What Does Luke 14:16 Mean in the King James?

Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

Luke 14:16 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The invitation is not merely an announcement about the feast; it is a call that gathers people into it.

THE MEANING

A prepared feast stands open, and its invitation reaches many. The welcome begins with what is already made ready, and the call draws people toward shared abundance.

THE ROOT

ἐκάλεσεν

ekalesen

GROWS FROM

καλέω

kaleō

To call, summon, or invite.

The verb translated “bade” carries the sense of calling people in, not simply giving them information. The feast and the call belong together: the prepared abundance becomes an invitation to gather and share it.

ALSO GROWS

klēsis: A call or summons.

κλῆσις

This branch names the call itself, opening the sense of “bade” as an invitation into participation.

klētos: Someone who has been called or invited.

κλητός

This branch describes a person in relation to the call, showing how an invitation draws people toward a gathering.

THE PATTERN

Abundance is made ready and then opened through a call that gathers people to share it.

And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

Isaiah 25:6 · KJVThe feast is prepared for all people, making abundance the ground of a wide welcome.

Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

Matthew 22:9 · KJVThe call reaches outward to people found along the roads and invites them to the feast.

And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Revelation 19:9 · KJVThose called to the supper are gathered into the shared joy of the feast.

THE THREAD

Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

Matthew 22:9 · KJV

Matthew uses the same Greek call-word as Luke’s “bade.” Luke shows the invitation going out to many; Matthew opens that call toward those found along the highways.

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