Entertainments
Entertainments
Often great - Ge 21:8; Da 5:1; Lu 5:29
GIVEN ON OCCASIONS OF
Preparations made for - Ge 18:6,7; Pr 9:2; Mt 22:4; Lu 15:23
KINDS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Under the direction of a master of the feast - Joh 2:8,9
Served often by hired servants - Mt 22:13; Joh 2:5
Served often by members of the family - Ge 18:8; Lu 10:40; Joh 12:2
INVITATIONS TO
- Often addressed to many
- Lu 14:16 - Often only to relatives and friends
- 1Ki 1:9; Lu 14:12 - Often by the master in person
- 2Sa 13:24; Es 5:4; Zep 1:7; Lu 7:36 - Repeated through servants when all things were ready
- Pr 9:1-5; Lu 14:17 - Should be sent to the poor, &c
- De 14:29; Lu 14:13
OFTEN GIVEN IN
- The house
- Lu 5:29 - The air, besides fountains
- 1Ki 1:9 - The court of the house
- Es 1:5,6; Lu 7:36,37 - The upper room or guest chamber
- Mr 14:14,15
GUESTS AT
Forwardness to take chief seats at, condemned - Mt 23:6; Lu 14:7,8
A choice portion reserved in, for principal guests - Ge 43:34; 1Sa 1:5; 9:23,24
Custom of presenting the sop at, to one of the guests, alluded to - Joh 13:26
Portions of, often sent to the absent - 2Sa 11:8; Ne 8:10; Es 9:19
Offence given by refusing to go to - Lu 14:18,24
Anxiety to have many guests at, alluded to - Lu 14:22,23
Men and women did not usually meet at - Es 1:8,9; Mr 6:21; Mt 14:11
None admitted to, after the master had risen and shut the door - Lu 13:24,25
Began with thanksgiving - 1Sa 9:13; Mr 8:6
Concluded with a hymn - Mr 14:26
None asked to eat or drink more than he liked at - Es 1:8
Music and dancing often introduced at - Am 6:5; Mr 6:22; Lu 15:25
Often scenes of great intemperance - 1Sa 25:36; Da 5:3,4; Ho 7:5
Given by the guests in return - Job 1:4; Lu 14:12
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