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Luke 14:20 Cross-References
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“And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.”
Luke 14:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Luke 14:20
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. This third excuse in the Great Supper parable is the most absolute—he doesn't even request to be excused (parēteō, παραιτέω) as the previous two did. The Greek gunaika egēma (γυναῖκα ἔγημα, "I married a wife") uses the aorist tense indicating a recently completed action. His assertion dia touto ou dunamai elthein (διὰ τοῦτο οὐ δύναμαι ἐλθεῖν, "therefore I cannot come") claims absolute impossibility rather than inconvenience.Yet Deuteronomy 24:5 exempted newlyweds from military service and business obligations for one year—bu...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Luke 14:20
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“he shall not go out in the army”
“how he may please his wife.”
“brothers: the time is short”
“Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,,And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,,,,,,,,,”