Luke - 14:9



9 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 14:9.

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And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.
And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.
and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this man, and then thou begin with shame to take the last place.
And he that invited thee and him, shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.
and the man who invited you both will come and will say to you, 'Make room for this guest,' and then you, ashamed, will move to the lowest place.
And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.
And then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, 'Give this place to him.' And then you would begin, with shame, to take the last place.
and the host who invited you both will come and say to you 'Make room for this person,' and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he that bade thee and him,.... To the feast, and who is the master of it, and has a right to dispose of, and order his guests at his table, as he thinks fit:
come and say to thee, give this man place; pray rise up, and give this honourable man this seat, which is more suitable for a person of his rank and figure, and take another:
and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room; or place, which must unavoidably fill a man with shame and confusion; because hereby his pride and vanity, in affecting the uppermost room, will be publicly exposed; and he who before sat in the chief place, will have the mortification, before all the guests, to be seated in the lowest.

the lowest--not a lower merely [BENGEL].
with shame--"To be lowest is only ignominious to him who affects the highest" [BENGEL].

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