Luke 14:8
Context| NETBible | “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 |
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| NET © Notes |
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. |
