Luke 14:2

Dropsy. Greek hudropikos, a common medical term derived from the Greek hudor, “water,” and descriptive of the condition of one who has a surplus of fluid in the body tissues. The word occurs only here in Biblical Greek. This is the only recorded example of such a case coming to the attention of Jesus. He may have come of his own volition, in the hope of being healed, though the record does not state that he presented himself before Jesus for healing. It is conceivable, as some have suggested, that certain of the Pharisees present had arranged for the sick man to be there, in order to trap Jesus into healing him on the Sabbath. The healing apparently took place prior to the time that those invited actually sat down at the table (see verse 7).