Luke 16:21 And yearning to be satisfied from the scraps falling from the table<5132> of the Rich Man, but also the dogs<2965> coming licked-upon the sores of him.
jI had never given much thought to the "table" mentioned until I started seeing where it is mentioned in both the OT and NT.
The table could be symbolizing a regular table for eating meals at, but also symbolize a type of OC
table of show bread which was located inside the Sanctuary where only Priests could enter and minister. The Rich man appears to represent both
Royalty and a Priest as described earlier concerning the clothing, which can also be viewed as an anti-type of Jesus, Who was a type of Melchizedek.
Some verses from the NT:
Mat 9:10
Now it happened, as
Jesus sat at the table in the house,
that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.
Mat 15:27
And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from
their masters' table.”
Mar 7:28
And she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs
under the table eat from the children's crumbs.”
Luk 14:10
“But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.' Then you will have glory in the presence of those
who sit at the table with you.
Luk 22:30
“that you may eat and drink at
My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
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Used in 3 verses outside of the Gospel's with Hebrews mentioning the table of showbread
Rom 11:9
And David says:
“Let their table become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
1Co 10:21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of
the Lord's table and of the table of demons.
Heb 9:2
For a tabernacle was prepared: the first
part, in which
was the lampstand,
the table, and the showbread, which is called
the sanctuary;
What about Revelation 11:1-2 SANCTUARY, COURT AND HOLY CITY
Sanctuary and Court
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Some OT verses:
Exo 26:35
“You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from
the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
Exo 37:16
He made of pure gold the utensils
which were on the table: its dishes, its cups, its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring.
Num 4:7
“On
the table of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring; and the showbread shall be on it.
Mal 1:7
“You offer defiled food on My altar, But say, ‘In what way have we defiled You?' By saying, ‘The table of the LORD is contemptible.'
Mal 1:12
“But you profane it, In that you say, ‘The table of the LORD is defiled; And its fruit, its food,
is contemptible.'
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Lazarus and the Rich Man - Here a little, there a little - Commentary
This Scripture is also a fitting representation of the position of the nations before the Messiah's sacrifice for the world's sins. They were certainly "excluded from the commonwealth of Israel," "strangers to the covenants of promise," and "without hope and without God in the world." The Gentiles were beggars, located outside Judah and longing to be fed spiritual crumbs from the table of the divinely blessed Jews.
Also important to the story is the meaning of the name Lazarus. This Greek name is a form of the Hebrew
Eleazer, and it literally means "he whom God helps." The use of this particular name is very significant to the message of the parable, for the Gentiles would indeed become "those whom God helped" through the sacrifice of His son, Yeshua.
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Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs,.... The offal food, broken bread, fragments of meat: that food which falls from the knife, or plate, in eating, and from thence on the ground; and literally understood, may express the low condition Christ was in, in his human nature: he assumed a true body, like to ours, and partook of the same flesh and blood with us, and was liable to the same infirmities as ours, which are sinless; and among the rest, was subject to hunger and thirst, and was obliged to the ministration of others for a subsistence: and it may also express his contentment in such a condition; he never murmured at the providence of God, but was entirely, resigned to his will; he did not desire to live in fulness and affluence, but avoided and shunned every step that led unto it; nor did he envy the plenty of others, and was fully satisfied with his meanness; nor did he ever work a miracle for the sake of feeding himself.
Moreover, the words being understood mystically, may design the elect of God among the Jews, who, like crumbs, were few in number, a seed, a remnant, according to the election of grace; there were but few among them that were chosen of God, and effectually called by his grace; and but a little flock to whom he gave the kingdom; and a small number, who entered in at the strait gate, and were saved; and these few were very mean and despicable for their outward poverty; for the poor had the Gospel preached to them, and they received it, when the rich, and the rulers of the people, rejected it: and they were like crumbs their small degree of worldly wisdom and knowledge, being babes, simple, and foolish, who followed Christ, while the learned, wise, and prudent despised him; and for their sinfulness and vileness, being, generally speaking, notorious sinners, publicans and harlots; and of these it may be said what follows,
which fell from the rich man's table; being originally of the Jews, but separated from them by the grace of God, and rejected by them with scorn and contempt. These Christ "desired"; see Sol 7:10 his desire was towards them from everlasting, when he asked them of his Father, and they were given to him; and it was not only after their persons, but after their salvation, and that both in eternity and in time; and which he signified by various words and actions; and it is towards them, while in a state of unregeneracy, that they may be converted, and believe in him; and when they are called, he delights in the grace he puts in them, and in the righteousness he puts upon them; he takes pleasure in their company; he desires them for his habitation; he stands at the door and knocks for admission to them; and nothing is he more earnestly solicitous for, and eager after, than their being with him in glory to all eternity; and his end in all, "is to be fed" or "satisfied with them";
see
Isaiah 53:11 he came into the world to gather these scattered crumbs and fragments together; it was his meat and drink, to work out their salvation; and it will be his highest joy and pleasure to present them to his Father, and himself, complete and perfect, and introduce them into his kingdom and glory: he will be fully satisfied in them, and they in him, when they shall awake in his likeness. Then will all Christ's desires, prayers, and intercessions, have their full accomplishment. The Vulgate Latin adds, "and no man gave to him"; which seems to be transcribed from
Luke 15:16 and is not supported by any copy or version.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(21) And desiring to be fed with the crumbs.—The habits of the East, the absence of knives and forks and the like, made the amount of waste of this kind larger than do the habits of modern Europe. (Comp. the language of the Syro-Phœnician woman, in
Mark 7:28.) Here the picture is heightened by two touches. The dogs are there, and get the crumbs, which the man fails to get, and then they come and lick the open sores. The question has been raised whether this touch is meant to intensify the sufferings of the beggar, or to contrast the almost human sympathy of the brute with the brutal apathy of the man.