The people in the crowd knew the signs of the weather. They could recognize that a west wind (from the Mediterranean Sea) meant rain and that a south wind (from desert lands) meant heat. But they did not discern what God was doing in their midst. They were ignorant of what truly mattered. Although Jesus refused to perform "signs" for the audience (Luke 11:29-32), his actions (Luke 4:18-21; 7:22) were nevertheless signs for those whom had open hearts (Luke 8:15); opened by the grace of God alone (cf. Acts 16:14).
In Luke 12:57-59 we observe that in legal matters, anyone facing a trial against incriminating evidence does well to secure an out-of-court settlement before the case comes before the judge. Sinners should be reconciled with God now, for they will perish if they wait until judgment day.
crowds. Jesus turned from speaking to his disciples (12:21) to the larger crowd shift in audience. cloudrising . . . wind is blowing. The patterned weather of the region made it easy to predict basic weather.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
