-
Verse Luke 14:11. _FOR WHOSOEVER EXALTETH HIMSELF_, c.] This is the
unchangeable conduct of God: he is ever abasing the proud, and giving
grace, honour, and glory to the humble....
-
WHOSOEVER EXALTETH ... - This is universal among people, and it is
also the way in which God will deal with people. “Men” will
perpetually endeavor to bring down those who endeavor to exalt
themselves...
-
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
-
Jesus spoke a parable to the invited guests, for he noticed how they
chose the first places at the table. "When you are bidden by someone
to a marriage feast," he said. "do not take your place at tabl...
-
UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6)...
-
FOR, &c. This is repeatedon two other occasions. Compare Luke 18:14
and Matthew 23:12.
ABASED. humbled....
-
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...
-
_whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased_ Rather, humbled. See on
Luke 1:52; Luke 13:30, and Matthew 23:12. A similar lesson is
prominent in the Book of Proverbs ...
-
ΤΑΠΕΙΝΩΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ. _Shall be_ ‘humbled.’ The
‘abased’ of the A. V[287] is a needless and enfeebling variation.
See on Luke 1:52; Luke 13:30, and Matthew 23:12. A similar lesson is
prominent in the Book o...
-
HUMILITY; A LESSON FOR THE GUESTS...
-
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...
-
Ver 7. And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he
marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying to them, 8. When you
are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the hig...
-
_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...
-
ΎΨΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΎΨΌΩ (G5312) поднимать,
возносить,
ΤΑΠΕΙΝΩΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΤΑΠΕΙΝΌΩ
(G5013) принижать, унижать. Subst. part. praes.
указывает на жизненную привычку,
ΎΨΩΘΉΣΕΤΑ...
-
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...
-
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.
FOR WHOSOEVER EXALTETH HIMSELF SHALL BE ABASED; AND HE THAT HUMBLETH
HIMSELF SHALL BE EXALTED. The ch...
-
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...
-
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)....
-
ON PLACES OF HONOUR AT FEASTS (peculiar to Lk, but a similar discourse
occurs in the 'Western' text of St. Matthew, Luke 20:28, q.v.). It is
probable that the dropsical man was healed before the dinne...
-
Cp. Matthew 23:12 repeated Luke 18:14....
-
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...
-
WHOSOEVER EXALTETH HIMSELF SHALL BE ABASED. — The reproduction of
the teaching in words which are almost an echo of these, in 1 Peter
5:5, is interesting as showing the impression which it had made on...
-
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....
-
_Take the lowest seat_. Here begins the table talk of Jesus,
consisting of three discourses. The first addressed to the guests in
general is really a _parable_ teaching the lesson of humility pointed...
-
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...
-
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...
-
HUMILITY AND PRIDE
Luke 14:7-11. “ _But He spoke a parable to those who had been
invited_ [_i.e._, _called to the feast in the house of this
Pharisaical ruler_], _warning them how they were accustomed...
-
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...
-
2 _d. Luke 14:7-11_.
Here is the point at which the guests seat themselves at table. The
recommendation contained in this passage is not, as has often been
thought, a counsel of worldly prudence. Holt...
-
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...
-
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked
how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, When thou art
bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest ro...
-
_HUMILITY AND ITS REWARD_
‘But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that
when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up
higher: then shalt thou have worship i...
-
_THE DOOM OF PRIDE_
‘For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.’
Luke 14:11
When our Lord first began His ministerial work, and was, as it seems,...
-
11._For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled. _This clause
makes it evident that ambition was the subject of which Christ was
speaking; for he does not state what usually happens in the or...
-
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...
-
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.
Ver. 11. _For whosoever_] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 23:12 _"_...
-
_And he put forth a parable_ The ensuing discourse is so termed,
because several parts of it are not to be understood literally. _To
those which were bidden_ From this circumstance, that the guests we...
-
WHOSOEVER EXALTETH HIMSELF; is proud, and seeks to be honored above
others.
SHALL BE ABASED; by God.
HE THAT HUMBLETH HIMSELF; who is humble, and shows it in his conduct.
SHALL BE EXALTED; honored;...
-
FOR WHOSOEVER EXALTETH HIMSELF SHALL BE ABASED, AND HE THAT HUMBLETH
HIMSELF SHALL BE EXALTED.
The eyes of Jesus were always observing the manner in which people
behaved under various conditions of li...
-
A parable teaching humility:...
-
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...
-
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...
-
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 14:10...
-
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
Be ye therefore also of a humble spirit, that ye may be exalted; for
"he that abaseth himself shall be exalted, and he that exalteth
himself shall be abased."[93...
-
Luke 14:11 For G3754 whoever G3956 exalts G5312 (G5723) himself G1438
humbled G5013 (G5701) and G2532 humbles...
-
“For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who
humbles himself will be exalted.”
As so often the story is capped by a maxim. The one who exalts himself
will find that he is at some stag...
-
THE WARNING AGAINST BEING ONE OF THOSE WHO SEEKS OUT THE CHIEF SEATS
(14:7-11).
This passage is parallel in the chiasmus with those who are to seek,
not food and clothing, but the Kingly Rule of God,...
-
Luke 14:11. HUMBLED. The same word in both clauses. The principle here
set forth was repeated by our Lord on a number of occasions (Matthew
23:12; Luke 18:14), and formed one of the main truths of His...
-
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)...
-
SHALL BE HUMBLED
(ταπεινωθησετα). First future passive. One of the
repeated sayings of Jesus (Luke 18:14; Matthew 23:12)....
-
Luke 14:11
This is one of the sayings which we gather from the Gospels to have
been frequently in our Lord's mouth, and this means that it had some
variety of application now graver, now lighter. In t...
-
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....
-
SO BE TOLD THIS PARABLE. A parable uses common things to teach a
spiritual lesson. DO NOT SIT DOWN IN THE BEST PLACE. Protocol gave
special honor to certain places. Some of the guests were trying to g...
-
_He put forth a parable to those which were bidden_
CHRIST’S GREAT TEXT BOOK
“When He marked how they … ” The book of daily life was
Christ’s great text-book.
What every man did, gave Him a subject;...
-
HOW TO GET UP HIGHER
He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke 14:11.
A young girl who was visiting London for the first time was taken to
see a famous collection of paintings. She felt she ha...
-
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:7 WILL BE HUMBLED... WILL BE EXALTED (compare
Luke 18:14). Sometimes this happens in this life, but it will take
place most fully at the final judgment ...
-
_For whosoever exalleth himself shall be abased_, &c., both by God and
man, often in this life, always in the life to come. This verse
explains the meaning and scope of the parable. See S. Matthew 23:...
-
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 14:7. 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...
-
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 Peter 5:5; 1 Samuel 15:17; Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17; Isaiah 57:15;...
-
Humbled. See on lowly, Matthew 7:29....
-
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...
-
Matthew 23:12....