Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 14].
very form of the question is a powerful argument and puts the
lawyers and the Pharisees hopelessly on the defensive.
14:6 {Could not answer again} (\ouk ischusan antapokrith•nai\).
Did not have strength to answer back or in turn (\anti-\) as in
Ro 9:20. They could not take up the argument and were helpless.
They hated to admit that they cared more for an ox or ass or even
a son than for this poor dropsical man.
14:7 {A parable for those which were bidden} (\pros tous
kekl•menous parabol•n\). Perfect passive participle of \kale•\,
to call, to invite. This parable is for the guests who were there
and who had been watching Jesus. {When he marked} (\epech•n\).
Present active participle of \epech•\ with \ton noun\ understood,
holding the mind upon them, old verb and common. {They chose out}
(\exelegonto\). Imperfect middle, were picking out for
themselves. {The chief seats} (\tas pr•toklisias\). The first
reclining places at the table. Jesus condemned the Pharisees
later for this very thing (Mt 23:6; Mr 12:39; Lu 20:46). On a
couch holding three the middle place was the chief one. At
banquets today the name of the guests are usually placed at the
plates. The place next to the host on the right was then, as now,
the post of honour.
14:8 {Sit not down} (\m• kataklith•is\). First aorist
(ingressive) passive subjunctive of \kataklin•\, to recline. Old
verb, but peculiar to Luke in the N.T. (7:36; 9:14; 14:8;
24:30). {Be bidden} (\•i kekl•menos\). Periphrastic perfect
passive subjunctive of \kale•\ after \m• pote\.
14:9 {And say} (\kai erei\). Changes to future indicative with
\m• pote\ as in 12:58. {Shalt begin with shame} (\arx•i meta
aischun•s\). The moment of embarrassment. {To take the lowest
place} (\ton eschaton topon katechein\). To hold down the lowest
place, all the intermediate ones being taken.
14:10 {Sit down} (\anapese\). Second aorist active imperative of
\anapipt•\, to fall up or back, to lie back or down. Late Greek
word for \anaklin•\ (cf. \kataklin•\ in verse 8). {He that hath
bidden thee} (\ho kekl•k•s se\). Perfect active participle as in
verse 12 (\t•i kekl•koti\) with which compare \ho kalesas\ in
verse 9 (first aorist active participle). {He may say}
(\erei\). The future indicative with \hina\ does occur in the
_Koin•_ (papyri) and so in the N.T. (Robertson, _Grammar_, p.
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