Luke 14:32

Luke 14:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
• New International Version (NIV)If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.

Context of Luke 14:32

30They will say, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’ 31Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace. 33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions. 34“Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?

Luke 14:32 word by word

εἰ δὲ μή γε, ἔτι αὐτοῦ πόρρω ὄντος πρεσβείαν ἀποστείλας ἐρωτᾷ τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Orδέde · thenG1161
• elseεἰei · ifG1487
• ·εἰ δὲ μή(γε)ei de mē(ge) · but if not; otherwiseG1490
• while the otherαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• a great way offπόρρωporrhō · far (away)G4206
• he sendethἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• an ambassageπρεσβείαpresbeia · delegationG4242
• and desireth conditionsἐρωτάωerōtaō · to askG2065
• ofπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• peaceεἰρήνηeirēnē · peaceG1515

Cross-references for Luke 14:32

• Luke 12:58As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
• 1 Kings 20:31His advisers said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”
• 2 Kings 10:4They were absolutely terrified and said, “Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?”
• Job 40:9Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
• Matthew 5:25Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.
• Acts 12:20Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king’s personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country’s food supply was provided by the king’s country.
• James 4:6But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

Commentaries on Luke 14:32

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Or 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-35Verses 25-35 Though the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, yet they all bear their cross, and must bear it in the way of duty. Jesus bids them count upon it, and then consider of it. Our Saviour explains this by two similitudes; the former showing that we must consider the expenses of our religion; the latter, that we must consider the perils of it. Sit down and count the cost; consider it will cost the mortifying of sin, even the most beloved…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-35large crowds were traveling with Jesus: Jesus was very popular, but he was about to teach that the cost of following him was also very high.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3328-33. which of you, &c.--Common sense teaches men not to begin any costly work without first seeing that they have wherewithal to finish. And he who does otherwise exposes himself to general ridicule. Nor will any wise potentate enter on a war with any hostile power without first seeing to it that, despite formidable odds (two to one), he be able to stand his ground; and if he has no hope of this, he will feel that nothing remains for him but to make the…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 14:32

• Ambassadors
• Jesus, the Christ
• Prudence
• Salvation
• Seekers
• Self-Denial
• War

In the dictionaries

• Compel
• Condition
• Consent
• Consult
• Exalt
• Excuse
• Halt
• Hate
• Worship
• Ambassage

Commentaries on Luke 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings