Luke Chapter 14 (14 of 24)
Series: Luke
Harley Howard
Luke 14
The incident here is very similar to what we saw in chapter 13. Jesus healed a person on the Sabbath Day. This is another of the Sabbath challenges, which Jesus answered in the same manner as He did in chapter 13.
1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
The Pharisee mentioned was not named, but we know that he was one of the rulers or members of the great council or the Sanhedrin. Whoever he was he was a man of great influence. It was also clear that he was not alone, for many of his peers were with him. It is also clear that the intent of this ruler and his peers was not good towards Jesus. He was invited to dine with this man on the Sabbath Day. This was a set-up; plain and simple. The word watched means in a bad sense, to watch insidiously or with the intent to cause harm to Jesus. These wicked religious men did not simply watch Jesus to see what He would do; they knew what He was going to do, so they watched with the intent to find something that they could use against Him to kill Him. Remember, the intent of these religious leaders was to KILL Jesus.
2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
The dropsy is what we would call edema today. Dropsy or edema is a swelling of the body due to an excess of water or fluid buildup between tissue cells. I read of one incident of a woman who retained 50 pounds of fluid on her body because of dropsy or edema. Like this woman, this man in verse 2 was swelled up greatly and in great pain because of this condition and instead of bringing this man to Jesus with the expressed desire for the man to be healed of this condition, the only reason why he was there was that they would find fault with Jesus to bring Him to death. These men had no love for anyone and showed no mercy whatsoever. They were callous and lo ...
Series: Luke
Harley Howard
Luke 14
The incident here is very similar to what we saw in chapter 13. Jesus healed a person on the Sabbath Day. This is another of the Sabbath challenges, which Jesus answered in the same manner as He did in chapter 13.
1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
The Pharisee mentioned was not named, but we know that he was one of the rulers or members of the great council or the Sanhedrin. Whoever he was he was a man of great influence. It was also clear that he was not alone, for many of his peers were with him. It is also clear that the intent of this ruler and his peers was not good towards Jesus. He was invited to dine with this man on the Sabbath Day. This was a set-up; plain and simple. The word watched means in a bad sense, to watch insidiously or with the intent to cause harm to Jesus. These wicked religious men did not simply watch Jesus to see what He would do; they knew what He was going to do, so they watched with the intent to find something that they could use against Him to kill Him. Remember, the intent of these religious leaders was to KILL Jesus.
2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
The dropsy is what we would call edema today. Dropsy or edema is a swelling of the body due to an excess of water or fluid buildup between tissue cells. I read of one incident of a woman who retained 50 pounds of fluid on her body because of dropsy or edema. Like this woman, this man in verse 2 was swelled up greatly and in great pain because of this condition and instead of bringing this man to Jesus with the expressed desire for the man to be healed of this condition, the only reason why he was there was that they would find fault with Jesus to bring Him to death. These men had no love for anyone and showed no mercy whatsoever. They were callous and lo ...
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