audience?

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 45.

(n) "beat the men-servants" Mt 22:6

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 45 Begin to beat, etc. - See the different parts of this bad minister's conduct pointed out on Mat 24:48, Mat 24:49 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 12:41-53

All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be right which he neglects; therefore all are without excuse in their sin. The bringing in the gospel dispensation would occasion desolations. Not that this would be the tendency of Christ's religion, which is pure, peaceable…

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Luke 12:45 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἘὰνEanIfG1437
δὲdehoweverG1161
εἴπῃeipēshall sayG2036
ὁhotheG3588
δοῦλοςdoulosservantG1401
ἐκεῖνοςekeinosthat [one]G1565
ἐνeninG1722
τῇtēatheG3588
καρδίᾳkardiaheartG2588
αὐτοῦ·autouof him;G846
χρονίζειchronizeiDelaysG5549
ὁhotheG3588
κύριόςkuriosmasterG2962
μουmouof MeG3165
ἔρχεσθαι,erchesthaito come,G2064
καὶkaiandG2532
ἄρξηταιarxētaishall beginG757
τύπτεινtupteinto beatG5180
τοὺςtoustheG3588
παῖδαςpaidasmen-servantsG3816
καὶkaiandG2532
τὰςtastheG3588
παιδίσκαςpaidiskasmaid-servantsG3814
ἐσθίεινesthieinto eatG2068
τεtealsoG5037
καὶkaiandG2532
πίνεινpineinto drinkG4095
καὶkaiandG2532
μεθύσκεσθαι,methuskesthaito get drunk,G3182

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Cross references for Luke 12:45

  • Matthew 24:48-50

    But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

  • Revelation 18:7-8

    How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

  • Ezekiel 34:8

    As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

  • Jeremiah 20:2

    Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 12:22

    Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

  • Matthew 22:6

    And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

  • Jude 1:12-13

    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:7

    For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

  • 2 Peter 2:3-4

    And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

  • Revelation 18:24

    And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

  • Romans 16:18

    For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

  • Isaiah 65:6

    Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and if.
Eze 12:22,27,28; Mt 24:48-50; 2Pe 2:3,4
to beat.
Isa 65:6; Jer 20:2; Eze 34:3,4; Mt 22:6; 2Co 11:20; 3Jo 1:9,10
Re 13:7-10,15-17; 16:6; 17:5,6; 18:24
to eat.
Isa 56:10-12; Eze 34:8; Ro 16:18; Php 3:18,19; 2Pe 2:13,19
Jude 1:12,13; Re 18:7,8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 12:44

    Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

  • Luke 12:45

    But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

  • Luke 12:46

    The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

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Luke 12:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas si el tal siervo dijere en su corazón: Mi señor tarda en venir: y comenzare á herir á los siervos y á las criadas, y á comer y á beber y á embriagarse;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais si cet esclave-là dit en son cœur: Mon maître tarde à venir, et qu’il se mette à battre les serviteurs et les servantes, et à manger et à boire et à s’enivrer,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn aber jener Knecht in seinem Herzen sagt: Mein Herr verzieht zu kommen, und anfängt, die Knechte und Mägde zu schlagen und zu essen und zu trinken und sich zu berauschen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quod si dixerit servus ille in corde suo: Moram facit dominus meus venire: et cœperit percutere servos, et ancillas, et edere, et bibere, et inebriari: