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WITH TEN THOUSAND TO MEET ... - Whether he will be able, with the
forces which he “has,” to meet his enemy. Christ here perhaps
intends to denote that the enemies which we have to encounter in
followi...
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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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DISCIPLESHIP AND ITS COST. The passage is a reminder that, despite the
universality of the Kingdom, the number of its true subjects is small.
To the crowd that is following Him Jesus applies a stringe...
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UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6)...
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Great crowds were on the way with Jesus. He turned and said to them,
"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, and
wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own...
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TO MAKE WAR. to encounter for (Greek. _eis._ App-104.) war.
WITH. in [the midst of]. Greek _en._ App-104.
TO MEET. Greek. _apantao,_ as in Matthew 28:9.
AGAINST. Greek. _epi._ App-104....
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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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_what king_, _going to make war against another king_ Rather, TO MEET
ANOTHER KING IN BATTLE. There may be an historical allusion here to
the disturbed relations between Herod Antipas and his injured...
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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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LESSONS OF WHOLE-HEARTEDNESS, AND OF COUNTING THE COST; THE
TOWER-BUILDER; THE WARRING KING; THE SAVOURLESS SALT...
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ἙΤΈΡΩΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙ͂ ΣΥΜΒΑΛΕΙ͂Ν ΕἸΣ
ΠΌΛΕΜΟΝ. ‘To meet another king in battle.’ There may be an
historical allusion here to the disturbed relations between Herod
Antipas and his injured father-in-law Hareth...
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Ver 28. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down
first, and counts the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
29. Lest haply, after he has laid the foundation, and is not ab...
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_THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP -- LUKE 14:25-35:_ Large crowds often
accompanied Jesus as He traveled about. Jesus taught the cost of
discipleship saying, "If any man come to me, and hate not his father,
a...
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ΠΟΡΕΥΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part., см._ Luke 14:10.
Temp, или _conj. part._ ΣΥΜΒΑΛΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_
ΣΥΜΒΆΛΛΩ (G4820) опрокидывать, сражаться,
с _dat._
ΠΌΛΕΜΟΣ (G4171) война,
ΚΑΘΊΣΑΣ _aor....
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DISCOURSE: 1541
THE FOOLISH BUILDER AND THE INCONSIDERATE KING
Luke 14:28. Which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down
first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish...
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OR, WHAT KING, &C.— According to Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology,
these words were spoken at our Lord's last passover, and might
possibly refer to Herod's leading his army through Judea against
Aretas k...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 4
Grounded (Luke 14:25-35)
25 Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he turned and said to
them, 26If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and
mother and...
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Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not
down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to
meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
OR WHAT K...
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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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THAT WE MUST GIVE UP ALL TO FOLLOW CHRIST, AND COUNT THE COST BEFORE
WE DO SO. The two parables of the Rash Builder (Luke 14:28) and the
Rash King (Luke 14:31) are peculiar to Lk. The multitude who fo...
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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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WHAT KING, GOING TO MAKE WAR AGAINST ANOTHER KING..? — Here also
there may have been a side-glance at contemporary history. The
Tetrarch’s divorce of his first wife had involved him in a war with
her...
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_The king going to fight_. This is the affair of the few, a parable to
be laid to heart by men aspiring to, or capable of, a grand career.
συμβαλεῖν εἰς πόλεμον, to encounter in war (R.V
[121]). or pe...
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_Parables illustrating the need of counting the cost_, peculiar to
Lk., but intrinsically probable as sayings of Jesus, and thoroughly
germane to the foregoing discourse. The connection is: It is a se...
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_Concio ad populum_. Jesus now appears on the way, and followed by
“many multitudes” (ὄχλοι πολλοί, Luke 14:25) to whom
He speaks. Thus sayings which in Mt. and Mk. form part of
disciple-instruction ...
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THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP
Luke 14:25-35
Here we have our Lord's use of the winnowing-fan. Amid the teeming
crowds He knew that there were many light and superficial souls who
had not realized the cos...
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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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PREPARE TO MEET GOD
Luke 14:31-33. “ _What king_, _marching off to engage in war with
another king_, _will not first_, _sitting down_, _counsel if he is
able_, _with ten thousand_, _to meet him coming...
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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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4. _A Warning against hasty Professions: Luke 14:25-35_.
The journey resumes its course; great crowds follow Jesus. There is
consequently an attraction to His side. This appears in the plurals
ὄχλοι,...
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VERS. 31, 32. _The Improvident Warrior._
Here we have an emblem of the Christian life, regarded on its negative
or polemical side. The Christian is a king, but a king engaged in a
struggle, and a stru...
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And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my
disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not
down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient...
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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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OR WHAT KING GOING TO MAKE WAR AGAINST ANOTHER KING,.... Our Lord
illustrates the same thing, the business of a profession, by another
similitude, or parable; taking up a profession of religion, is li...
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Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not
down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to
me...
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_Which of you, intending to build a tower_, (the word πυργος
here signifying the same as the Hebrew _migdol_, seems to denote any
great building whatever,) _sitteth not down first and counteth the
cos...
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OR WHAT KING, GOING TO MAKE WAR AGAINST ANOTHER KING, SITTETH NOT DOWN
FIRST AND CONSULTETH WHETHER HE BE ABLE WITH TEN THOUSAND TO MEET HIM
THAT COMETH AGAINST HIM WITH TWENTY THOUSAND?...
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Two parables for emphasis:...
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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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25-35 Though the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, yet they
all bear their cross, and must bear it in the way of duty. Jesus bids
them count upon it, and then consider of it. Our Saviour exp...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 14:28...
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Luke 14:31 Or G2228 what G5101 king G935 going G4198 (G5740) make
G4820 (G5629) war G4171 against...
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“Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not
sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand
to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or els...
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THE CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP (14:25-35).
Luke closes this section off as he opened it by showing Jesus as
challenging His disciples and His would be disciples to consider what
was involved in what they we...
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TO ENCOUNTER
(συνβαλειν). Second aorist active infinitive of
συνβαλλω, old and common verb, to throw or bring together, to
dispute, to clash in war as here.ANOTHER KING
(ετερω βασιλε), to grapple...
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Luke 14:25. _And there went great multitudes with him:_
During at least a part of his earthly ministry, Christ was very
popular. The people crowded to his feet, and they were willing to make
him a ki...
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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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HE SITS DOWN FIRST AND FIGURES OUT WHAT IT WILL COST. This is just
good sense. Before anyone follows Christ, they must learn what it will
cost them, because everything that stands between them and Chr...
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_Or what king, going to make war_
CONSIDER BEFORE YOU FIGHT
I. First, then, THERE ARE SOME HERE WHO ARE NOT THE FRIENDS OF GOD,
and in this case he that is not with Him is against Him. If you could
h...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:28 Two illustrations warn against making a
hasty decision to follow Jesus (compare Luke 8:15; Luke 21:19).
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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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_Or what king, going to make war against another king_, &c. By this,
says Titus, we are given to understand that we have a war to wage
against the hostile powers of Satan and that law which, reigning...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 14:25. THERE WENT WITH HIM.—_I.e._, journeyed with Him; many,
if not most, of them being on their way to one of the feasts in
Jerusalem. The multitudes were attracted by Christ’s...
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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 Kings 20:11; 2 Kings 18:20; Proverbs 20:18; Proverbs 25:8...
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To make war against another king [ε τ ε ρ ω β α σ ι λ ε ι
σ υ μ β α λ ε ι ν ε ι ς π ο λ ε μ ο ν]. Lit., to
come together with another king for war. So Rev., to encounter another
king in war.
"Out he...
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Another king — Does this mean, the prince of this world? Certainly
he has greater numbers on his side. How numerous are his children and
servants!...