Luke 14:32
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
KJV
εἰ δὲ μήγε, ἔτι αὐτοῦ πόρρω ὄντος πρεσβείαν ἀποστείλας ἐρωτᾷ τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην.
Greek NT
Alioquin adhuc illo longe agente, legationem mittens rogat ea quæ pacis sunt.
Vulgate
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.
ASV
Or else, while the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰρήνη
eirene
noun · 90×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πρεσβεία
presbeia
noun · 2×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πόῤῥω
porro
adverb · 3×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἐρωτάω
erotao
verb · 65×
ἔτι
eti
adverb · 94×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ πόρρω | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτοῦ πόρρω | RP: πόρρω αὐτοῦ
- αὐτοῦ πόρρω — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῦ πόρρω — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πόρρω αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τὰ | Treg/NIV/RP: τὰ
- τὰ — SBLGNT
- τὰ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 12:20 — And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country wa