Luke 12:35 — Community Reflections

LUKE 12:35 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;”

You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time? — the present time (kairos) is the decisive moment of opportunity: the kingdom has come near, the Messiah stands in Israel's midst, and the refusal to interpret is itself a decision. The hypocrites rebuke identifies their failure to read the kairos as a form of willful blindness.

Church Fathers on Luke 12:35

Our Lord having taught His disciples moderation, taking from them all care and conceit of this life, now leads them on to serve and obey, saying, Let your loins be girded, that is, always ready to do the work of your Lord, and your lamps burning, that is, do not lead a life in darkness, but have with you the light of reason, showing you what to do and what to avoid. For this world is the night, but they have their loins girded, who follow a practical or active life. For such…
Theophylact · 11th century

Or, he teaches us to keep our lamps burning, by prayer and contemplation and spiritual love.
MAXIM ·

Or, to be girded, signifies activity and readiness to undergo evils from regard to Divine love. But the burning of the lamp signifies that we should not suffer any to live in the darkness of ignorance.
Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

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