Discovery BoxLuke 14:8 
Context14:8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, 1 do not take 2 the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host. 3
Luke 20:46
Context20:46 “Beware 4 of the experts in the law. 5 They 6 like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings 7 in the marketplaces and the best seats 8 in the synagogues 9 and the places of honor at banquets.
1 tn Or “banquet.” This may not refer only to a wedding feast, because this term can have broader sense (note the usage in Esth 2:18; 9:22 LXX). However, this difference does not affect the point of the parable.
2 tn Grk “do not recline in the place of honor.” 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.
3 tn Grk “by him”; the referent (the host) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Or “Be on guard against.” This is a present imperative and indicates that pride is something to constantly be on the watch against.
5 tn Or “of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.
6 tn Grk “who,” continuing the sentence begun by the prior phrase.
7 sn There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1642; H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.
8 sn See Luke 14:1-14.
