Grief Aiding Thought
Luke 14:1-6
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.…


Here, then, stands the man that had the dropsy. Does he object to a miracle on the Sabbath day? It is surprising how our own necessities give an internal light to our principles. Many a thing that has been wholly dark to a man, so that he has said, "I cannot understand it," becomes translucent to him as soon as God has lighted up a grief within him. Put a grief inside a thought, and it is astonishing how much clearer the thought is. This man had clear views of the Sabbath — very clear views. The dropsy had given him those views.

(T. T. Lynch.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

WEB: It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.




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