Luke 5:29 Meaning and Explanation
“And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.”
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Read Full Chapter →Levi holds a great feast for Jesus at his house, with a large company of tax collectors and others at the table.
What Does Luke 5:29 Mean?
Levi's first act as a disciple is hospitality: a great feast in his own house, with Jesus as the guest of honor and the tables filled with his old world — publicans and 'others' the respectable would not dine beside. In that culture, to share a table was to extend fellowship; this meal is a statement.
He cannot un-know his old colleagues, so he does something better: he brings them within reach of the one who changed him. New joy instinctively throws a feast and invites the unlikely. It remains one of the simplest forms of witness — set a table, gather the people you know, and let them sit near Christ. Levi gave his friends the only gift that had ever truly enriched him.
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What does Luke 5:29 mean?
Levi holds a great feast for Jesus at his house, with a large company of tax collectors and others at the table.