Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Luke 14:21

παραγενόμενος ὁ δοῦλος�. We have here a shadow of the complaints and lamentations of our Lord over the stiffnecked obstinacy of the Jews in rejecting Him.

τότε ὀργισθεὶς ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης.

“God, when He’s angry here with any one
His wrath is free from perturbation;
And when we think His looks are sour and grim
The alteration is in us, not Him.”

HERRICK.

τὰς πλατείας καὶ ῥύμας τῆς πόλεως. This corresponds to the call of the publicans, sinners, and harlots—the lost sheep of the House of Israel, Luke 4:18; Mark 12:37; Matthew 21:32; James 2:5. In classic Greek ῥύμη means ‘a rush.’ In later Greek (probably as a colloquialism) it acquired the sense of alley.

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Luke 14:21

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