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Luke 14:5
and answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath-day?
and answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath-day?
LUKE 14:5 ui`o.j h' bou/j {B} The oldest reading preserved in the manuscripts 13 seems to be ui`o.j h' bou/j. Because the collocation of the two words appeared to be somewhat incongruous, copyists al...
Verse Luke 14:5. _AN ASS OR AN OX_] Luke 13:15, Luke 13:15....
See the notes at Matthew 12:11. WHICH OF YOU ... - In this way Jesus refuted the notion of the Pharisees. If it was lawful to save an ox on the Sabbath, it was also to save the life of a man. To this...
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
UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6)...
On the Sabbath day Jesus had gone into the house of one of the rulers who belonged to the Pharisees to eat bread; and they were watching him. And--look you-- there was a man before him who had dropsy....
ANSWERED THEM. answering unto (Greek. _pros;_ as in Luke 14:3) them. AN ASS. All the texts read _huios. a_ son, instead of _onos. an_ ass, which latter has no MS. authority. In O.T. always ox and ass...
_an ass or an ox_ The unquestionable reading if we are to follow the MSS. is -a _son_or an ox." The strangeness of the collocation (which however may be taken to imply -a son nay even an ox") has led...
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...
ΥἹῸΣ Ἢ ΒΟΥ͂Σ. See the note. 5. ΥἹῸΣ Ἢ ΒΟΥ͂Σ. The unquestionable reading if we are to follow the MSS. is υἱὸς ἢ βοῦς. The strangeness of the collocation (which however may be taken to imply ‘a son—nay...
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...
SABBATH HEALING OF A MAN WITH THE DROPSY...
Ver 1. And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. 2. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had...
_HEALING OF A MAN ON THE SABBATH -- LUKE 14:1-6:_ Jesus accepted an invitation from a leader of the Pharisees to have a meal at his house. The meal was on the Sabbath day. Jesus came under careful scr...
ΒΟΎΣ (G1016) вол. ΦΡΈΑΡ (G5421) _асс. sing._ колодец, ΠΕΣΕΪΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать, ΆΝΑΣΠΆΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΣΠΆΩ (G385) вытаскивать, доставать. В свитках Мертво...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Good (Luke 14:1-6) 14One sabbath when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they were watching him.2 And behold, there was a man before h...
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? AND JESUS ANSWERING SPAKE UNTO THE LAWYERS AND PHARISEES, SAYING, IS IT LAWFUL TO HEAL ON...
25 Compare Mat_25:10-12. 27 Compare 2Ti_2:19. 29 Eastern etiquette is most stringent as to the placing of guests at a banquet. The most honorable must have the first place and the least the last. So...
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)....
AN ASS] Nearly all modern editors read 'a son.' The rabbis allowed 'an ox or an ass, a son or a daughter, a man-servant or a maid-servant' to be drawn out of a well on the sabbath. Thus they allowed t...
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...
WHICH OF YOU SHALL HAVE AN ASS OR AN OX... — The line of thought is all but identical with that of Luke 13:15. Here, as there, the outward features of Jewish life are the same as they had been in Exod...
_The dropsical man healed, with relative conversation_, in Lk. only (_cf._ Matthew 12:9-14)....
τίνος ὑμῶν, etc.: an awkward Hebraistic construction for τίς ὑμῶν οὗ, etc. υἱὸς ἢ βοῦς, a son or (even) an ox, in either case, certainly in the former, natural instinct would be too strong for artific...
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....
ὑδρωπικὸς (ὕδρωψ): here only in N.T., a solitary instance of this disease among the healing acts of Jesus. No conceivable reason for its being mentioned except that it was a fact. ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ, bef...
THE LAMENT FOR THOSE WHO “WOULD NOT” Luke 13:31-35; Luke 14:1-6 Our Lord was at that time in Perea, in the jurisdiction of Herod, who probably desired to get rid of Him, lest His presence should intr...
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...
By this example Christ convicts his adversaries, as guilty of sordid avarice, since, in delivering beasts from the danger of perishing on the sabbath-day, they consult only their own advantage, whilst...
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...
CHAPTER 11 THE DROPSICAL MAN HEALED Luke 14:1-6. “ _And it came to pass that He entered into the house of a certain one of the rulers of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread_, _and they were wat...
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...
1 _st. Luke 14:1-6_. To accept an invitation to the house of a Pharisee, after the previous scenes, was to do an act at once of courage and kindness. The host was one of the _chief_ of his sect. There...
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the drops...
5._Which of you shall have an ox or an ass? _Though they did not deserve that Christ should take pains to remove the offense, yet he shows that he did nothing inconsistent with the observance of the S...
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 ANSWERED THEM, SAYING,.... Murmuring secretly at what he had done: WHICH OF YOU SHALL HAVE AN ASS, OR AN OX FALLEN INTO A PIT, AND WILL NOT STRAIGHTWAY PULL HIM OUT ON THE SABBATH DAY? being just...
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? Ver. 5. _Pull him out on the sabbath day_] The Jew of T...
_And answered them_ Accordingly, while the Pharisees were considering with themselves how to turn the miracle against him, he disconcerted them by proving the lawfulness of what he had done from their...
We should form the habit of drawing spiritual instruction from the common occurrences of life; and in our social intercourse, as well as in our religious efforts, should endeavor to do good to our fel...
Healing on the Sabbath. Matthew 12:11-12....
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...
1-6 This Pharisee, as well as others, seems to have had an ill design in entertaining Jesus at his house. But our Lord would not be hindered from healing a man, though he knew a clamour would be raise...
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Luke 14:5 Then G2532 answered G611 (G5679) them G4314 G846 saying G2036 (G5627) Which G5101 you...
‘And he said to them, “Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?” Then Jesus turned to those who were watching Him through narr...
A SABBATH MEAL AT A PHARISEE'S HOUSE; THE HEALING OF A MAN WITH DROPSY (14:1-6). It is unusual in Luke for us to be given the full details of the setting, yet in this passage Jesus is invited into the...
Luke 14:5. IF A SON OR AN OX. The weight of authority is for the reading ‘a son.' The thought then is: If on the Sabbath you help what is your own, then help others (love thy neighbor as thyself). The...
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)...
AN ASS OR AN OX (ονος η βους). But Westcott and Hort υιος η βους ( A SON OR AN OX ). The manuscripts are much divided between υιος (son) and ονος (ass) which in the abbreviated uncials looked much a...
14:1-6. And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had t...
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....
A MAN WHOSE LEGS AND ARMS WERE SWOLLEN. Jesus knows they are watching to see if he will heal this man on the Sabbath. DOES OUR LAW ALLOW? The Law of Moses did allow it, but their Tradition said it was...
_He went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees_ THE GOSPEL FOR THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY I. WE HERE BEHOLD OUR SAVIOUR IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE. Jesus was not a recluse. He had a kind...
_And He answered them, saying, Which of you_, &c. "If," says Bede, "ye hasten on the Sabbath to pull an ox or an ass out of the pit into which he has fallen, consulting not the good of the animal, but...
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 14:1. ONE OF THE CHIEF PHARISEES.—Rather, “one of the rulers of the Pharisees” (R.V.). The phrase is a peculiar one, since the Pharisees, as such, had no rulers; it may refer to...
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...
Daniel 4:24; Exodus 23:4; Exodus 23:5; Luke 13:15; Matthew 12:11;...
Pit [φ ρ ε α ρ]. The primary meaning is a well, as distinguished from a fountain. Pull out. More correctly up [α ν α]....