Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 14].
984). {Go up higher} (\prosanab•thi\). Second aorist active
imperative second singular of \prosanabain•\, an old double
compound verb, but here only in the N.T. Probably, "Come up
higher," because the call comes from the host and because of
\pros\.
14:11 {Shall be humbled} (\tapein•th•setai\). First future
passive. One of the repeated sayings of Jesus (18:14; Mt
23:12).
14:12 {A dinner or a supper} (\ariston • deipnon\). More exactly,
a breakfast or a dinner with distinction between them as already
shown. This is a parable for the host as one had just been given
for the guests, though Luke does not term this a parable. {Call
not} (\m• ph•nei\). \M•\ and the present imperative active,
prohibiting the habit of inviting only friends. It is the
_exclusive_ invitation of such guests that Jesus condemns. There
is a striking parallel to this in Plato's _Phaedrus_ 233.
{Recompense} (\antapodoma\). In the form of a return invitation.
Like \anti\ in "bid thee again" (\antikales•sin\).
14:13 {When thou makest a feast} (\hotan doch•n poi•is\). \Hotan\
and the present subjunctive in an indefinite temporal clause.
\Doch•\ means reception as in Lu 5:29, late word, only in these
two passages in the N.T. Note absence of article with these
adjectives in the Greek (poor people, maimed folks, lame people,
blind people).
14:14 {To recompense thee} (\antapodounai soi\). Second aorist
active infinitive of this old and common double compound verb, to
give back in return. The reward will come at the resurrection if
not before and thou shalt be happy.
14:15 {Blessed} (\makarios\). Happy, same word in the Beatitudes
of Jesus (Mt 5:3ff.). This pious platitude whether due to
ignorance or hypocrisy was called forth by Christ's words about
the resurrection. It was a common figure among the rabbis, the
use of a banquet for the bliss of heaven. This man may mean that
this is a prerogative of the Pharisees. He assumed complacently
that he will be among the number of the blest. Jesus himself uses
this same figure of the spiritual banquet for heavenly bliss (Lu
22:29). {Shall eat} (\phagetai\). Future middle from \esthi•\,
defective verb, from stem of the aorist (\ephagon\) like \edomai\
of the old Greek.
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