Luke 11:37

Luke 11:37. How as he spake. While he had been speaking, i.e., the foregoing. A reference to some other time is barely possible, certainly not natural.

Asketh him. ‘Besought' is too strong; it was an ordinary invitation.

To dine. The meal was not the principal repast of the day, but a morning one. Granting that this day began with the healing of the demoniac, and ended in the storm on the way to Gadara, we can see that the house must have been near at hand, and the invitation readily accepted.