2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
2 There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body.
2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.
2 Right before him there was a man hugely swollen in his joints.
2 And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy.
2 There was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 14:2
Commentary on Luke 14:1-6
(Read Luke 14:1-6)
This Pharisee, as well as others, seems to have had an ill design in entertaining Jesus at his house. But our Lord would not be hindered from healing a man, though he knew a clamour would be raised at his doing it on the sabbath. It requires care to understand the proper connexion between piety and charity in observing the sabbath, and the distinction between works of real necessity and habits of self-indulgence. Wisdom from above, teaches patient perseverance in well-doing.