Luca 11:37

37 Or mentr’egli parlava, un Fariseo lo invitò a desinare da lui. Ed egli, entrato, si mise a tavola.

Luca 11:37 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:37

And as he spake
Either the above words, or others at another time:

a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him:
as one of the same sect had before, in ( Luke 7:36 ) and who either was better affected to Christ than the generality of them were; or had a design upon him to get him into company with others, in private, and ensnare him if they could, and overcome him, who was an overmatch for them before the people; among whom they feared, should they go on thus publicly to attack him, their credit and reputation would sink, and be lost.

And he went in and sat down to meat:
whatever were the intentions of the Pharisee, Christ, who was always affable and free with all sorts of men, readily accepted of the invitation, and at once went along with him to his house; and dinner being ready, and on the table, he immediately sat down without any ceremony.

Luca 11:37 In-Context

35 Guarda dunque che la luce che è in te non sia tenebre.

36 Se dunque tutto il tuo corpo è illuminato, senz’aver parte alcuna tenebrosa, sarà tutto illuminato come quando la lampada t’illumina col suo splendore.

37 Or mentr’egli parlava, un Fariseo lo invitò a desinare da lui. Ed egli, entrato, si mise a tavola.

38 E il Fariseo, veduto questo, si maravigliò che non si fosse prima lavato, avanti il desinare.

39 E il Signore gli disse: Voi altri Farisei nettate il di fuori della coppa e del piatto, ma l’interno vostro è pieno di rapina e di malvagità.