Luke 14:17

“And sent his servant at supper time, etc.] Either John the Baptist, the harbinger and forerunner of Christ, who declared that the kingdom of heaven, or the Gospel dispensation, was at hand; and exhorted the people to believe in Christ that should come after him; or Christ himself, who is God's servant as man, of his choosing and appointing, and whom he sent in the fulness of time in the form of a servant, as the minister of the circumcision, to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, and to call sinners to repentance; or servant may be put for servants, since in (<402203>Matthew 22:3,4) mention is made of more; and so the Persic version here; which parable bears some likeness to this, if it…”

“supper-time . . . all now ready--pointing undoubtedly to the now ripening preparations for the great Gospel call. (See on Mat 22:4.)”

“Sent his servant - An invitation had been sent before, but this servant was sent at the time that the supper was ready. From this it would seem that it was the custom to announce to those invited just the time when the feast was prepared. The custom here referred to still prevails in Palestine. Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 178) says: “If a sheikh, beg, 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; Tefŭddŭlû, el 'asha hâder. Come, for the supper is ready. The fact that this custom is mainly confined to the wealthy and to the nobility is in strict agreement with the…”

“14:17 Come, the banquet is ready: The invitations would have been sent much earlier; the guests were summoned when the meal was ready.”

“his: Luk 3:4-6, Luk 9:1-5, Luk 10:1-12; Pro 9:1-5; Mat 3:1-12, Mat 10:1-4; Act 2:38, Act 2:39; Act 3:24-26, Act 13:26, Act 13:38, Act 13:39 Come: Mat 11:27-29, Mat 22:3, Mat 22:4; Joh 7:37; Co2 5:18-21, Co2 6:1 Luke 14:18”