Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

Luke 14:16

Made [ε π ο ι ε ι]. Imperfect, was making. His preparations were in progress. A definite act among these preparations is described by the aorist, he bade [ε κ α λ ε σ ε ν], the technical word for inviting to a festival. See Matthew 22:3; John 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 Luke 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 unbreeched youngster of his family, comes up to us with the customary tefaddaloo, or do us the favor" (" Central and Eastern Arabia ").

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Luke 14:16

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