Luke 12:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men , him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

Luke 12:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 10:32-33
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. …
1 John 2:23
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Romans 10:9-10
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. …
2 Timothy 2:12
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
Luke 15:10
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Topics

Angel (a Spirit)Astronomy Character Confession Decision Emergency Heaven Indecision

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-12)

We find here, I. A vast auditory that was got together to hear Christ preach. The scribes and Pharisees sought to accuse him, and do him mischief; but the people, who were not under the bias of their prejudices and jealousies, still admired him, attended on him, and did him honour. In the mean time (Luke 12:1), while he was in the Pharisee’s house, contending with them that sought to ensnare him,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8-9. confess ... deny--The point lies in doing it “before men,” because one has to do it “despising the shame.” But when done, the Lord holds Himself bound to repay it in kind by confessing such “before the angels of God.” For the rest, see on Lu 9:26.