What Does Luke 14:22 Mean in the King James?
And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
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 feast’s welcome is not exhausted when the first invitations are fulfilled; there is still room.
THE MEANING
The command is done, and the open space remains part of the report: fulfillment and unfinished welcome coexist. The verse presents room as something still available, not evidence that the welcome has failed.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the assumption that the first arrivals exhaust the host’s welcome: the servant reports both that the task is done and that room remains.
THE ROOT
τόπος
topos
GROWS FROM
τοπ-
top-
Place or position; by extension, the space occupied or available.
The Greek word translated “room” is τόπος (topos), a place or space. English “room” can sound like leftover capacity; τόπος lets the verse hold a more concrete image: a place remains available within the house.
ALSO GROWS
topos: Place, position, or available space.
τόπος
The same word names the place prepared in John 14:2, linking remaining room with a place made available for someone.
atopos: Out of place, improper, or unusual.
ἄτοπος
This related word shows the root’s connection to what fits a place; here, the remaining space is part of the host’s welcome.
THE PATTERN
The invitation remains open while there is room for more to come in.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.THE THREAD
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.The same Greek word, τόπος (topos, “place” or “room”), names the space still available here and the place prepared in the Father’s house. In both verses, welcome takes the concrete form of a place made available.
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