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Verse Luke 14:23. _COMPEL THEM TO COME IN_] αναγκασον,
_Prevail_ on them by the most earnest entreaties. The word is used by
Matthew, Matthew 14:22, and by Mark, Mark 6:45; in both which places,
when...
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GO OUT INTO THE HIGHWAYS - Since enough had not been found in the
lanes and streets, he commands the servant to go into the roads - the
public highways out of the city, as well as to the streets “in”...
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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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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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UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6)...
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COMPEL. constrain. See all the nine occur here: Matthew 14:22.Mark
6:45.Acts 26:11. Act 28:19. 2 Corinthians 12:11.
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_into the highways and hedges_ i.e. _outside_the city; intimating the
ultimate call of the Gentiles.
_compel them to come in_ By such moral suasion as that described in 2
Timothy 4:2. The compulsion w...
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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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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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ΕἸΣ ΤᾺΣ ὉΔΟῪΣ ΚΑῚ ΦΡΑΓΜΟΎΣ, i.e. _outside_
the city; intimating the ultimate call of the Gentiles.
ἈΝΆΓΚΑΣΟΝ ΕἸΣΕΛΘΕΙ͂Ν. _Constrain them to come
in_; by such moral suasion as that described in 2 Timot...
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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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COMPEL THEM— _Press them._ "Use the most earnest intreaties with
those who shew any unwillingness." The word αναγχασον,
rendered _compel,_ does not imply that any _external violence_ was to
be used wi...
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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 the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and
hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO THE SERVANT, GO OUT INTO THE HIGHWAYS AND
HE...
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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 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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COMPEL _them_ TO COME IN] Our Lord does not here (as has often been
supposed) sanction religious persecution. 'He said “Compel them,”
not commanding force to be used, but indicating that in the case o...
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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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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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THE HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES. — In the frame-work of the parable, this
points to a yet lower class of the population of an Eastern country
— to the tramps and the squatters who had no home, and who were
co...
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ὁδοὺς καὶ φραγμοὺς, “highways and hedges”; the
main roads and the footpaths running between the fields, alongside of
the hedges (Hahn); these, in the _country_, answering to the streets
and lanes in t...
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_The sequel_....
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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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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 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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Compel them to come in. This is almost the only expression in the New
Testament, which can give to the intolerant a plea for persecution.
The spirit of the gospel is the spirit of mildness, and the co...
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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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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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In the report which the servant gives of his mission, we may hear, as
Stier so well observes, the echo of the sorrowful lamentations uttered
by Jesus over the hardening of the Jews during His long...
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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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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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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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_COMPELLED GUESTS_
‘Compel them to come in.’
Luke 14:23
Our Lord was ever ready to turn the circumstances of the hour to some
good end. Thus, when at table, it occurred to Him to depict the
privile...
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Luke 14:23._Compel them to come in. _This expression means, that the
master of the house would give orders to make use, as it were, of
violence for compelling the attendance of the poor, and to leave...
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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 THE LORD SAID UNTO THE SERVANT,.... A second time; that since the
Jews put away the word of eternal life from them, and judged
themselves unworthy of it by their contradicting and blaspheming it,...
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And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and
hedges, and compel _them_ to come in, that my house may be filled.
Ver. 23. _Compel them_] This may be meant (saith Mr Perkins) of the...
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Luke 14:22, 23. In this parable is represented, 1st, The rejection of
the Jews and the calling of the Gentiles, verse 22. But in the 23rd
there is manifestly another general calling of the Gentiles sp...
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_So that servant came, and showed his lord these things_ So ministers
ought to lay before the Lord in prayer the obedience or disobedience
of their hearers. _Then the master of the house_ Who had made...
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THE HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES; lying without the city, by which is signified
the calling of the Gentiles.
COMPEL THEM; not by force, but by persuasion, by earnest, persevering
entreaty....
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The result:...
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AND THE LORD SAID UNTO THE SERVANT, GO OUT INTO THE HIGHWAYS AND
HEDGES, AND COMPEL THEM TO COME IN, THAT MY HOUSE MAY BE FILLED....
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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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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV
Therefore He sent out to call others, but from the same city.[1265]...
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Luke 14:23 Then G2532 master G2962 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 servant
G1401 out G1831 (G5628) i
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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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“And the lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and
hedges, and constrain them (strongly urge them) to come in, that my
house may be filled.' ”
Then the lord tells his servant to leave th...
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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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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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Luke 14:23. GO OUT INTO THE HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES. This refers to the
spread of the gospel among the Gentiles. ‘Quickly' is not added, for
this was a work of time. This succeeds the return of the servan...
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THE HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES
(τας οδους κα φραγμους). The public roads outside
the city of Judaism just as the streets and lanes were inside the
city. The heathen are to be invited this time.HEDGES
is...
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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 14:23
Acceptance of Religious Privileges Compulsory.
I. Consider what first of all presents itself to our thoughts our
birth into the world. Allow that this is a world of enjoyment, yet
unquesti...
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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 14:21 STREETS AND LANES within the city were where
the outcasts would be found (the POOR, CRIPPLED, BLIND, and...
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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 the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the high-ways and
hedges_, &c. Go forth, without the city-without Jerusalem, and beyond
Judæa, and call the Gentiles to Christ.
_Into the highways._ ...
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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 9:19; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 2
Corinthians 6:1;...
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Hedges [φ ρ α γ μ ο υ ς]. See on Matthew 21:33. It may mean
either a hedge, or a place enclosed with a hedge. Here the hedges
beside which vagrants rest.
Compel. Compare constrained, Matthew 14:22; Ac...
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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...
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Compel them to come in — With all the violence of love, and the
force of God's word. Such compulsion, and such only, in matters of
religion, was used by Christ and his apostles....