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Luke 14:31-32 KJV
Luke · chapter 14 · verses 31–32
31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.Luke 14:31-32 · King James Version
Luke 14:31-32 in context
29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
34Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- consultethbouleuōto deliberate with one s self, consider, to take counsel, resolveG1011 →
- conditionsprosto the advantage of, at, near, by, to, towards, with, with regard toG4314 →
- ambassagepresbeiaage, dignity, right of the first born, the business normally intrusted to elders, spec…G4242 →
- desiretherōtaōto question, to ask, to request, entreat, beg, beseechG2065 →
- againsteisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
- sittethkathizōto make to sit down, to set, appoint, to confer a kingdom on one, intransitively, to sit…G2523 →
- sendethapostellōto order to go to a place appointed, to send away, dismiss, to allow one to depart, that…G649 →
- goingporeuōto lead over, carry over, transfer, to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to…G4198 →
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See how Christ in his doctrine suited himself to those to whom he spoke, and gave every one his portion of meat. To Pharisees he preached humility and charity. He is in these verses directing his discourse to the multitudes that crowded after him, and seemed zealous in following him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-35