E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 14:6
answer again = reply. to = as to . Greek pros. App-101 . read more
answer again = reply. to = as to . Greek pros. App-101 . read more
to. Greek. pros. App-104 . Not the same word as in Luke 14:8 . bidden = invited or called. Greek. kaleo chose out = were picking out. Going on before His eyes. chief rooms = first couches. Greek protoklisia. Same as "highest room", Luke 14:8 . Compare Luke 20:46 . Matthew 23:6 . read more
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 , Luke 5:28 , Luke 5:30 . in . Greek. eis. App-104 . read more
place. Greek. topes. begin. Compare Proverbs 25:6 , Proverbs 25:7 . with . Greek. meta. App-104 . to take = to take (and keep in it). lowest = last. Greek eschatos room = place, as above. Compare Luke 14:22 with Luke 2:7 . read more
Friend . Greek. philos, Noun of phileo. App-135 . go up = go up, forward. Occurs only here. worship = honour. Greek. doxa = glory. at meat = at table. read more
For, &c. This is repeatedon two other occasions. Compare Luke 18:14 and Matthew 23:12 . abased = humbled. read more
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
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
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 14:5
answered them = answering unto (Greek. pros; as in Luke 14:3 ) them. an ass . All the texts read huios = a son, instead of onos = an ass, which latter has no MS. authority. In O.T. always ox and ass. Compare Exodus 23:12 . not. Greek. ou. App-105 . Not the same word as in verses: Luke 8:12 , Luke 8:28 , Luke 8:29 , straightway = immediately. pull . . . out = draw. . . up. The Greek word occurs only here and Acts 11:10 . read more