NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Luke 14:15
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God."[10]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God."[10]
Verse Luke 14:15. _THAT SHALL EAT BREAD IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD._] This is spoken in conformity to the general expectation of the Jews, who imagined that the kingdom of the Messiah should be wholly of...
BLESSED IS HE THAT SHALL EAT BREAD IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD - The kingdom of God here means the kingdom which the Messiah was to set up. See the notes at Matthew 3:2. The Jews supposed that he would be a...
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)...
IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. See App-114....
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...
15-21. THE REFUSED BANQUET; A LESSON TO A GUEST. 15. _when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things_ He may have wanted to diminish the force of the rebukes implied in the previous le...
THE REFUSED BANQUET; A LESSON TO A GUEST...
ἈΚΟΎΣΑΣ ΔΈ ΤΙΣ ΤΩ͂Ν ΣΥΝΑΝΑΚΕΙΜΈΝΩΝ ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ. He may have wanted to diminish the force of the rebukes implied in the previous lessons by a vapid general remark. At any rate, he seems to have assumed that...
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 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...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΣΥΝΑΝΑΚΕΙΜΈΝΩΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part., см._ Luke 14:10. ΦΆΓΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΣΘΊΩ (G2068) есть....
BLESSED IS HE THAT SHALL EAT BREAD, &C.— The phrase _to eat bread,_ signifies _making a meal,_ and this not only at a common table, but sometimes at a feast. See 2 Samuel 9:7; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel...
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 when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. AND WHEN ONE OF THEM THAT SAT AT MEAT WITH HIM HEARD T...
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)....
EAT BREAD IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD] The mention of the 'resurrection of the just,' with which, according to Jewish ideas, the reign of the Messiah would begin, reminds this Jew of the great feast, which...
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...
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...
BLESSED IS HE THAT SHALL EAT BREAD... — The form of the exclamation was obviously determined by the words which our Lord had just spoken. It may have been a more or less familiar formula among devout...
_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...
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...
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...
῎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...
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...
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...
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and...
_EATING BREAD IN THE KINGDOM_ ‘Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God.’ Luke 14:15 That was the chance remark of a bystander who had heard our Lord speaking of the reward that bel...
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 WHEN ONE OF THEM THAT SAT AT MEAT WITH HIM,.... One of the Scribes, lawyers, or Pharisees, that were guests at this feast: HEARD THESE THINGS: which were spoken by Christ, and was pleased and aff...
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed _is_ he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. Ver. 15. _Blessed is he, &c._] This man seems to have...
_When one of them that sat at meat heard these things_, being touched therewith, _he said, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God_ Blessed is the man who shall live in the time of th...
EAT BREAD IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD; enjoy its blessings. See Matthew 3:2....
THE GREAT SUPPER. The invitation:...
AND WHEN ONE OF THEM THAT SAT AT MEAT WITH HIM HEARD THESE THINGS, HE SAID UNTO HIM, BLESSED IS HE THAT SHALL EAT BREAD IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD....
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...
Whether this person had any gross conceptions of the kingdom of God, as a state of external happiness, and sensible satisfactions, I cannot say (though it be the opinion of some valuable interpreters)...
Luke 14:15 Now G1161 one G5100 Him G4873 (G5740) heard G191 (G5660) things G5023 said G2036 ...
‘And when one of those who sat at meat with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread within the Kingly Rule of God.” ' Someone present overheard what Jesus had said an...
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 14:15. ONE OF THEM, etc. The company this ‘one' was in and the parable which his remark called forth, oppose the view that he sympathized with our Lord. Some think it was merely an attempt at a d...
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)...
BLESSED (μακαριος). Happy, same word in the Beatitudes of Jesus (Matthew 5:3). This pious platitude whether due to ignorance or hypocrisy was called forth by Christ's words about the resurrection. I...
KINGDOM See note, (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 6:33). _...
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...
_Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God._ UNREAL WINDS There are a great many ways of turning a conversation when it happens to be suggestive of disagreeable truth, or to convey adv...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:15 IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD points to the future messianic banquet, which Jesus’ hearers would have seen as being for godly Jews only. Jesus, however, uses the parable to teach that...
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...
_Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God; i.e._, in the resurrection of the just, of which Christ had made mention in the preceding verse. S. Cyril in the _Catena_, says. "This man wa...
_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...
John 6:27; Luke 12:37; Luke 13:29; Luke 22:30; Matthew 25:10;...
Blessed. See on Matthew 5:3....
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...
One of them that sat at meat with our Saviour in the Pharisee's house, hearing Christ speak of being recompensed at the resurrection of the just, repeated that known saying among the Rabbins, BLESSED...