23. The individual Christian must be the conscience of his fellows; and the church the conscience of the nation. 1-6. Then he asked them, or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?”
(1-6) He teaches humility. (15-24) The necessity of consideration and self-denial. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Luke 14:1, 7-14 EXEGESIS: LUKE 14:1-6. By chapter 14, Luke has established a pattern of Jesus’ freer activity on the Sabbath. There in front of him was a … They were watching him; and the word used for watching is the word used for "interested and sinister espionage."
The things which divide men from men and which destroy friendships are often little things to which no sensible man, in his saner moments, would allow any importance. And--look you-- there was a man before him who had dropsy. Luke 14:1–6 Healing of a Man on the Sabbath 14 One Sabbath, p when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were q watching him carefully. Vineyards were often equipped with towers from which watch was kept against thieves who might steal the harvest. Once, as he came on to a platform, there was a great burst of applause in welcome. Luke 14:1-6 New International Version (NIV) Jesus at a Pharisee’s House. It is the earliest of all preservatives.
To the Pharisees, no work was acceptable on the Sabbath Day. 26. (ii) The second man said that he had bought five yoke of oxen and that he was going to try them out. 1 It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him….. That means that true Christianity must act as a preservative against the corruption of the world.
Luke 14:1-6 Christ healeth the dropsy on the sabbath, and justifieth his doing so. But even in things which would have broken most men's spirit, Jesus remained serene. (iii) A man may give in order to feel superior. Healing of a Dropsical Man, and Manifold Teachings at a Sabbath Feast.
J Ligon Duncan's Outline. 3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” 4 But they remained silent. They become irritable; and while there may be greater sins than irritability there is none that causes more pain and heartbreak. Many a preacher has been humbled almost to despair when he has heard a real saint of God speak. It is perilously easy for a new game, a new hobby, even a new friendship, to take up even the time that should be kept for God. In Palestine, when a man made a feast, the day was announced long beforehand and the invitations were sent out and accepted; but the hour was not announced; and when the day came and all things were ready, servants were sent out to summon the already invited guests. The Greeks used to say that salt could put a new soul into dead things.
UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF HOSTILE MEN (Luke 14:1-6) 14:1-6 On the Sabbath day Jesus had gone into the house of one of the rulers who belonged to the Pharisees to eat bread; and they were watching him. (ii) It is to be noted that Jesus never refused any man's invitation of hospitality. And--look you-- … He was being watched by the Pharisees. (7-14) Parable of the great supper. No wonder they could not understand Jesus! Jesus was a guest at a dinner on the Sabbath Day. He never dreamed that the applause could possibly be for him; he thought it must be for the other man.
Luke 14:7-14 Humbling the Exalted--Exalting the Humble. Luke 14:15-24 The parable of the marriage supper, and of the To accept the invitation beforehand and then to refuse it when the day came was a grave insult. He means that no love in life can compare with the love we must bear to him. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.
A sick man was there. Verses 1-35. He was being watched by the Pharisees. He allowed the claims of business to usurp the claims of God. Luke 14:1-6. The law of the kingdom is this--that if a man gives to gain reward he will receive no reward; but if a man gives with no thought of reward his reward is certain.