DINNER DISCOURCES
In 14.1-35: Dinner conversations were famous teaching settings in the Greek and Jewish worlds. In Jewish and Christian tradition, the banquet becomes a symbol for who is chosen or invited to the heavenly feast. Dinner discussions recur throughout this larger section (see 15.1; 17.10) until Jesus' journey to Jerusalem explicitly resumes in 17.11.
Read Luke 14.1-24. In verses 1.-6: The meal with a Pharisee is again a setting for dispute (7.36-50; 11.37-54) about the law. In verse 2: Dropsy is a condition of edema or retention of bodily fluids, which was perceived as defiling (see also 8.43-48). In verse 5: Even the most strict interpretations of Deut 22.4 would allow sabbath violations for the welfare of a child (see 13.16). In verses 9-10: Jesus' words reflect the traditional wisdom of Prov 25.6-7. In verse 11: Jesus places the exaltation and humbling in the context of his teaching (see 6.20-36). In verses 12-14, 21b-24: Jesus' inclusion of the crippled, the lame, and the blind challenges the purity code of Lev 21.17-23 in light of the judgment standards of the kingdom at the resurrection of the righteous (see also 6.23, 35, 37-38). In verses 23-24: Jesus' mission continues to provoke a divided response in Israel (2.34; 3.8; Acts 13.46; 18.6; 28.23-28). Comments or Questions..
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