Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 14].
14:19 {To prove them} (\dokimasai auta\). He could have tested
them before buying. The oxen would not run away or be stolen.
14:20 {I cannot come} (\ou dunamai elthein\). Less polite than
the others but a more plausible pretence if he wanted to make it
so. The law excused a newly married man from war (De 24:5),
"but not from social courtesy" (Ragg). The new wife would
probably have been glad to go with him to the feast if asked. But
see 1Co 7:33. There is here as often a sharp difference between
the excuses offered and the reasons behind them.
14:21 {Being angry} (\orgistheis\). First aorist (ingressive)
passive, becoming angry. {Quickly} (\tache•s\). The dinner is
ready and no time is to be lost. The invitation goes still to
those in the city. {Streets and lanes} (\tas plateias kai
rhumas\). Broadways and runways (broad streets and narrow lanes).
{Maimed} (\anapeirous\). So Westcott and Hort for the old word
\anap•rous\, due to itacism (\ei=•\ in pronunciation). The word
is compounded of \ana\ and \p•ros\, lame all the way up.
14:22 {And yet there is room} (\kai eti topos estin\). The Master
had invited "many" (verse 16) who had all declined. The servant
knew the Master wished the places to be filled.
14:23 {The highways and hedges} (\tas hodous kai phragmous\). The
public roads outside the city of Judaism just as the streets and
lanes were inside the city. The heathen are to be invited this
time. {Hedges} is fenced in places from \phrass•\, to fence in
(Ro 3:19). {Compel} (\anagkason\). First aorist active
imperative of \anagkaz•\, from \anagk•\ (verse 18). By
persuasion of course. There is no thought of compulsory
salvation. "Not to use force, but to constrain them against the
reluctance which such poor creatures would feel at accepting the
invitation of a great lord" (Vincent). As examples of such
"constraint" in this verb see Mt 14:22; Ac 26:11; Ga 6:12.
{That my house may be filled} (\hina gemisth•i mou ho oikos\).
First aorist passive subjunctive of \gemiz•\, to fill full, old
verb from \gem•\, to be full. Effective aorist. Subjunctive with
\hina\ in final clause. The Gentiles are to take the place that
the Jews might have had (Ro 11:25). Bengel says: _Nec natura
nec gratia patitur vacuum_.
14:24 {My supper} (\mou tou deipnou\). Here it is still the
Master of the feast who is summing up his reasons for his
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