“ Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. ”
Discipleship and its Cost. The passage is a reminder that, despite the universality of the Kingdom, the number of its true subjects is small. To the crowd that is following Him Jesus applies a stri...
Saying, &c.. Saying that this man, &c. See note on Luke 4:21 ; Luke 19:9 ; Mark 14:30 , &c.
DISCOURSE: 1541 THE FOOLISH BUILDER AND THE INCONSIDERATE KING Luke 14:28-33 . Which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient...
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Common sense teaches men not to begin any costly work without first s...
The Dropsical Man. The Great Supper. Divers Sayings and Parables 1-6. The sabbath question again. The man with the dropsy healed (peculiar to Lk).
(28-30) Which of you, intending to build a tower ..? — The words do not depend for their meaning on any local or personal allusion, but it is quite possible that their force may have been heightened...
the Cost of Discipleship Luke 14:25-35 Here we have our Lord's use of the winnowing-fan. Amid the teeming crowds He knew that there were many light and superficial souls who had not realized th...
Nothing escaped the notice of Jesus. He saw the guests in the house, and their method of procedure in seeking the chief seats. As He watched, He enunciated two great truths of social application. Fir...
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficien...
TOWER BUILDING ‘For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost.… This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’ Luke 14:28 ; Luke 14:30 I...
Saying, this man began to build ,.... He set out well, he promised great things, and made a considerable bluster and stir, as if he would carry things at once to a very high pitch: and was not abl...
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 co...
EATING IN THE PHARISEE'S HOUSE (vs.1-14) This chapter shows the heart of God in seeking man, yet also man in thorough contrast and opposition to God. One of the chief Pharisees invited the Lord...
The Necessity of Self-denial. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man com...
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The Call To Discipleship (14:25-35). Luke closes this section off as he opened it by showing Jesus as challenging His disciples and His would be disciples to consider what was involved in what the...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 14:25 . There went with Him .— I.e. , journeyed with Him; many, if not most, of them being on their way to one of the feasts in Jerusalem. The multitudes were attracted by Ch...
Luke 14:25 . And there went great multitudes with him: During at least a part of his earthly ministry, Christ was very popular. The people crowded to his feet, and they were willing to make him a...
Luke 14:3 . Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day. When customs are good, let us keep them; but when they are burthensome and inconsistent, the Saviour refused submission to the traditions of me...
For which of you, intending to build a tower The Christian builder Our Lord on purpose mentioned a tower rather than any other building, perhaps to signify that the top of our spiritual buildin...
EXPOSITION Luke 14:1-42 The Pharisee ' s feast on a sabbath day. The healing of the sick with dropsy. Luke 14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief...
Two parables for emphasis:
1 Corinthians 3:11-14 ; 2 John 1:8 ; 2 Peter 2:19-22 ; Acts 1:18 ; Acts 1:19 ; Hebrews 10:38 ; Hebrews 6:11 ; Hebrews 6:4-8 ; Matthew 27:3-8 ; Matthew 7:27