Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
His servant (ton doulon autou). His bondservant. Vocator or Summoner (Esther 5:8; Esther 6:14). This second summons was the custom then as now with wealthy Arabs. Tristram (Eastern Customs, p. 82) says: "To refuse the second summons would be an insult, which is equivalent among the Arab tribes to a declaration of war."
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 14:17:
Matthew 22:1
Luke 14:16
Revelation 19:9
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