Lukas 12:54

Lutherbibel

Er sprach aber zu dem Volk: Wenn ihr eine Wolke sehet aufgehen am Abend, so sprecht ihr alsbald: Es kommt ein Regen, und es geschieht also.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Er sprach aber auch zu dem Volke: Wenn ihr eine Wolke aufsteigen sehet vom Westen her, so saget ihr sofort: Es gibt Regen! Und es geschieht.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

When: 1 Kings 18:44, 1 Kings 18:45, Matthew 16:2-4

Reciprocal: Matthew 16:1 - a sign Mark 7:14 - when Mark 8:11 - seeking

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said also to the people,.... For what Christ had before said, were chiefly, if not solely, directed to his disciples; but now he turned himself to the innumerable multitude that were about him, and particularly addressed himself to the Scribes and Pharisees that were among them:

when ye see a cloud rise out of the west; the watery vapours being attracted by the heat of the sun, out of the Mediterranean Sea, which lies west of the land of Judea, and formed into a cloud, and drove by the wind:

straightway ye say there comes a shower; as soon as it is seen, it is presently concluded and affirmed, that a very heavy shower will soon fall, it having been frequently observed so to do, when this has been the case:

and so it is; for the most part, there commonly follows a large shower on such an appearance, and they were seldom mistaken in their conclusions.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 16:2-3.

South wind - To the south and southwest of Judea were situated Arabia, Egypt, and Ethiopia, all warm or hot regions, and consequently the air that came from those quarters was greatly heated.

How is it that ye do not discern this time! - You see a cloud rise, and predict a shower; a south wind, and expect heat. These are regular events. So you see my miracles; you hear my preaching; you have the predictions of me in the prophets; why do you not, in like manner, infer that “this is the time” when the Messiah should appear?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 54. A cloud rise — See on Matthew 16:2; Matthew 16:3.