Luke 12:54 (GNV)

Passage

Then said he to the people, When ye see a cloude rise out of the West, straightway ye say, A shower commeth: and so it is.

Nearby Context

Luke 12:52 For from hencefoorth there shall be fiue in one house deuided, three against two, and two against three.

Luke 12:53 The father shalbe deuided against ye sonne, and the sonne against the father: the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother: the mother in lawe against her daughter in lawe, and the daughter in lawe against her mother in lawe.

Luke 12:54 Then said he to the people, When ye see a cloude rise out of the West, straightway ye say, A shower commeth: and so it is.

Luke 12:55 And when ye see the South winde blowe, ye say, that it wilbe hoate: and it commeth to passe.

Luke 12:56 Hypocrites, ye can discerne the face of the earth, and of the skie: but why discerne ye not this time?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "people", "cloude", "rise", "west", "straightway", "shower", and "commeth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 53's "The father shalbe deuided against ye sonne..." into verse 55's "And when ye see the South winde...", so "said" and "people" 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 "said" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.