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Selected Verse: Luke 14:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 14:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Then [1161] said he [2036] unto him [846], A certain [5100] man [444] made [4160] a great [3173] supper [1173], and [2532] bade [2564] many [4183]: |
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King James |
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
a great supper--(Compare Isa 25:6).
bade many--historically, the Jews (see on Mat 22:3); generally, those within the pale of professed discipleship. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
A great supper - Or great feast. It is said to be "great" on account of the number who were invited.
Bade many - Invited many beforehand. There is little difficulty in understanding this parable. The man who made the supper is, without doubt, designed to represent God; the supper, the provisions which he has made for the salvation of people; and the invitation, the offers which he made to people, particularly to the Jews, of salvation. See a similar parable explained in the notes at Mat 22:1-14. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Made (ἐποίει)
Imperfect, was making. His preparations were in progress. A definite act among these preparations is described by the aorist, he bade (ἐκάλεσεν), the technical word for inviting to a festival. See Mat 22:3; Joh 2:2.
Sent his servant
"If a sheikh, bey, or emeer invites, he always sends a servant to call you at the proper time. This servant often repeats the very formula mentioned in Luk 14:17 : Come, for the supper is ready. The fact that this custom is confined to the wealthy and to the nobility is in strict agreement with the parable, where the man who made the supper is supposed to be of this class. It is true now, as then, that to refuse is a high insult to the maker of the feast (Thomson, "Land and Book"). Palgrave mentions a similar formula of invitation among the Bedouins of Arabia. "The chief, or some un-breeched youngster of his family, comes up to us with the customary tefaddaloo, or do us the favor" ("Central and Eastern Arabia"). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Then said he - Continuing the allusion. A certain man made a great supper - As if he had said, All men are not sensible of this happiness. Many might have a part in it, and will not. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| A certain man made a great supper, etc. - See a similar parable to this, though not spoken on the same occasion, explained, Mat 22:1-14 (note). |
3 And [2532] sent forth [649] his [846] servants [1401] to call [2564] them that were bidden [2564] to [1519] the wedding [1062]: and [2532] they would [2309] not [3756] come [2064].
6 And in this mountain [02022] shall the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] make [06213] unto all people [05971] a feast [04960] of fat things [08081], a feast [04960] of wines on the lees [08105], of fat things [08081] full of marrow [04229], of wines on the lees [08105] well refined [02212].
1 And [2532] Jesus [2424] answered [611] and spake [2036] unto them [846] again [3825] by [1722] parables [3850], and said [3004],
2 The kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is like [3666] unto a certain [444] king [935], which [3748] made [4160] a marriage [1062] for his [846] son [5207],
3 And [2532] sent forth [649] his [846] servants [1401] to call [2564] them that were bidden [2564] to [1519] the wedding [1062]: and [2532] they would [2309] not [3756] come [2064].
4 Again [3825], he sent forth [649] other [243] servants [1401], saying [3004], Tell [2036] them which are bidden [2564], Behold [2400], I have prepared [2090] my [3450] dinner [712]: my [3450] oxen [5022] and [2532] my fatlings [4619] are killed [2380], and [2532] all things [3956] are ready [2092]: come [1205] unto [1519] the marriage [1062].
5 But [1161] they made light of [272] it, and went their ways [565], one [3303] to [1519] his [2398] farm [68], another [1161] to [1519] his [846] merchandise [1711]:
6 And [1161] the remnant [3062] took [2902] his [846] servants [1401], and entreated them spitefully [5195], and [2532] slew [615] them.
7 But [1161] when the king [935] heard [191] thereof, he was wroth [3710]: and [2532] he sent forth [3992] his [846] armies [4753], and destroyed [622] those [1565] murderers [5406], and [2532] burned up [1714] their [846] city [4172].
8 Then [5119] saith he [3004] to his [846] servants [1401], [3303] The wedding [1062] is [2076] ready [2092], but [1161] they which were bidden [2564] were [2258] not [3756] worthy [514].
9 Go ye [4198] therefore [3767] into [1909] the highways [1327] [3598], and [2532] as many as [3745] [302] ye shall find [2147], bid [2564] to [1519] the marriage [1062].
10 So [2532] those [1565] servants [1401] went out [1831] into [1519] the highways [3598], and gathered together [4863] all [3956] as many as [3745] they found [2147], both [5037] bad [4190] and [2532] good [18]: and [2532] the wedding [1062] was furnished [4130] with guests [345].
11 And [1161] when [1525] the king [935] came in [1525] to see [2300] the guests [345], he saw [1492] there [1563] a man [444] which had [1746] not [3756] on [1746] a wedding [1062] garment [1742]:
12 And [2532] he saith [3004] unto him [846], Friend [2083], how [4459] camest thou [1525] in hither [5602] not [3361] having [2192] a wedding [1062] garment [1742]? And [1161] he was speechless [5392].
13 Then [5119] said [2036] the king [935] to the servants [1249], Bind [1210] him [846] hand [5495] and [2532] foot [4228], and take [142] him [846] away [142], and [2532] cast [1544] him into [1519] outer [1857] darkness [4655]; there [1563] shall be [2071] weeping [2805] and [2532] gnashing [1030] of teeth [3599].
14 For [1063] many [4183] are [1526] called [2822], but [1161] few [3641] are chosen [1588].
17 And [2532] sent [649] his [846] servant [1401] at supper [1173] time [5610] to say [2036] to them that were bidden [2564], Come [2064]; for [3754] all things [3956] are [2076] now [2235] ready [2092].
2 And [1161] both [2532] Jesus [2424] was called [2564], and [2532] his [846] disciples [3101], to [1519] the marriage [1062].
3 And [2532] sent forth [649] his [846] servants [1401] to call [2564] them that were bidden [2564] to [1519] the wedding [1062]: and [2532] they would [2309] not [3756] come [2064].
1 And [2532] Jesus [2424] answered [611] and spake [2036] unto them [846] again [3825] by [1722] parables [3850], and said [3004],
2 The kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is like [3666] unto a certain [444] king [935], which [3748] made [4160] a marriage [1062] for his [846] son [5207],
3 And [2532] sent forth [649] his [846] servants [1401] to call [2564] them that were bidden [2564] to [1519] the wedding [1062]: and [2532] they would [2309] not [3756] come [2064].
4 Again [3825], he sent forth [649] other [243] servants [1401], saying [3004], Tell [2036] them which are bidden [2564], Behold [2400], I have prepared [2090] my [3450] dinner [712]: my [3450] oxen [5022] and [2532] my fatlings [4619] are killed [2380], and [2532] all things [3956] are ready [2092]: come [1205] unto [1519] the marriage [1062].
5 But [1161] they made light of [272] it, and went their ways [565], one [3303] to [1519] his [2398] farm [68], another [1161] to [1519] his [846] merchandise [1711]:
6 And [1161] the remnant [3062] took [2902] his [846] servants [1401], and entreated them spitefully [5195], and [2532] slew [615] them.
7 But [1161] when the king [935] heard [191] thereof, he was wroth [3710]: and [2532] he sent forth [3992] his [846] armies [4753], and destroyed [622] those [1565] murderers [5406], and [2532] burned up [1714] their [846] city [4172].
8 Then [5119] saith he [3004] to his [846] servants [1401], [3303] The wedding [1062] is [2076] ready [2092], but [1161] they which were bidden [2564] were [2258] not [3756] worthy [514].
9 Go ye [4198] therefore [3767] into [1909] the highways [1327] [3598], and [2532] as many as [3745] [302] ye shall find [2147], bid [2564] to [1519] the marriage [1062].
10 So [2532] those [1565] servants [1401] went out [1831] into [1519] the highways [3598], and gathered together [4863] all [3956] as many as [3745] they found [2147], both [5037] bad [4190] and [2532] good [18]: and [2532] the wedding [1062] was furnished [4130] with guests [345].
11 And [1161] when [1525] the king [935] came in [1525] to see [2300] the guests [345], he saw [1492] there [1563] a man [444] which had [1746] not [3756] on [1746] a wedding [1062] garment [1742]:
12 And [2532] he saith [3004] unto him [846], Friend [2083], how [4459] camest thou [1525] in hither [5602] not [3361] having [2192] a wedding [1062] garment [1742]? And [1161] he was speechless [5392].
13 Then [5119] said [2036] the king [935] to the servants [1249], Bind [1210] him [846] hand [5495] and [2532] foot [4228], and take [142] him [846] away [142], and [2532] cast [1544] him into [1519] outer [1857] darkness [4655]; there [1563] shall be [2071] weeping [2805] and [2532] gnashing [1030] of teeth [3599].
14 For [1063] many [4183] are [1526] called [2822], but [1161] few [3641] are chosen [1588].