Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 14:29
Haply - Perhaps.To mock him - To ridicule him. To laugh at him. read more
Luke 14:26-34 Niv
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 14:31
With ten thousand to meet ... - Whether he will be able, with the forces which he “has,” to meet his enemy. Christ here perhaps intends to denote that the enemies which we have to encounter in following him are many and strong, and that “our” strength is comparatively feeble. “To meet him.” To contend with him. To gain a victory over him. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 14:32
Or else - If he is not able. If he is satisfied that he would be defeated.An ambassage - Persons to treat with an enemy and propose terms of peace. These expressions are not to be improperly pressed in order to obtain from them a spiritual signification. The general scope of the parable is to be learned from the connection, and may be thus expressed:1. Every man who becomes a follower of Jesus should calmly and deliberately look at all the consequences of such an act and be prepared to meet... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 14:34-35
See the Matthew 5:13 note; Mark 9:49-50 notes.Salt is good - It is useful. It is good to preserve life and health, and to keep from putrefaction.His savour - Its saltness. It becomes tasteless or insipid.Be seasoned - Be salted again.Fit for the land - Rather, it is not fit “for land,” that is, it will not bear fruit of itself. You cannot sow or plant on it.Nor for the dunghill - It is not good for manure. It will not enrich the land,Cast it out - They throw it away as useless.He that hath ears... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 14:25-27
Luke 14:25-27. And there went great multitudes with him It seems they accompanied him from place to place, with eager desire, doubtless, to have the Messiah’s kingdom erected; proposing to themselves all manner of wealth and temporal advantage therein. One day, therefore, as they were on the road with him, he thought fit to show them plainly their mistake: he turned and said, If any man come to me, and hate not, &c. As all the hopes of temporal felicity under his reign, which his... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 14:28-33
Luke 14:28-33. Which of you, intending to build a tower, (the word πυργος here signifying the same as the Hebrew migdol, seems to denote any great building whatever,) sitteth not down first and counteth the cost To illustrate the necessity of their weighing deliberately, whether they were able and prepared to bear all their losses and persecutions to which the profession of the gospel would expose them, which indeed was the only term on which they could be his disciples, he desired them... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 14:34-35
Luke 14:34-35. Salt is good If you are not my disciples indeed, your outward profession will be very insignificant: for, though salt in general is a good thing, and my servants, as I formerly intimated (see on Matthew 5:13,) are the salt of the earth; yet I must again add, if the salt have lost his savour Or be grown insipid, how can its saltness be restored to it? or what can recover those whom my gospel will not influence and reclaim? It is neither fit for the land, &c. As insipid... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 14:25-35
101. More about discipleship (Luke 14:25-35)The crowds that followed Jesus thought he was on the way to a throne. Jesus told them he was on the way to a cross. If they wanted to follow him they had to understand what his kingdom was like and what his followers could expect. They had to love him above everything else, and had to be prepared for self-sacrifice and even death (Luke 14:25-27).Like a farmer building a tower or a king going to war, the person wanting to be a disciple of Jesus had... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 14:26
If any . The case being assumed. App-118 . hate not. See Matthew 10:37 . life = soul. See App-110 . read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 14:28
Intending to build a tower - See Matthew 21:33. A tower was a place of defense or observation, erected on high places or in vineyards, to guard against enemies. It was made “high,” so as to enable one to see an enemy when he approached; and “strong,” so that it could not be easily taken.Counteth the cost - Makes a calculation how much it will cost to build it. read more