Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Or else (ei de mhge). Same idiom in Luke 5:36. Luke is fond of this formula.
An ambassage (presbeian). Old and common word for the office of ambassador, composed of old men (presbeiv) like Japanese Elder Statesmen who are supposed to possess wisdom. In the N.T. only here and Luke 19:14.
Asketh conditions of peace (erwtai prov eirhnhn). The use of erwtaw in this sense of beg or petition is common in the papyri and Koin‚ generally. The original use of asking a question survives also. The text is uncertain concerning prov eirhnhn which means with erwtaw, to ask negotiations for peace. In B we have eiv instead of prov like verse Luke 14:28. Most MSS. have ta before prov or eiv, but not in Aleph and B. It is possible that the ta was omitted because of preceding tai (omoeoteleuton), but the sense is the same. See Romans 14:19 ta thv eirhnhv, the things of peace, which concern or look towards peace, the preliminaries of peace.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 14:32:
John 12:25
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