Luke 17:8 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 17:8

Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?

BSB

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ASV

and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

KJV

And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

For we know that no one sits down before he has first passed over. Moses indeed also passed over, that he might see a great sight. Since then thou not only sayest to thy servant, Sit down to meat, but requirest from him another service, so in this life the Lord does not put up with the performance of one work and labour, because as long as we live we ought always to work. Therefore it follows, And will not rather say, Make ready wherewith I may sup.

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The Medieval Church1 voice

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

He bids make ready wherewith he may sup, that is, after the labours of public discourse, He bids him humble himself in self-examination. With such a supper our Lord desires to be fed. But to gird one's self is to collect the mind which has been enfolded in the base coil of fluctuating thoughts, whereby its steps in the cause of good works are wont to be entangled.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2334: “Our Service For Christ Never Finished” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1893)

THESE words are not addressed to the general congregation. You notice that the chapter begins, "Then said He unto the disciples." Even they felt as if Christ's words were too heavy for them and so, when you get to the fifth verse, you read, "And the Apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith," as if only the very strongest of them were able to receive His teaching just then—He was describing such difficult duties and prescribing so peculiar a path.

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

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	But	G235 →
οὐχὶ	ouchi	surely	G3780 →
ἐρεῖ	erei	he will say	G4483 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
ἑτοίμασον	hetoimason	do prepare	G2090 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
δειπνήσω,	deipnēsō	I may eat,	G1172 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
περιζωσάμενος	perizōsamenos	having girded yourself about	G4024 →
διακόνει	diakonei	do serve	G1247 →
μοι	moi	me	G3165 →
ἕως	he'ōs	while	G2193 →
φάγω	phagō	I may eat	G5315 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πίω,	piō	I may drink,	G4095 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μετὰ	meta	after	G3326 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →
φάγεσαι	phagesai	you will eat	G5315 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πίεσαι	piesai	will drink	G4095 →
σύ;	su	you yourself?’	G4771 →

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

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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
Luke 12:37
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself…
leads to
- 2 Peter 3:14
  Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
- Matthew 24:42
  Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
- John 13:4–5
  So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.
- John 12:26
  If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- Matthew 24:45–47
  Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
Through
2 Samuel 12:20
Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his…
leads to
- Job 1:20
  Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
- Ruth 3:3
  Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
Through
Genesis 43:16
When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at…
leads to
- Genesis 44:1
  Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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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