One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
This narrative contains nothing more than a miracle which Christ performed, in order to correct the superstitious observance of the Sabbath. For he did not, intend, as some imagine, absolutely to abolish the Sabbath, but only to point out, that neither the works of God, nor the duties of charity, violate the holy rest which is enjoined by the law.
In this passage of story we find, I. That the Son of man came eating and drinking, conversing familiarly with all sorts of people; not declining the society of publicans, though they were of ill fame, nor of Pharisees, though they bore him ill will, but accepting the friendly invitations both of the one and the other, that, if possible, he might do good to both.
Commenting on Luke 14:1-6
Verse 1. It came to pass. It so happened or occurred. As he went, &c. It is probable that he was invited to go, being in the neighbourhood (); and it is also probable that the Pharisee invited him for the purpose of getting him to say something that would involve him in difficulty. One of the chief Pharisees.