Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Luke 14:14
And thou shalt be blessed. This is the climax.
blessed. happy, Figure of speech Beatitudo, not Benedictio.
cannot. have not [wherewith to]. App-105.
at. in. Greek. en. App-104.
resurrection. App-178.
And thou shalt be blessed. This is the climax.
blessed. happy, Figure of speech Beatitudo, not Benedictio.
cannot. have not [wherewith to]. App-105.
at. in. Greek. en. App-104.
resurrection. App-178.
Verse Luke 14:14. _FOR THEY CANNOT RECOMPENSE THEE_] Because you have done it for God's sake only, and they cannot make you a recompense, therefore God will consider himself your debtor, and will rec...
SHALT BE BLESSED - Blessed in the “act” of doing good, which furnishes more “happiness” than riches can give, and blessed or rewarded “by God” in the day of judgment. THEY CANNOT RECOMPENSE THEE - Th...
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
Jesus said to the man who had invited him, "Whenever you give a dinner or a banquet, do not call your friends, or your brothers, or your kinsfolk or your rich neighbours, in case they invite you back...
UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6)...
_at the resurrection of the just_ The same duty is enforced with the same motive by St Paul, 1 Timothy 6:17-19. By the phrase "_the resurrection of the just,"_our Lord possibly referred to the twofold...
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...
ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι�. The same duty is enforced with the same motive by St Paul, 1 Timothy 6:17-19. By the phrase “_the resurrection of the just_,” our Lord possibly referred to the twofold resurrection, Luke 20:...
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...
WHOM TO INVITE; A LESSON TO THE HOST...
VER 12. THEN SAID HE ALSO TO HIM THAT BADE HIM, WHEN YOU MAKE A DINNER OR A SUPPER, CALL NOT YOUR FRIENDS, NOR YOUR BRETHREN, NEITHER YOUR KINSMEN, NOR YOUR RICH NEIGHBORS; LEST THEY ALSO BID YOU AGAI...
_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...
ΈΣΗ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) 2 pers. sing. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΆΝΤΑΠΟΔΟΎΝΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΆΝΤΑΠΟΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G467) возвращать, расплачиваться. _Inf._ в роли _obj._ ΆΝΤΑΠΟΔΟΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass....
AT THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST.— These words afford a strong and awakening intimation, that none who neglect works of charity, if they have ability to do them, shall have their final lot among the _r...
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...
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. AND THOU SHALT BE BLESSED; FOR THEY CANNOT RECOMPENSE THEE: FOR THOU SHAL...
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)....
AT THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST] i.e. at the glorious resurrection to life eternal which the righteous only will enjoy, with which is contrasted 'the resurrection of condemnation' which awaits the unr...
ON ENTERTAINING THE POOR (peculiar to Lk, whose Gospel is full of sympathy with the poor)....
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...
AT THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST. — The passage has the interest of being the first occurrence of the word “resurrection” in our Lord’s teaching. On this point our Lord, while rebuking the pride and hy...
_A word to the host_, also parabolic in character in so far as it gives general counsel under a concrete particular form (Hahn), but not parabolic in the strict sense of teaching spiritual truth by na...
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...
HEAVENLY RECOMPENSE Luke 14:12-14. “ _But He also said to the one having invited Him_, _When you may make a dinner or a supper_, _do not call your rich friends_, _brothers_, _relatives_, _or neighbors...
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...
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...
3 _d. Luke 14:12-14_. The company is seated. Jesus, then observing that the guests in general belonged to the upper classes of society, addresses to His host a lesson on charity, which He clothes, lik...
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...
_THE GENERAL RESURRECTION_ ‘Thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.’ Luke 14:14 Most people expect to receive the reward of good service done to God, so soon as they leave this w...
14._And thou shalt be blessed. _Christ pronounces those to be _blessed _who exercise liberality without any expectation of earthly reward; for they manifestly look to God. Those who constantly keep in...
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 THOU SHALT BE BLESSED,.... By God, with an increase of worldly substance, or with spiritual blessings, and with eternal glory and happiness; and by these poor objects, who will pray to God for a b...
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. Ver. 14. _At the resurrection of the just_] Called theirs, because they only...
_Then said he also to him that bade him_ In the time of dinner, Jesus directed his discourse to the person who had invited him, and showed him what sort of people he should bid to his feasts. _When th...
THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST; when God shall reward those who for his sake have done good, without the hope of any earthly recompense. Genuine benevolence will lead those who have it to do good for go...
AND THOU SHALT BE BLESSED; FOR THEY CANNOT RECOMPENSE THEE; FOR THOU SHALT BE RECOMPENSED AT THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST. A lesson in true, selfless service. Upon the occasion of a dinner or supper t...
Advice to the host:...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 14:12...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V 3. John, therefore, did distinctly foresee the first "resurrection of the just,"[344] Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh But here also I must first meet th...
Luke 14:14 And G2532 be G2071 (G5704) blessed G3107 because G3754 cannot G3756 G2192 (G5719) repay...
‘But when you make a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they have no means with which to recompense you, for you will be recompensed in the resur...
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 14:14. AND THEN SHALT BE BLESSED, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT WHEREWITH TO RECOMPENSE THEE. This implies that the benevolence has been done without hope of return, excluding the recompense from ‘the pr...
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)...
TO RECOMPENSE THEE (ανταποδουνα σο). Second aorist active infinitive of this old and common double compound verb, to give back in return. The reward will come at the resurrection if not before and...
Luke 14:12 Christ's Counsel to His Host. Are ordinary dinner-parties wrong, then, in the eye of Christ, our Law-giver? Does He really condemn the custom of having our friends and social equals to din...
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....
WHEN YOU GIVE A LUNCH OR A DINNER. There is no honor in giving with the thought of being paid back. Helping those who could not possibly pay you back pleases God. _"When you give to the poor it is lik...
_Call the poor_ THE CHURCH’S DUTY TO THE POOR A recent advertisement on our city walls struck me as singularly suggestive; it contained the words, “God and the poor. ” Such a conjunction of words is...
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....
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...
_And thou shalt be blessed_, for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just, when, says the Interlinear, the entertainers of the poor will enter into blessedness. The neediness of the g...
_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...
Acts 24:15; Daniel 12:2; Daniel 12:3; John 5:29; Luke 20:35;...
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 table hearing these things — And being touched therewith, said, Happy is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God — Alluding to what had just been spoken. It means, he tha...