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The Shame of an Unfinished Faith
Commentators stress that the mockery described is not light-hearted but a deep, contemptuous ridicule for starting a significant project—the Christian life—and failing to see it through. Charles Spurgeon warns this failure becomes a public monument to one's own folly, inviting scorn not just from people but for eternity. The shame comes from the public start followed by a private retreat from the costs of discipleship.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 14:29
18th Century
Theologian
Haply. Perhaps.
To mock him. To ridicule him. To laugh at him.
AT Robertson
On Luke 14:29
Lest haply (ινα μηποτε). Double final particles (positive and negative with addition of ποτε). Used here with aorist middle subjun…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 14:28–30
19th Century
Bishop
Which of you, intending to build a tower...?—The words do not depend for their meaning on any local or personal allusion, but it is quite …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 14:28–30
19th Century
Preacher
Do you not think that there are a great many towers of that kind around in our day? I mean, unfinished Christian characters—persons who profess to …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 14:29
Jesus uses two different circumstances to illustrate his basic point: discipleship requires a conscious advance commitment, made with a realistic e…
John Gill
On Luke 14:29
17th Century
Pastor
Lest haply after he has laid the foundation
Has begun to build, has taken up a profession, has submitted to ordinanc…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 14:25–35
17th Century
Minister
Although the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, they all bear their cross and must bear it in the way of duty. Jesus instructs them to anti…