Bible Strands
Luke 14:17
When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The banquet host directs his servant to summon the previously invited guests at the appointed hour. This instruction follows the host's announcement of the feast's completion and immediately precedes the guests' refusal.
The words — The Greek verb ἀπέστειλεν (apesteilen) literally means "he sent," and ὥρᾳ (hōra) specifies the exact "hour" for the meal. These terms mark the precise timing and authoritative dispatch of the summons.
The thread — The summoned feast mirrors the initial invitation in Luke 14:16 and aligns with the refused call in Matthew 22:3. The prepared banquet motif also corresponds to Wisdom's constructed house in Proverbs 9:1.
Why it lands — The text commands an immediate response to a finished invitation without negotiation or postponement. It requires the reader to acknowledge that readiness precedes arrival and that delay functions as a refusal.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
- Matthew 10:1 And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.
- Matthew 22:3 He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
- Luke 3:4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.
- John 7:37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Matthew 3:1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
- Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
- Luke 9:1 Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.
- Luke 10:1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
- Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.