ENTERTAINMENTS
ENTERTAINMENTS
- Often great # Ge 21:8 Da 5:1 Lu 5:29
- GIVEN ON OCCASIONS OF 2a) Marriage
# Mt 22:2
2b) Birthdays # Mr 6:21 2c) Weaning children # Ge 21:8 2d) Taking leave of friends # 1Ki 19:21 2e) Return of friends # 2Sa 12:4 Lu 15:23 2f) Ratifying covenants # Ge 26:30 31:54 2g) Sheep-shearing # 1Sa 25:2,36 2Sa 13:23 2h) Harvest home # Ru 3:2-7 Isa 9:3 2i) Vintage # Jud 9:27 2j) Coronation of Kings # 1Ki 1:9,18,19 1Ch 12:39,40 Ho 7:5 2k) Offering voluntary sacrifice # Ge 31:54 De 12:6,7 1Sa 1:4,5,9 2l) Festivals # 1Sa 20:5,24-26 2m) National deliverance # Es 8:17 9:17-19 3) Preparations made for # Ge 18:6,7 Pr 9:2 Mt 22:4 Lu 15:23 4) KINDS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 4a) Dinner # Ge 43:16 Mt 22:4 Lu 14:12 4b) Supper # Lu 14:12 Joh 12:2 4c) Banquet of wine # Es 5:6 5) Under the direction of a master of the feast # Joh 2:8,9 6) Served often by hired servants # Mt 22:13 Joh 2:5 7) Served often by members of the family # Ge 18:8 Lu 10:40 Joh 12:2 8) INVITATIONS TO 8a) Often addressed to many # Lu 14:16 8b) Often only to relatives and friends # 1Ki 1:9 Lu 14:12 8c) Often by the master in person # 2Sa 13:24 Es 5:4 Zep 1:7 Lu 7:36 8d) Repeated through servants when all things were ready # Pr 9:1-5 Lu 14:17 8e) Should be sent to the poor, &c # De 14:29 Lu 14:13 9) OFTEN GIVEN IN 9a) The house # Lu 5:29 9b) The air, besides fountains # 1Ki 1:9 9c) The court of the house # Es 1:5,6 Lu 7:36,37 9d) The upper room or guest chamber # Mr 14:14,15 10) GUESTS AT 10a) Saluted by the master # Lu 7:45 10b) Usually anointed # Ps 23:5 Lu 7:46 10c) Had their feet washed when they came a distance # Ge 18:4 43:24 Lu 7:38,44 10d) Arranged according to rank # Ge 43:33 1Sa 9:22 Lu 14:10 10e) Often had separate dishes # Ge 43:34 1Sa 1:4 10f) Often ate from the same dish # Mt 26:23 11) Forwardness to take chief seats at, condemned # Mt 23:6 Lu 14:7,8 12) A choice portion reserved in, for principal guests # Ge 43:34 1Sa 1:5 9:23,24 13) Custom of presenting the sop at, to one of the guests, alluded to # Joh 13:26 14) Portions of, often sent to the absent # 2Sa 11:8 Ne 8:10 Es 9:19 15) Offence given by refusing to go to # Lu 14:18,24 16) Anxiety to have many guests at, alluded to # Lu 14:22,23 17) Men and women did not usually meet at # Es 1:8,9 Mr 6:21 Mt 14:11 18) None admitted to, after the master had risen and shut the door # Lu 13:24,25 19) Began with thanksgiving # 1Sa 9:13 Mr 8:6 20) Concluded with a hymn # Mr 14:26 21) None asked to eat or drink more than he liked at # Es 1:8 22) Music and dancing often introduced at # Am 6:5 Mr 6:22 Lu 15:25 23) Often scenes of great intemperance # 1Sa 25:36 Da 5:3,4 Ho 7:5 24) Given by the guests in return # Job 1:4 Lu 14:12