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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 14:31

to make war = to encounter for (Greek. eis. App-104 .) war. with = in [the midst of]. Greek en. App-104 . to meet . Greek. apantao, as in Matthew 28:9 . against. Greek. epi. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 14:31

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.The meaning of these two parables is similar; but the unusual nature of the illustration here suggests the possibility that there might have been a historical basis of it. Spence pointed out that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 14:31-32

Luke 14:31-32. Or, what king, &c.— According to Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology, these words were spoken at our Lord's last passover, and might possibly refer to Herod's leading his army through Judea against Aretas king of Arabia. The phrase representing the feebler person as begging a peace, supplies us with a proper emblem of the humility and resignation with which peace is to be sought from an offended God, who is possessed of a strength, not as in the case literally supposed here, but... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 14:18-35

E. Instruction about the kingdom 13:18-14:35The larger division of the Gospel that records Jesus’ ministry on the way to Jerusalem and the Cross continues with more teaching about the coming kingdom. The parables of the kingdom that begin this section (Luke 13:18-21) introduce this section. The difference in Jesus’ teaching in the present section is a matter of emphasis rather than a clear-cut change. The subtlety of this distinction is observable in that the commentators differ over where they... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 14:25-35

5. The cost of discipleship 14:25-35Luke had just recorded Jesus’ teaching about God’s gracious invitation to enjoy the messianic banquet in the kingdom. It was free for all who would respond. Jesus taught elsewhere that responding meant believing on Him. Now Luke recorded Jesus’ teaching that though salvation was free, discipleship was costly. This is important balancing revelation. Salvation guarantees heaven, but it also calls for complete commitment to Jesus, not to secure heaven but to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 14:31-32

This second parable makes essentially the same point as the first one. However the cost of failure in this one is not just embarrassment but personal destruction. It is very important to assess the strength of one’s enemy correctly. Jesus was not encouraging people to stop following Him because they feared they could not withstand temptations. He wanted them to follow Him, but intelligently, not naively. There were probably no kings in Jesus’ audience, but the people could easily put themselves... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 14:31-33

The parable of the king going to battle 14:31-33 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:1-35

The Dropsical Man. The Great Supper. Divers Sayings and Parables1-6. The sabbath question again. The man with the dropsy healed (peculiar to Lk).1. To eat bread] So far from being abstemious on the sabbath, the Jews carried the pleasures of the table to excess. ’The Hebrews honour the sabbath chiefly by inviting each other to drinking and intoxication’ (Plutarch). ’Rabbah Abba bought flesh of thirteen butchers that he might be sure to taste the best, and paid them at the very gate, that he... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 14:31

(31) What king, going to make war against another king . .?—Here also there may have been a side-glance at contemporary history. The Tetrarch’s divorce of his first wife had involved him in a war with her father Aretas, an Arabian king or ethnarch (see Note on Luke 3:14), in which his army was destroyed, and the Jewish historian sees in this the commencement of all his subsequent misfortunes (Jos. Ant. v., 18:5, § 1).In the spiritual interpretation of the two parables, the tower reminds us of... 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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 14:31

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 14:31

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 14:31-32

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 14:18-35

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 14:25-35

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 14:31-32

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 14:31-33

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:1-35

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 14:31

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

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