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Luke 11:37
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35 Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.
36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.”

Woe to the Pharisees and Lawyers

37 And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and sat down to eat.
38 aWhen the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.  
39 aThen the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but byour inward part is full of greed and wickedness.  
40 Foolish ones! Did not aHe who made the outside make the inside also?  
41 aBut rather give alms of such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you.  
42 a“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and bpass by justice and the clove of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.  
43 aWoe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.  
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Luke 11:37

Now as he spake (en de tw lalhsai). Luke's common idiom, en with the articular infinitive (aorist active infinitive) but it does not mean "after he had spoken" as Plummer argues, but simply "in the speaking," no time in the aorist infinitive. See Luke 3:21 for similar use of aorist infinitive with en.

Asketh (erwtai). Present active indicative, dramatic present. Request, not question.

To dine (opwv aristhsh). Note opwv rather than the common ina. Aorist active subjunctive rather than present, for a single meal. The verb is from ariston (breakfast). See distinction between ariston and deipnon (dinner or supper) in Luke 14:12. It is the morning meal (breakfast or lunch) after the return from morning prayers in the synagogue (Matthew 22:4), not the very early meal called akratisma. The verb is, however, used for the early meal on the seashore in John 21:12, John 21:15.

With him (par autw). By his side.

Sat down to meat (anepesen). Second aorist active indicative of anapiptw, old verb, to recline, to fall back on the sofa or lounge. No word here for "to meat."




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 11:37:

Luke 7:36
John 21:12

 

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