Luke 14:2
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:2 DROPSY. Probably excess bodily fluid. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:2 DROPSY. Probably excess bodily fluid. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:3 IS IT LAWFUL TO HEAL ON THE SABBATH, OR NOT? Compare Luke 6:9; Luke 13:16. See note on Matt. 12:9–10. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:6 COULD NOT REPLY. Jesus has answered the Pharisees’ objections, and yet they will not believe in him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 (James 4:10; 1 Peter 5:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = documen [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:12 INVITE THE POOR, THE CRIPPLED, THE LAME, THE BLIND. Followers of Jesus should be generous toward those who are physically impaired or poor. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 the guests invited originally will miss the banquet and will be replaced by outsiders (v. Luke 14:24... [ Continue Reading ]
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, would have been given well in advance. The second invitation would have been sent on the day of the ba... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:21 STREETS AND LANES within the city were where the outcasts would be found (the POOR, CRIPPLED, BLIND, and LAME; v. Luke 14:13). The HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES, outside the city, represent Gentiles being invited into the kingdom. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:26 IF ANYONE COMES TO ME. Those who would be Christ’s disciples must (1) love their family less than they love Christ (HATE; compare Matthew 10:37); (2) BEAR HIS OWN CROSS and follow Christ (Luke 14:27); and (3) “renounce all” (v. Luke 14:33). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:28 Two illustrations warn against making a hasty decision to follow Jesus (compare Luke 8:15; Luke 21:19). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:33 See note on vv. 26–27. Compare Luke 5:11, Luke 5:28; Luke 12:33; Luke 18:22. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagNam [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 14:34 IF SALT HAS LOST ITS TASTE. Most salt came from the Dead Sea and contained impurities. If not processed properly, it would have a poor taste and be unusable for food. If the conditions of discipleship (vv. Luke 14:26, Luke 14:33) are not kept, the disciples likewise will beco... [ Continue Reading ]