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CHAPTER 14
_ 1. The Man with the Dropsy Healed on the Sabbath. (Luke 14:1)_
2. The Wisdom of Humility. (Luke 14:7)
3. Recompensed in Resurrection. (Luke 14:12)
4. The Parable of the Great Supper. ...
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A SABBATH WITH A PHARISEE. A companion picture to Luke 13:10. When in
Luke 6:6 Lk. relates the cure of the man with a withered hand (Mark
3:1; Matthew 12:9) he
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UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6)...
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When one of those who were sitting at table with Jesus heard this, he
said, "Happy is the man who eats bread in the kingdom of God." Jesus
said to him, "There was a man who made a great banquet, and w...
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THEREFORE. on account of (Greek. _dia)_ this.
CANNOT. am not (Greek. _ou._ App-105) able to....
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_I cannot come_ The -I cannot," as in Luke 11:7, is only an euphemism
for -I will not." He thinks his reason so strong that there can be no
question about it. He relies doubtless on the principle of t...
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Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of
Tolerance._
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called
the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
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ΟΥ̓ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ ἘΛΘΕΙ͂Ν. The ‘I cannot,’ as in Luke
11:7, is only an euphemism for ‘I will not.’ He thinks his excuse
so valid that there can be no question about it. He relies doubtless
on the principle...
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THE REFUSED BANQUET; A LESSON TO A GUEST...
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CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the
departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey
(probably to the Feast of the...
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Ver 15. And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these
things, he said to him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the
kingdom of God. 16. Then said he to him, A certain man made a great...
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_THE PARABLE OF THE GREAT SUPPER -- LUKE 14:15-24:_ Jesus mentioned
"the resurrection of the just." This prompted one who was present at
the meal to say, "Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kin...
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ΈΓΗΜΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΑΜΈΩ (G1060) жениться.
(Deuteronomy 20:5-7; Deuteronomy 24:5; Palmer, "Just Married" ΝΟΥΤ
18 [1976]: 242).
ΈΛΘΕΙ Ν _aor. act. inf., см._...
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THEN SAID HE UNTO HIM, &C.— "What you say is very true; my kingdom
is full of blessings, though many despise and reject them; as may be
represented in the followingparable: A certain man made a great...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
Grateful (Luke 14:15-24)
15 When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to
him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God! 16But he
said...
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And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
AND ANOTHER SAID, I HAVE MARRIED A WIFE, AND THEREFORE I CANNOT COME.
None give a naked refusal. Each has some reason of his ow...
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10 Compare Pro_25:6-7.
12 The pure joy of giving is largely lost when it degenerates into a
trade. Yet it seems from this that we cannot give without being
recompensed. If we give to get we may, indee...
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THE GREAT SUPPER (peculiar to Lk, although Matthew 22:1 presents many
points of similarity: see on that passage). Here the 'certain man' is
God, the many bidden are the rulers of the Jews, the servant...
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THE DROPSICAL MAN. THE GREAT SUPPER. DIVERS SAYINGS AND PARABLES
1-6. The sabbath question again. The man with the dropsy healed
(peculiar to Lk)....
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 14
JESUS *HEALS A MAN ON THE *SABBATH 14:1-6
V1 One *Sabbath, Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the more
important *Pharisees. They were watch...
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I HAVE MARRIED A WIFE. — It may be noted that the Law of Moses
allowed men to plead this, and the building of a house, or planting of
a vineyard, as a ground for exemption from military service
(Deute...
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Luke 14:1-24 contain a digest of sayings of Jesus at the table of a
Pharisee, this being the third instance in this Gospel of such
friendly intercourse between Him and members of the Pharisaic party....
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_The great feast_ (_cf._ Matthew 22:1-14), very naturally introduced
by the pious reflection of a guest whose religious sentiment had been
touched by the allusion to the resurrection-felicity of the j...
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ἐκάλεσεν : it was a great feast and many were asked, with a
long invitation....
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γυναῖκα ἔγημα : most presentable excuse of all,
therefore offered _sans phrase_; preoccupation this time intense, and
surely pardonable? In the natural sphere these are likely forms of
preoccupation,...
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THE SLIGHTED INVITATION
Luke 14:15-24
In this parable the Master anticipated that the Jewish magistrates and
leaders would repudiate His invitations, and that they would therefore
be extended to the...
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Nothing escaped the notice of Jesus. He saw the guests in the house,
and their method of procedure in seeking the chief seats. As He
watched, He enunciated two great truths of social application. Firs...
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HEALING OF PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW
Matthew 8:14-17; Mark 1:2-34; & Luke 14:3-35 Mark: “And immediately
coming out of the synagogue? came into the house of Simon and Andrew
and James and John. The mother...
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THE MARRIAGE SUPPER
Luke 14:15-24. “ _And a certain one of those sitting along with
Him_, _hearing these things_, _said to Him_, _Happy is every one who
eats bread in the kingdom of God_!” Jesus and H...
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3. _Jesus at a Feast: Luke 14:1-24_.
The following piece allows us to follow Jesus in His domestic life and
familiar conversations. It is connected with the preceding by the fact
that it is with a Pha...
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῎Αρτον φάγεσθαι (fut. of φάγω) merely signifies, to
be admitted to the heavenly feast. There is no allusion in the
expression to the excellence of the meats which shall form this repast
(Luke 14:1).
J...
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4 _th. Luke 14:15-24_.
The conversation which follows belongs to a later time in the feast.
Jesus had been depicting the just seated at the Messiah's banquet, and
receiving a superabundant equivalent...
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Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade
many: And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were
bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one...
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Some moral details are unfolded in the next chapter (14). [37] The
Lord, being invited to eat with a Pharisee, vindicates the rights of
grace over that which was the seal of the old covenant, judging...
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AND ANOTHER SAID, I HAVE MARRIED A WIFE,.... And his pretence might
be, that he had his own marriage feast, and friends to attend, nor
could he leave his wife directly; but his circumstances were such...
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And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Ver. 20. _And therefore I cannot come_] Note that the voluptuary is
peremptory, and saith flatly he "cannot come." Sensual hearts...
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_And they all with one consent_ Απο μιας is all that is in the
original. It seems most natural to supply the ellipsis by the word
γνωμης, _consent_, as our translators have done, an
interpretation mai...
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I CANNOT COME; that is, he did not wish to come. He chose not to do
it....
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The excuses:...
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AND ANOTHER SAID, I HAVE MARRIED A WIFE, AND THEREFORE I CANNOT COME.
With one consent, as if by previous agreement, the invited guests
began to excuse themselves, courteously enough, but with an air...
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EATING IN THE PHARISEE'S HOUSE
(vs.1-14)
This chapter shows the heart of God in seeking man, yet also man in
thorough contrast and opposition to God. One of the chief Pharisees
invited the Lord Jesu...
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15-24 In this parable observe the free grace and mercy of God shining
in the gospel of Christ, which will be food and a feast for the soul
of a man that knows its own wants and miseries. All found so...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 14:16...
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Luke 14:20 Still G2532 another G2087 said G2036 (G5627) married G1060
(G5656) wife G1135 and G2532 therefore...
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“And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot
come.' ”
The third does not make excuses. He baldly rejects the invitation and
states that as he is newly married he cannot be expect...
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THE GREAT SUPPER WILL BE ATTENDED BY UNEXPECTED GUESTS BECAUSE THOSE
FIRST INVITED HAVE MADE EXCUSES IN ORDER TO AVOID ATTENDING
(14:12-24).
In the previous parable Jesus had hinted at the danger of n...
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Luke 14:20. I HAVE MARRIED A WIFE. According to the Mosaic law
(Deuteronomy 24:5), a newly married man was free from military duty
for a year. Hence the abrupt tone: AND THEREFORE I CANNOT COME. Home...
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Luke 14:16-24. THE PARABLE OF THE GREAT SUPPER. The force of the
parable, as an answer to the guest is this: ‘What advantage can it
be that you, with all your seeming enthusiasm, praise the happiness...
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THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the
whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist.
A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
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This section, peculiar to Luke, has been aptly styled ‘the Son of
man eating and drinking.' All the incidents occurred at a feast Luke
14:1; Luke 14:7). The parable of the Great Supper Luke 14:16-24)...
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I CANNOT COME
(ου δυναμα ελθειν). Less polite than the others but a
more plausible pretence if he wanted to make it so. The law excused a
newly married man from war (Deuteronomy 24:5), "but not from...
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Luke 14:16
The Great Supper.
Note:
I. The feast. This is the Gospel which God has provided for mankind,
sinners. It is a feast (1) in respect of the excellence of the
provision which it sets before...
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Luke 14:7. _And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden,
when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms;_
This parable was by far the best part of the entertainment of the day:
Luke 14:...
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CONTENTS: Jesus heals on the Sabbath. Parable of the ambitious guest.
Parable of the great supper. Parable of the tower, of the king going
to war, and of the savorless salt.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pharis...
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Luke 14:3. _Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day._ When customs are
good, let us keep them; but when they are burthensome and
inconsistent, the Saviour refused submission to the traditions of men....
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HOW HAPPY ARE THOSE. This is the happiness which God gives. It is a
great honor to be "rescued from the power of darkness and brought safe
into the Kingdom of Christ" (see Colossians 1:13)_. But many...
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_A certain man made a great supper_
PARABLE OF THE GREAT SUPPER
I. THE ELABORATE PREPARATION. Indicating the treasures of Divine
wisdom, forethought, power, love, expended upon the work of
redemptio...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:16 A GREAT BANQUET refers to the arrival of the
kingdom in Jesus’ ministry. INVITED MANY. Two invitations would have
been involved. The first one, reservations for the banquet, wo...
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CHAPTER 14 VER. 1. _And it came to pass that He went into the house of
one of the chief Pharisees_. "To do them service," says Titus, "Christ
makes Himself their friend, and, as it were, one of their...
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_And another said, I have married a wife_, &c. What, asks S. Gregory,
are we to understand by a wife but carnal gratifications? The
Pharisees, like many at the present time, were ensnared by avarice a...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 14:15. BLESSED IS HE.—The recompense at the resurrection of the
just (Luke 14:14) suggested to this guest a great banquet in the
kingdom of the Messiah at which the faithful Isra...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 14:1
_The Pharisee_'_s feast on a sabbath day. The healing of the sick with
dropsy._
LUKE 14:1
AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF ONE OF THE CHIEF
PHARISEES TO EAT B...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the gospel according to Luke,
chapter 14.
The fourteenth chapter involves an invitation for Jesus to come to a
supper on the Sabbath day and of the things that trans...
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1 Corinthians 7:29; 1 Corinthians 7:33; Luke 14:26; Luke 18:29;...
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I cannot. A newly married man had special indulgence allowed him. See
Deuteronomy 24:5. Herodotus relates how Croeus refused for his son an
invitation to a hunt on this ground. "But Croesus answered,...
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HUMILITY AND EXALTATION
Luke 14:7
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The Lord Jesus had a right to teach humility. Christ Jesus was very
God of very God, dwelling in light unapproachable, and yet He humbled
Him...
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EXCUSES
Luke 14:16
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Excuses, as they are usually given by those who do not desire to be
Christians, are the most inexcusable things you ever heard. There are
very few excuses, ther...