Luke 12:43 (DBY)

Passage

Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall find doing thus;

Nearby Context

Luke 12:41 And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?

Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?

Luke 12:43 Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall find doing thus;

Luke 12:44 verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.

Luke 12:45 But 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,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "bondman", "lord", "coming", "shall", "find", "doing", and "thus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "bondman", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 42's "And the Lord said Who then is..." into verse 44's "verily I say unto you that he...", so "blessed" and "bondman" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blessed" and "bondman" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.