Luke 14:26-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 14:33

So likewise whosoever he be of you ,.... Let him be ever so forward to follow me, to make a profession of me and of my Gospel, and to become a disciple of mine: that forsaketh not all that he hath ; when called to it, relations, friends, possessions, estates, and what not, which is an explanation of Luke 14:26 he cannot be my disciple ; he is not in fact one, and is not worthy to be called one. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 14:34

Salt is good ,.... See Gill on Matthew 5:13 , Mark 10:50 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 14:35

It is neither fit for the land ,.... For the manuring of it, when it has lost its savour and spirit; otherwise it makes land fruitful, if too much is not used, and especially fixed salts have this use; though Pliny says F15 Nat. Hist. l. 31. c. 7. , "every place in which salt is found, it is barren and brings forth nothing.' Nor yet for the dunghill ; to mix with dung, and help it, that it may be the more serviceable for the earth; and just such useless things, are a mere... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:26

And hate not - Matthew, Matthew 10:37 , expresses the true meaning of this word, when he says, He who loveth his father and mother More than me. In Matthew 6:24 , he uses the word hate in the same sense. When we read, Romans 9:13 , Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated, the meaning is simply, I have loved Jacob - the Israelites, more than Esau - the Edomites; and that this is no arbitrary interpretation of the word hate, but one agreeable to the Hebrew idiom, appears from what is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:27

Doth not bear his cross - See on Matthew 10:38 ; (note); Matthew 16:24 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:28

To build a tower - Probably this means no more than a dwelling house, on the top of which, according to the Asiatic manner, battlements were built, both to take the fresh air on, and to serve for refuge from and defense against an enemy. It was also used for prayer and meditation. This parable represents the absurdity of those who undertook to be disciples of Christ, without considering what difficulties they were to meet with, and what strength they had to enable them to go through with... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:33

Whosoever he be of you - This seems to be addressed particularly to those who were then, and who were to be, preachers of his Gospel; and who were to travel over all countries, publishing salvation to a lost world. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:34

Salt is good - See on Matthew 5:13 ; (note), and Mark 9:50 ; (note). On the subject referred to this place from Luke 14:23 , Compel them to come in, which has been adduced to favor religious persecution, I find the following sensible and just observations in Dr. Dodd's notes. "1st. Persecution for conscience' sake, that is, inflicting penalty upon men merely for their religious principles or worship, is plainly founded on a supposition that one man has a right to judge for another... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:28

Verse 28 Luke 14:28.For which of you, etc , That no one may think it hard to follow Christ on the condition of renouncing all his desires, a useful warning is here given. We must consider beforehand what the profession of the gospel demands. The reason why many persons yield to very slight temptations is, that they have pictured to themselves unmixed enjoyment, as if they were to be always in the shade and at their ease. No man will ever become fit to serve Christ till he has undergone a long... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:33

Verse 33 Luke 14:33.So then every one of you This clause shows what is meant by the calculation of expenses, with which Christ enjoins his followers to begin: it is to lead them to consider that they must forsake all In vain do persons who are delighted with an easy, indolent life, and with exemption from the cross, undertake a profession of Christianity. Those persons are said to forsake all who prefer Christ so greatly, both to their own life, and to all the wishes of the flesh, that nothing... read more

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