Luke 14:19

Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

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KJV

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

ASV

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.

YLT

`And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:

DBT

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.

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Or let us suppose that three classes of men are excluded from partaking of that supper, Gentiles, Jews, Heretics. The Jews by their fleshly service impose upon themselves the yoke of the law, for the five yoke are the yoke of the Ten Commandments, of which it is said, And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. (Deut. 4:13.) That is, the commands of the Decalogue. Or the five yoke are the five books of the old law.

Ambrose of Milan· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 397patristic

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He who has bought five yoke of oxen is he who neglects his intellectual nature, and follows the things of sense, therefore he cannot comprehend a spiritual nature.

Origen of Alexandria· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 253patristic

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen,.... To plough the field with, and I go to prove them: this also being at, or near evening, was an unsuitable time to go into the field with yokes of oxen to try them, how they would draw the plough, and work in the field; the morning would have been a much more proper time: I pray thee have me excused; to the master of the feast: this man represents also the carnal and worldly Jews, who preferred temporal things before spiritual.

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

I go to prove them - To try them, to see if he had made a good bargain. It is worthy of remark that this excuse was very trifling. He could as easily have tried them at any other time as then, and his whole conduct shows that he was more disposed to gratify himself than to accept the invitation of his friend. He was selfish; just as all sinners are, who, to gratify their own worldliness and sins, refuse to accept the offers of the gospel.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

Our Lord's reply is in substance this: "The great Feast is prepared already; the invitations are issued, but declined; the feast, notwithstanding, shall not want abundance of guests; but not one of its present contemners--who shall yet come to sue for admission--shall be allowed to taste of it." This shows what was lacking in the seemingly pious exclamation of this man.

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

The great law of discipleship laid down, with a caution to all that will be Christ's disciples to undertake it deliberately and with consideration, and particularly to ministers, to retain their savour,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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