Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Luke 14:10
Friend. Greek. philos, Noun of phileo. App-135.
go up. go up, forward.
Occurs only here.
worship. honour. Greek. doxa. glory.
at meat. at table.
Friend. Greek. philos, Noun of phileo. App-135.
go up. go up, forward.
Occurs only here.
worship. honour. Greek. doxa. glory.
at meat. at table.
THE LOWEST ROOM - The lowest seat at the table; showing that you are not desirous of distinctions, or greedy of that honor which may properly belong to you. SHALT HAVE WORSHIP - The word “worship” her...
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)...
Jesus spoke a parable to the invited guests, for he noticed how they chose the first places at the table. "When you are bidden by someone to a marriage feast," he said. "do not take your place at tabl...
_then shalt thou have worship_ Rather, glory. It need, however, hardly be said that nothing is farther from our Lord's intentions than to teach mere calculating worldly politeness. From the simple fac...
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...
ἈΝΆΠΕΣΕ. אABE, &c. Other MSS. have ἀνάπεσαι, which Meyer prefers as the less familiar form. The ἀνάπεσον of the _Rec_[283] is ill-supported. [283] _Rec._ The Textus Receptus. 10. ἈΝΆΠΕΣΕ. Some MSS....
HUMILITY; A LESSON FOR THE GUESTS...
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 7. And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying to them, 8. When you are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the hig...
_THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST -- LUKE 14:7-14:_ Jesus observed how those who were bidden were interested in the chief seats. He put forth the parable of the wedding feast to again teach them the p...
ΚΛΗΘΉΣ _aor. conj. pass._, _см._ Luke 14:7. _Conj._ с ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) в indef. _temp. прид._ ΠΟΡΕΥΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass_, {dep.) _part. от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти. _Сопутств. part._ с _imper._ (VANT, 386; NSV,...
GO, AND SIT DOWN IN THE LOWEST ROOM;— It is most probable that Christ himself, as illustrious a person as he was, had done thus, and sat down among them _in the lowest place_ at the table....
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Gracious (Luke 14:7-14) 7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8When you are invited by any...
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that...
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)....
ON PLACES OF HONOUR AT FEASTS (peculiar to Lk, but a similar discourse occurs in the 'Western' text of St. Matthew, Luke 20:28, q.v.). It is probable that the dropsical man was healed before the dinne...
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...
SIT DOWN IN THE LOWEST ROOM. — Better, as before, _recline_ for the verb, and _place,_ or _couch,_ for the noun. FRIEND. — The Greek word is not the same as in Matthew 20:13 (where see Note), Matthew...
προσανάβηθι ἀνώτερον : “go up higher,” A.V [117] and R.V [118]; better “come up higher,” which gives effect to the πρός. The master invites the host to come towards himself. So Field (_Ot. Nor._). [1...
_Take the lowest seat_. Here begins the table talk of Jesus, consisting of three discourses. The first addressed to the guests in general is really a _parable_ teaching the lesson of humility pointed...
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....
LESSONS FOR GUESTS AND HOSTS Luke 14:7-14 The word _rooms_ should be _seats,_ r.v. We must, of course, guard against a false humility, which chooses a low seat in the hope of being invited forward. L...
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...
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...
HUMILITY AND PRIDE Luke 14:7-11. “ _But He spoke a parable to those who had been invited_ [_i.e._, _called to the feast in the house of this Pharisaical ruler_], _warning them how they were accustomed...
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...
2 _d. Luke 14:7-11_. Here is the point at which the guests seat themselves at table. The recommendation contained in this passage is not, as has often been thought, a counsel of worldly prudence. Holt...
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest ro...
_HUMILITY AND ITS REWARD_ ‘But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship i...
_IN THE LOWEST ROOM_ ‘Go and sit down in the lowest room.’ Luke 14:10 He had a right to say these words, Who, when all the chambers of creation were open to Him, came and ‘sat down in the lowest ro...
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...
BUT WHEN THOU ART BIDDEN,.... To an entertainment, and the time is come, GO AND SIT DOWN IN THE LOWEST ROOM: place thyself at the lower end of the table, or in the most inferior seat; which will show...
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that...
_And he put forth a parable_ The ensuing discourse is so termed, because several parts of it are not to be understood literally. _To those which were bidden_ From this circumstance, that the guests we...
HAVE WORSHIP; receive honor....
A parable teaching humility:...
BUT WHEN THOU ART BIDDEN, GO AND SIT DOWN IN THE LOWEST ROOM, THAT, WHEN HE THAT BADE THEE COMETH, HE MAY SAY UNTO THEE, FRIEND, GO UP HIGHER; THEN SHALT THOU HAVE WORSHIP IN THE PRESENCE OF THEM THAT...
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...
7-14 Even in the common actions of life, Christ marks what we do, not only in our religious assemblies, but at our tables. We see in many cases, that a man's pride will bring him low, and before honou...
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“But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you, “Friend, go up higher.” Then you will have glory in the presence of all wh...
THE WARNING AGAINST BEING ONE OF THOSE WHO SEEKS OUT THE CHIEF SEATS (14:7-11). This passage is parallel in the chiasmus with those who are to seek, not food and clothing, but the Kingly Rule of God,...
Luke 14:10. The opposite course and its results are described. THAT. Our Lord does not bid them take a low place, for _the purpose_ of being put higher. That would be false humility. This result is...
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)...
SIT DOWN (αναπεσε). Second aorist active imperative of αναπιπτω, to fall up or back, to lie back or down. Late Greek word for ανακλινω (cf. κατακλινω in verse Luke 14:8).HE THAT HATH BIDDEN THEE ...
Luke 14:10 I. To take the "lowest room" towards God is: (1) To be content simply to take God at His word, without asking any questions or raising any doubts, but to accept at His hand all that God gra...
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....
SO BE TOLD THIS PARABLE. A parable uses common things to teach a spiritual lesson. DO NOT SIT DOWN IN THE BEST PLACE. Protocol gave special honor to certain places. Some of the guests were trying to g...
_He put forth a parable to those which were bidden_ CHRIST’S GREAT TEXT BOOK “When He marked how they … ” The book of daily life was Christ’s great text-book. What every man did, gave Him a subject;...
THE LOWEST ROOM Go and sit down in the lowest place. Luke 14:10. Jesus had been invited to a feast at the house of a leading Pharisee and He noticed that when the guests were taking their places at...
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 ...
_Go and sit down in the lowest room._ The master of the house usually assigned to each guest his place at the table, a duty formerly discharged by the "ruler of the feast," regard being had to each on...
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 14:7. PUT FORTH A PARABLE.—The miracle was wrought, evidently, before the feast began. From the emulation among the guests, and from the allusion in Luke 14:12 to friends and ric...
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...
1 Samuel 15:17; Isaiah 60:14; Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 25:6; P
Sit down [α ν α π ε σ ε]. Lit., lay yourself back....
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...