Luke 14:28 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 14:28

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

KJV

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

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Commentary

1 voice

Basil of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (379)

(in Esai. 2.) Or the tower is a lofty watch-tower fitted for the guardianship of the city and the discovery of the enemy's approach. In like manner was our understanding given us to preserve the good, to guard against the evil. For the building up whereof the Lord bids us sit down and count our means if we have sufficient to finish.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We lose the things we have wrought ( 2 John 8 ), and all we have done and suffered is in vain, Gal. iii. (2.) When we undertake to be Christ's disciples we are like a man that goes to war, and therefore must consider the hazard of it, and the difficulties that are to be encountered,

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

To build a tower - Probably this means no more than a dwelling house, on the top of which, according to the Asiatic manner, battlements were built, both to take the fresh air on, and to serve for refuge from and defense against an enemy. It was also used for prayer and meditation. This parable represents the absurdity of those who undertook to be disciples of Christ, without considering what difficulties they were to meet with, and what strength they had to enable them to go through with the undertaking.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τίς	Tis	Which	G5101 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	you	G4771 →
θέλων	thelōn	is desiring	G2309 →
πύργον	purgon	a tower	G4444 →
οἰκοδομῆσαι	oikodomēsai	to build	G3618 →
οὐχὶ	ouchi	not	G3780 →
πρῶτον	prōton	first	G4413 →
καθίσας	kathisas	he having sat down	G2523 →
ψηφίζει	psēphizei	he counts	G5585 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δαπάνην	dapanēn	cost	G1160 →
εἰ	ei	whether	G1487 →
ἔχει	echei	he has	G2192 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
ἀπαρτισμόν;	apartismon	[its] completion?	G535 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
leads to
- Matthew 24:13
  But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- James 1:12
  Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Revelation 2:10
  Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
- Mark 13:13
  You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Matthew 10:39
  Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Through
Luke 14:33
In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
leads to
- Philippians 3:7–8
  But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- 1 John 2:15–16
  Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Through
Proverbs 24:27
Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
leads to
- Luke 14:28–30
  Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke