Luke 12:35
Douay-Rheims
Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your hands.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
loins . . . girded--to fasten up the long outer garment, always done before travel and work (Kg2 4:29; Act 12:8). The meaning is, Be in readiness. lights, &c.--(See on Mat 25:1).
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1871 · Luke 12:35
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