Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Luke 14:18
The excuses show careless unconcern, not hardened wickedness. Business occupations, family ties, and various distractions, are pleaded as excuses for not taking God's summons seriously.
The excuses show careless unconcern, not hardened wickedness. Business occupations, family ties, and various distractions, are pleaded as excuses for not taking God's summons seriously.
I HAVE BOUGHT A PIECE OF GROUND - Perhaps he had purchased it on condition that he found it as good as it had been represented to him. I MUST NEEDS GO - I have necessity, or am obliged to go and see i...
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. ...
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
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...
UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6)...
WITH ONE CONSENT. from (Greek. _apo._ App-104. _iv)_ one [mind], MAKE EXCUSE. beg off. A PIECE OF GROUND. a field. MUST NEEDS. have need to. GO. go out (i.e. from the city). Greek. _exerchomai,_ a...
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...
_with one consent_ i.e. _apo mias gnomes;_or -with one voice," if we understand _phones._ to make excuse The Greek word is the exact equivalent of our - _to beg off."_The same fact is indicated in Jo...
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...
THE REFUSED BANQUET; A LESSON TO A GUEST...
ἈΠῸ ΜΙΑ͂Σ. _With one consent_ (γνώμης), lit. _from_ one determination; or _with one voice_ (φωνῆς), comp. ἀπὸ τῆς ἴσης, ἀπ' εὐθείας, ἐξ ὀρθῆς, &c. They are rather colloquial than classical phrases. ΠΑ...
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...
_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...
ΉΡΞΑΝΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΡΧΟΜΑΙ mm начинать, с _inf._ ΆΠ ΜΙΆΣ (G575; G1722) единодушно, в согласии (BD, 126). ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΊΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΠΑΡΑΙΤΈΟΜΑΙ (G3868) просить кого-л....
DISCOURSE: 1540 THE GREAT SUPPER Luke 14:16. _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 a...
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...
WITH ONE CONSENT— The phrase, Απο μιας is all that is in the original. It seems the most natural to supply the ellipsis by the word νομης —_consent,_ as our translators have done. See commentary on L...
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...
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. AND THEY ALL WITH ONE CON...
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...
14:18 excuse (a-7) See Note, Hebrews 12:19 ....
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...
THEY ALL WITH ONE CONSENT... — The Greek phrase, as the italics show, is elliptical; but the English idiom expresses its meaning whether we take the omitted noun to be “voice,” or “consent” or “mind.”...
ἀπὸ μιᾶς (supply γνώμης, ψυχῆς, ὥρας, or some such word implying with one mind, or at one time, or in the same manner, here only in Greek literature), with one Consent. παραιτεῖσθαι : not to refuse, b...
ἐκάλεσεν : it was a great feast and many were asked, with a long invitation....
_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...
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....
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...
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...
(4) And they all with (b) one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. (4) For the most p...
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...
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...
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...
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...
῎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...
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...
_INNOCENT OCCUPATIONS_ ‘They all with one consent began to make excuse.’ Luke 14:18 To make excuse, to beg off. This was no sudden, unexpected summons, something making an unlooked-for demand upon...
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...
AND THEY ALL WITH ONE CONSENT BEGAN TO MAKE EXCUSE,.... Or, "they all together", as the Vulgate Latin version, באחת, "in one", or "at once": in Jeremiah 10:8 rendered "altogether"; and so the Ethiopic...
And they all with one _consent_ began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. Ver. 18. _I have bought, &...
_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...
TO MAKE EXCUSE; showing the unwillingness of men to accept the offers of salvation. I MUST NEEDS; literally, I have a necessity. This shows the manner in which NECESSITY is sometimes used in the Bibl...
AND THEY ALL WITH ONE CONSENT BEGAN TO MAKE EXCUSE. THE FIRST SAID UNTO HIM, I HAVE BOUGHT A PIECE OF GROUND, AND I MUST NEEDS GO AND SEE IT; I PRAY THEE HAVE ME EXCUSED....
The excuses:...
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...
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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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV giving his invitation; only then inviting, when already compelling to his banquet; appointing one and the same hour both for the supper and the invitation. But when...
Luke 14:18 But G2532 all G3956 with G575 one G3391 began G756 (G5662) excuses G3868 (G5738) first...
“And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I find it necessary for me to go out and see it, I beg you, have me excused.' ” The excuses are...
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...
Luke 14:18. AND THEY ALL. The exceptions among the rulers and Pharisees were so few, that this feature of the parable might well be thus stated. WITH ONE CONSENT, or ‘accord.' All in the same spirit...
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...
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...
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)...
WITH ONE CONSENT (απο μιας). Some feminine substantive like γνωμης or ψυχης has to be supplied. This precise idiom occurs nowhere else. It looked like a conspiracy for each one in his turn did the...
Luke 14:18 That God's call is often disobeyed is a matter of fact, of which our consciences cannot pretend to be ignorant. But the nature of the excuses given is well worthy of our consideration. I....
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...
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:...
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...
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....
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...
_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...
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...
_And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground_, &c. The Scribes and Pharisees, and the chief Priests are here clearly indicated; for the...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 John 2:15; 1 John 2:16; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Timothy 4:10
Make excuse [π α ρ α ι τ ε ι σ θ α ι]. Also rendered in New Testament refuse, Hebrews 12:19; Hebrews 12:25, where both meanings occur. See also 2 Timothy 2:23, Rev. Our phrase, beg off, expresses the...
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...
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...
They all began to make excuse — One of them pleads only his own will, I go: another, a pretended necessity, I must needs go: the third, impossibility, I cannot come: all of them want the holy hatred m...