Entertainments

Entertainments

Often great - Ge 21:8; Da 5:1; Lu 5:29

GIVEN ON OCCASIONS OF

• Marriage
- Mt 22:2
• Birthdays
- Mr 6:21
• Weaning children
- Ge 21:8
• Taking leave of friends
- 1Ki 19:21
• Return of friends
- 2Sa 12:4; Lu 15:23
• Ratifying covenants
- Ge 26:30; 31:54
• Sheep-shearing
- 1Sa 25:2,36; 2Sa 13:23
• Harvest home
- Ru 3:2-7; Isa 9:3
• Vintage
- Jud 9:27
• Coronation of Kings
- 1Ki 1:9,18,19; 1Ch 12:39,40; Ho 7:5
• Offering voluntary sacrifice
- Ge 31:54; De 12:6,7; 1Sa 1:4,5,9
• Festivals
- 1Sa 20:5,24-26
• National deliverance
- Es 8:17; 9:17-19

Preparations made for - Ge 18:6,7; Pr 9:2; Mt 22:4; Lu 15:23

KINDS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

• Dinner
- Ge 43:16; Mt 22:4; Lu 14:12
• Supper
- Lu 14:12; Joh 12:2
• Banquet of wine
- Es 5:6

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

• Saluted by the master
- Lu 7:45
• Usually anointed
- Ps 23:5; Lu 7:46
• Had their feet washed when they came a distance
- Ge 18:4; 43:24; Lu 7:38,44
• Arranged according to rank
- Ge 43:33; 1Sa 9:22; Lu 14:10
• Often had separate dishes
- Ge 43:34; 1Sa 1:4
• Often ate from the same dish
- Mt 26:23

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