feast, or reception . Occurs only here and in Luke 5:29 . call. Same word as bid, Luke 14:7 . the poor. Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton ( App-6 ), not emphasizing the particular classes, but hastening us on to the climax in Luke 14:14 . Note the opposite Figure in Luke 14:21 . maimed = crippled. Only here, and Luke 14:21 . read more
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 . read more
And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again and a recompense be made thee.Geldenhuys said this means "One should not invite such persons EXCLUSIVELY."[16] Adam Clark wrote:Our Lord certainly does not mean that a man should not entertain at particular times his friends, etc.; but what he indicates here is charity to the poor.[17]Spence thought... read more
But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.Boles' comment on this is: "It is far better to give to relieve the distressed than to set a feast to those who do not need it."[21] A man is not in the true sense hospitable who entertains only those who can entertain him. "Such interested hospitality is not wrong, but it does not lay up treasure in heaven."[22]With this word to the host, Jesus pinpointed the third of three distortions, or reverse ethics, which marked... read more
And thou shalt be blessed; because they have not wherewith to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.This verse clearly shows that Jesus had in mind the instruction of his audience in how to lay up treasures in heaven.The resurrection of the just ... Despite the fact that Harrison believed this verse supports the idea of a double resurrection, one of the righteous and one of the wicked, separated by an interval of time,"[23] there is no agreement with... read more
Luke 14:12. When thou makest a dinner, &c.— "By no means confine thy hospitality to thy rich relations, acquaintance and neighbours, or to them chiefly, lest the whole of thy reward be an invitation from them to a like entertainment;" for that the text here, as in some other instances, impliesthe addition of the particle only, appears from this, that our Lord cannot be supposed to exclude entirely from the entertainments of the rich, all those who are not objects of charity; or to forbid... read more
Luke 14:13. The maimed,— 'Αναπηρους, the disabled; the word takes in both the lame and the blind; and may also include those whom the infirmities of age have rendered helpless. See a fine parallel passage in Pliny's Epistles, lib. 9: epist. read more
Luke 14:14. 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 righteous; which is evident from the many hundred scriptures, indispensably requiring mercy as well as justice. read more
12-14. call not thy friends—Jesus certainly did not mean us to dispense with the duties of ordinary fellowship, but, remitting these to their proper place, inculcates what is better [BENGEL]. lest . . . a recompense be given thee—a fear the world is not afflicted with [BENGEL]. The meaning, however, is that no exercise of principle is involved in it, as selfishness itself will suffice to prompt to it (Matthew 5:46; Matthew 5:47). read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 14:12
also to him = to him also. The host. dinner . . . supper. See note on Matthew 22:4 . call. Greek. phoneo. Compare 19. 15. nor. Figure of speech Paradiastole ( App-6 ), for emphasis. neither . . . nor. Greek mede, compound of me. App-105 . bid . . . again. Greek. antikaleo. Occurs only here. be made thee = take place, when such an one asks for gifts, not friends. read more