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Verse Luke 14:12. _CALL NOT THY FRIENDS_, c.] Our Lord certainly does
not mean that a man should not entertain at particular times, his
friends, c. but what he inculcates here is _charity to the poor...
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CALL NOT THY FRIENDS ... - This is not to be understood as commanding
us not to entertain “at all” our relatives and friends; but we are
to remember the “design” with which our Lord spoke. He intended...
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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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Jesus said to the man who had invited him, "Whenever you give a dinner
or a banquet, do not call your friends, or your brothers, or your
kinsfolk or your rich neighbours, in case they invite you back...
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UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6)...
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ALSO TO HIM. to him also. The host.
DINNER... SUPPER. See note on Matthew 22:4.
CALL. Greek. _phoneo. Compare 19._ 15.
NOR. Figure of speech _Paradiastole_ (App-6), for emphasis.
NEITHER... NOR. G...
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12-14. Whom to invite; a Lesson to the Host.
12. _call not thy friends_, _nor thy brethren_ In this, as many of our
Lord's utterances, we must take into account (1) the idioms of
Oriental speech; (2)...
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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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ΜῊ ΦΏΝΕΙ ΤΟῪΣ ΦΊΛΟΥΣ ΣΟΥ. In this, as many of
our Lord’s utterances, we must take into account (1) the idioms of
Oriental speech; (2) the rules of common sense, which teach us to
distinguish between t...
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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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WHOM TO INVITE; A LESSON TO THE HOST...
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VER 12. THEN SAID HE ALSO TO HIM THAT BADE HIM, WHEN YOU MAKE A DINNER
OR A SUPPER, CALL NOT YOUR FRIENDS, NOR YOUR BRETHREN, NEITHER YOUR
KINSMEN, NOR YOUR RICH NEIGHBORS; LEST THEY ALSO BID YOU AGAI...
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_THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST -- LUKE 14:7-14:_ Jesus observed how
those who were bidden were interested in the chief seats. He put forth
the parable of the wedding feast to again teach them the p...
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ΚΕΚΛΗΚΌΤΙ _perf. act. part. dat. sing., см._ Luke 14:7.
ΠΟΙΉΣ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать.
_Conj._ с ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) в indef. _temp. прид._ Iterat.
_praes._
ΆΡΙΣΤΟΝ (G712) _асс. sing._...
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WHEN THOU MAKEST A DINNER, &C.— "By no means confine thy hospitality
to thy rich relations, acquaintance and neighbours, or to them
chiefly, lest the whole of thy reward be an invitation from them to...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Gracious (Luke 14:7-14)
7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how
they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8When you are invited
by any...
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Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or
a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen,
nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and...
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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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ON ENTERTAINING THE POOR (peculiar to Lk, whose Gospel is full of
sympathy with the poor)....
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THY FRIENDS, etc.] A man is not in the true sense hospitable, who
entertains only those who can entertain again. Such interested
hospitality is not wrong, but there is no merit in it, and it does not...
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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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A DINNER OR A SUPPER. — The two words were used respectively for the
morning and the evening meal — the former, like the Continental
_déjeûner,_ being taken commonly a little before noon, the latter,...
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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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_A word to the host_, also parabolic in character in so far as it
gives general counsel under a concrete particular form (Hahn), but not
parabolic in the strict sense of teaching spiritual truth by na...
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φωνεῖν used for καλεῖν in Hellenistic Greek (Farrar, C.
G. T.), denoting formal ceremonious invitation as on a great occasion
(Hahn). τοὺς φίλους, etc.: four classes likely to be asked
on ordinary soc...
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LESSONS FOR GUESTS AND HOSTS
Luke 14:7-14
The word _rooms_ should be _seats,_ r.v. We must, of course, guard
against a false humility, which chooses a low seat in the hope of
being invited forward. L...
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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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(3) Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner
or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy
kinsmen, nor [thy] rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again...
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Christ does not here forbid the invitation of friends and relatives,
since that would be acting directly contrary to his own maxims and
spirit, which breathe nothing but charity and union. He merely w...
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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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HEAVENLY RECOMPENSE
Luke 14:12-14. “ _But He also said to the one having invited Him_,
_When you may make a dinner or a supper_, _do not call your rich
friends_, _brothers_, _relatives_, _or neighbors...
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3 _d. Luke 14:12-14_.
The company is seated. Jesus, then observing that the guests in
general belonged to the upper classes of society, addresses to His
host a lesson on charity, which He clothes, lik...
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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 also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a
supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen,
nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and...
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12._When thou makest a dinner. _Those who think that this is an
absolute condemnation of entertainments given by relatives and friends
to each other, take away a part of civility from among men. It we...
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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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THEN SAID HE ALSO TO HIM THAT BAD HIM,.... As he had given advice and
instructions to the guests, so he likewise thought fit to give some to
the master of the house, that had given both him and them a...
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Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a
supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen,
nor _thy_ rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, an...
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_Then said he also to him that bade him_ In the time of dinner, Jesus
directed his discourse to the person who had invited him, and showed
him what sort of people he should bid to his feasts. _When th...
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Advice to the host:...
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THEN SAID HE ALSO TO HIM THAT BADE HIM, WHEN THOU MAKEST A DINNER OR A
SUPPER, CALL NOT THY FRIENDS, NOR THY BRETHREN, NEITHER THY KINSMEN,
NOR THY RICH NEIGHBORS, LEST THEY ALSO BID THEE AGAIN, AND A...
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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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7-14 Even in the common actions of life, Christ marks what we do, not
only in our religious assemblies, but at our tables. We see in many
cases, that a man's pride will bring him low, and before honou...
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Ver. 12-14. Many things are delivered in Scripture in the form of an
absolute and universal prohibition, which must not be so understood,
amongst which this is one instance. None must think that our S...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V
But call the lame, the blind, and the poor, and thou shall be blessed,
since they cannot recompense thee, but a recompense shall be made thee
at the resurrection of t...
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Luke 14:12 Then G1161 also G2532 said G3004 (G5707) invited G2564
(G5761) Him G846 When G3752 give...
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‘And he said to him also who had invited him, “When you make a
dinner or a supper, do not call friends, nor your brothers, nor your
kinsmen, nor rich neighbours, in case they also invite you in return...
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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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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 14:12. TO HIM ALSO THAT HAD BIDDEN HIM. These remarks imply that
the host on this occasion had invited the chief persons of the place,
and that he expected to receive some return from them. It wa...
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Luke 14:12
Christ's Counsel to His Host.
Are ordinary dinner-parties wrong, then, in the eye of Christ, our
Law-giver? Does He really condemn the custom of having our friends and
social equals to din...
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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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WHEN YOU GIVE A LUNCH OR A DINNER. There is no honor in giving with
the thought of being paid back. Helping those who could not possibly
pay you back pleases God. _"When you give to the poor it is lik...
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_Call the poor_
THE CHURCH’S DUTY TO THE POOR
A recent advertisement on our city walls struck me as singularly
suggestive; it contained the words, “God and the poor.
” Such a conjunction of words is...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:12 INVITE THE POOR, THE CRIPPLED, THE LAME, THE
BLIND. Followers of Jesus should be generous toward those who are
physically impaired or poor....
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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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_Then said He also unto him that bade Him, i.e._ to the chief Pharisee
mentioned in the first verse, whose hospitality Christ recompensed by
the spiritual banquet of ghostly counsel and advice. This m...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 14:7. PUT FORTH A PARABLE.—The miracle was wrought, evidently,
before the feast began. From the emulation among the guests, and from
the allusion in Luke 14:12 to friends and ric...
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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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James 2:1; Luke 1:53; Luke 6:32; Matthew 5:46; Matthew 6:1;...
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Dinner - supper. See on Matthew 22:4. Supper [δ ε ι π ν ο ν] is
the principal meal at evening, and corresponding to the modern late
dinner. Call not thy friends, etc. A striking parallel occurs in
Pla...
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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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Call not thy friends — That is, I do not bid thee call thy friends
or thy neighbours. Our Lord leaves these offices of humanity and
courtesy as they were, and teaches a higher duty. But is it not
impl...
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Observe here, that it is not an absolute denial of calling brethren
and kinsfolk, and rich neighbors: but Christ forbids the bidding of
them alone, and requires that the poor be refreshed at or from o...