Luke 14:8

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; WHEN THOU ART BIDDEN OF ANY MAN TO A WEDDING - `and,' as is implied, 'art taking thy place at the wedding-feast.' Our Lord, as Bengel remarks, avoids the appearance of personality by this delicate allusion to a different kind of entertainment from this of His present host. SIT NOT DOWN IN THE HIGHEST ROOM; LEST A MORE HONOURABLE MAN THAN THOU BE BIDDEN OF HIM;...

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 honour is humility. Our Saviour here teaches, that works of charity are better than works of show. But our Lord did not mean that a proud and unbelieving liberality should be rewarded, but that his precept of doing good to the poor and afflicted should be observed from love to him....

ART BIDDEN - Are invited. TO A WEDDING - A wedding was commonly attended with a feast or banquet. THE HIGHEST ROOM - The seat at the table nearest the head. A MORE HONOURABLE MAN - A more aged man, or a man of higher rank. It is to be remarked that our Saviour did not consider the courtesies of life to be beneath his notice. His chief design here was, no doubt, to reprove the pride and ambition of the Pharisees; but, in doing it, he teaches us that religion does not violate the courtesies of life. It does not teach us to be rude, forward, pert, assuming, and despising the proprieties of refined social contact. It teaches humility and kindness, and a desire to make all happy, and a willingness to occupy our appropriate situation and rank in life; and this is true “politeness,” for true politeness is a desire to make a

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 BREAD ON THE SABBATH DAY. Still on the same journey; the Lord was approaching gradually nearer Jerusalem. The house into which he entered this sabbath belonged to one who was a leading member of the Pharisee party, probably an influential rabbi, a man of great wealth, or a member of the Sanhedrim "To eat bread on the sabbath day," as a guest, was a usual practice; such entertainments on the sabbath day were very usual; they were often luxurious and costly. The only rule observed was that all the viands provided were cold,, every

WHEN THOU ART BIDDEN OF ANY MAN TO A WEDDING,.... To a wedding dinner, or to any other; such an one as the present entertainment was, which was not a marriage feast, for they might not marry on the sabbath day; John 2:1 but a common sabbath meal: SIT NOT DOWN IN THE HIGHEST ROOM: in the chief place at table, as soon as come in: LEST A MORE HONOURABLE MAN; for age, office, dignity, wisdom, learning, or riches: THAN THOU BE BIDDEN OF HIM: the master of the feast; and who may not yet be come, and for whom the chief place may be designed, and will better suit him....

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 14:7. _Saying unto them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be hidden of him; and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room._ For, of course, the next room is full, and the next, and the only vacant seat, when the feast has begun, will probably be in the very lowest room of the house. Luke 14:10. But when thou art bidden, go and sit

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. (Luke 14:15) 5. Conditions of Discipleship. (Luke 14:25 .) Luke 14:1 Again He heals on the Sabbath. In the house of a ruler, a Pharisee, they were watching Him. He had gone there to eat bread. What condescension! They were His enemies, yet He loved

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 omits the illustrative argument used by Jesus (Matthew 12:11 f.); he brings it in here in a story peculiar to his gospel. Montefiore justly points out that the animals (Luke 14:5; cf. Luke 13:15) are in danger of perishing, whereas the woman and man w

UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6)...

OF. by. Greek _hupo._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 14:28; Luke 14:33. TO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. A WEDDING. wedding feast. SIT. recline. NOT. Greek _me._ App-105. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 14:5; Luke 14:6; Luke 14:14; Luke 5:20; Luke 5:26; Luke 5:27;...