Luke 14:32 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 14:32

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

BSB

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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.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 37 (604)

What then must be done, brothers, except that while we see that we with a single army cannot prevail against his double one, we send an embassy while he is still far off, and ask for terms of peace? For he is said to be far off because he is not yet seen as present through judgment.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermon 105 (444)

"Or what king, He says, wishing to make war with another king, does not consider with himself, whether with his ten thousand he can prevail over one who is more mighty than himself?" And what does this mean? "Our wrestle is not against blood and flesh, but against governments; against empires; against the worldholders of this darkness; against wicked spirits in the heavenly regions."

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Or else - If he is not able. If he is satisfied that he would be defeated. An ambassage - Persons to treat with an enemy and propose terms of peace. These expressions are not to be improperly pressed in order to obtain from them a spiritual signification. The general scope of the parable is to be learned from the connection, and may be thus expressed: 1. Every man who becomes a follower of Jesus should calmly and deliberately look at all the consequences of such an act and be prepared to meet them.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	lest	G1487 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
μή	mē	except	G3361 →
γε,	ge	indeed	G1065 →
ἔτι	eti	still	G2089 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
πόρρω	porrō	far off	G4206 →
ὄντος	ontos	being	G1510 →
πρεσβείαν	presbeian	an embassy	G4242 →
ἀποστείλας	aposteilas	having sent	G649 →
ἐρωτᾷ	erōta	he asks	G2065 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
πρὸς	pros	for	G4314 →
εἰρήνην.¶	eirēnēn	peace.	G1515 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 12:20
Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their…
leads to
- Ezra 3:7
  They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by…
- Matthew 11:21–22
  “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Ezekiel 27:17
  Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
- Luke 14:31–32
  Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- Luke 16:8
  The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
Through
Job 40:9
Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
leads to
- Job 37:4–5
  Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
- Psalms 89:13
  Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
- Job 33:12–13
  Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke