Luke 14:25-26 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said to them,… While discussing this passage one day, I noticed that a beam of sunlight had fallen upon the mass of glowing coal in the grate, and where the sunlight fell the bright redness was turned into absolute blackness. "Ah!" thought I, "there is the meaning of this passage." As the glowing coal appears black beneath the far more intense light of the sun, so Christ asks that the light of our love for Him should be so intense as to render our earthly loves even as hatreds in comparison. In reality, although the red coal appears black under the sunlight, it is still as hot as before, yea, hotter than before, because of the added heat from the sun; so our love for friends and relatives, though it should appear as hatred beneath our love for Christ, will not be quenched by it, but added to, and rendered deeper and purer. (H. Stanley.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,WEB: Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, |
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