Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 14:16
Then said he — Continuing the allusion. A certain man made a great supper — As if he had said, All men are not sensible of this happiness. Many might have a part in it, and will not.
Then said he — Continuing the allusion. A certain man made a great supper — As if he had said, All men are not sensible of this happiness. Many might have a part in it, and will not.
Verse 16. - 24. _A CERTAIN MAN MADE A GREAT SUPPER_, c.] See a similar parable to this, though not spoken on the same occasion, explained, Matthew 22:1....
A GREAT SUPPER - Or great feast. It is said to be “great” on account of the number who were invited. BADE MANY - Invited many beforehand. There is little difficulty in understanding this parable. The...
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)...
MADE.. Tr. _A_ Val and. read "was making". This parable is in Luke only. For the interpretation, see App-140.:17 sent. According to custom....
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...
_A certain man made a great supper_ The difference between this parable and that of the King's Supper will be clear to any one who will read it side by side with Matthew 22:1-10. He who gives the invi...
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...
ἌΝΘΡΩΠΌΣ ΤΙΣ ἘΠΟΊΕΙ ΔΕΙ͂ΠΝΟΝ ΜΈΓΑ. The difference between this parable and that of the King’s Supper (Matthew 22:1-10) will be clear to any one who will read them side by side. He who gives the invita...
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...
ΈΠΟΊΕΙ _impf. ind. act., см._ Luke 14:12. _Impf._, "он находился в процессе приготовления..." ΈΚΆΛΕΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 14:7....
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...
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...
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: THEN SAID HE UNTO HIM, A CERTAIN MAN MADE A GREAT SUPPER. The blessings of Salvation are in Scripture familiarly set forth a...
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 GREAT SUPPER (peculiar to Lk, although Matthew 22:1 presents many points of similarity: see on that passage). Here the 'certain man' is God, the many bidden are the rulers of the Jews, the servant...
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)....
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...
A CERTAIN MAN MADE A GREAT SUPPER. — Historically this has the interest of being the first occurrence of the “feast” imagery in our Lord’s teaching. Here, as with so many of His parables, it is sugges...
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...
By this man we are to understand Christ Jesus, the great mediator between God and man. He sent his servants, at supper-time, to say to them that were invited, that they should come; i.e. he sent his a...
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...
῎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...
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...
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...
_THE GREAT SUPPER_ ‘A certain man made a great supper, and bade many.’ Luke 14:16 It is very instructive to mark the conduct of our Blessed Lord in His intercourse with worldly people. Wherever He...
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...
THEN SAID HE UNTO HIM,.... That is, Jesus, as the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions express it; he said to the man that was so affected with the happiness of such that shall share in the provision...
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: Ver. 16. _Made a great supper_] Δειπνον, παρα το δειν πονειν. They are happy that get to heaven; they rest from their labours....
_Then said he, A certain man_, &c. He delivered the following parable to show the person who made the remark, and others, that how great soever the happiness would be of those who should share the ble...
A GREAT SUPPER; representing the rich and abundant provisions of the gospel....
THE GREAT SUPPER. The invitation:...
THEN SAID HE UNTO HIM, A CERTAIN MAN MADE A GREAT SUPPER AND BADE MANY;...
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...
OLBGrk; Ver. 16-24. We met with the same parable MATTHEW 22:1, where we had the most of what is here, and really other considerable circumstances: SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 22:1" and following verses to M...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II for whose sake chiefly a supper ought to be made. And further, "A certain man made a great supper, and called many."[8] Tertullian Against Marcion Book I...
Luke 14:16 Then G1161 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 certain G5100 man G444 gave G4160 (G5656) great...
‘But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many, and he sent out his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.' ” ' So...
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 14:16-24. 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...
Luke 14:16. A CERTAIN MAN. Here representing God, since the parable conveys a lesson about eating bread ‘in the kingdom of God' (Luke 14:15). A GREAT SUPPER. The figure suggested by the last remark i...
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)...
MADE (εποιε). Imperfect active, was on the point of making (inchoative).GREAT SUPPER (δειπνον). Or dinner, a formal feast. Jesus takes up the conventional remark of the guest and by this parable s...
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...
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...
_Then He said unto him, A certain man made a great supper._ This parable is very similar to that recorded by S. Matthew. See commentary on S. Matthew 22:2. But you will ask, What was this supper? 1.So...
_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...
Isaiah 25:6; Isaiah 25:7; Isaiah 55:1; Jeremiah 31:12; Mark 16:15;...
Made [ε π ο ι ε ι]. Imperfect, was making. His preparations were in progress. A definite act among these preparations is described by the aorist, he bade [ε κ α λ ε σ ε ν], the technical word for invi...
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...