Luke 14:32 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 14:32

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

KJV

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ASV

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

WEB

And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

YLT

and if not so--he being yet a long way off--having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

DBT

and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Acts 12:20
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
1 Kings 20:31–34
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
Job 40:9
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
James 4:6–10
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
2 Kings 10:4–5
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

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1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

(2) Though the contest for salvation be on our part an awfully unequal one, the human will, in the exercise of that "faith which overcometh the world" (1Jo 5:4), and nerved by power from above, which "out of weakness makes it strong" (Heb 11:34;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Note, First, Those that persist in sin make war against God, the most unnatural, unjustifiable war; they rebel against their lawful sovereign, whose government is perfectly just and good. Secondly, The proudest and most daring sinner is no equal match for God; the disproportion of strength is much greater than that here supposed between ten thousand and twenty thousand.

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