Lucas 14:25-32 RVA

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 14:32

(32) Desireth conditions of peace.—Literally, the things that make for peace. The phrase is the same as that in Luke 19:42, “the things that belong unto thy peace.” Are we to see any special significance in this addition to the general teaching of the previous verse, and if so, what is it? The answer seems to be that what our Lord teaches is the necessity of thoroughness in what we do. If we cannot make up our minds to the cost involved in warring against the world and its evil, we had better... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Luke 14:1-35

The Men Without a Sabbath Luke 14:3-6 The Lord delivered His primary challenge to the Jews through the Sabbath Day. It was, as it were, His gauge of battle, His test case. For His own personal significance turned on His relation to this Sabbath Day question. Not that in this He challenged the validity of the older Covenant. On the contrary, He always claimed the authority of the older Covenant on His own side. He appealed for His own justification to the principles established in the Law of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Luke 14:1-35

CHAPTER 14 1. The Man with the Dropsy Healed on the Sabbath. (Luke 14:1-6 ) 2. The Wisdom of Humility. (Luke 14:7-11 ) 3. Recompensed in Resurrection. (Luke 14:12-14 ) 4. The Parable of the Great Supper. (Luke 14:15-24 ) 5. Conditions of Discipleship. (Luke 14:25-35 .) Luke 14:1-6 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 them. He healed the man with... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 14:25

14:25 {5} And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,(5) Even those affections which are in themselves worthy of praise and commendation must be controlled and kept in order, so that godliness may have the upper hand and have preeminence. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 14:26

14:26 If any [man] come to me, and {d} hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.(d) If anything stands between God and him, as Theophylact says: and therefore these words are spoken in a comparative way, and not by themselves. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 14:27

14:27 {6} And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.(6) The true followers of Christ must at once build and fight, and therefore be ready and prepared to endure all types of miseries. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 14:28

14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, {e} sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish [it]?(e) At home, and calculates all his costs before he begins the work. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:1-35

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 Jesus to his house for a meal, evidently not out of affection, but to find occasion for criticism, for "they watched Him." Yet the Lord did not refuse: He would genuinely seek the good of man, whether criticized or not. We may wonder if perhaps the Pharisee had invited the man with dropsy (edema) as a... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Luke 14:1-35

PARABLES OF GRACE THE SELFISH GUEST (Luke 14:1-14 ) We pass over verses 1-6 which set forth the occasion for the first parable. The lesson from this first parable is, that if in natural things such selfishness was unbecoming, how much more on the spiritual plane? (Compare 1 Peter 5:5-6 ; Isaiah 57:15 .) THE GREAT SUPPER (Luke 14:15-24 ) This was spoken on the same occasion as the other and in response to the remark of Luke 14:15 . Christ had spoken of reward at “the resurrection of the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Luke 14:1-35

Out of Place Luk 14:7-11 There is a fitness of things. We all know it. We feel it, though we may not be able to explain it in words. There is an instinctive judgment about proportion, and social rightness, and personal action. There is a regularity in irregularity. Life is not so tumultuous as it seems. If we could see the action of all the lines of life we should see that beneath all the tumult and uproar, all the eccentricity and irregularity, there is a steady line, direct, inevitable,... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 14:32

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Luke 14:1-35

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Luke 14:1-35

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 14:25

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 14:26

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 14:27

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 14:28

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:1-35

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Luke 14:1-35

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Luke 14:1-35

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