ο 3588 T-NSM δε 1161 CONJ ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτω 846 P-DSM ανθρωπος 444 N-NSM τις 5100 X-NSM εποιησεν 4160 5656 V-AAI-3S δειπνον 1173 N-ASN μεγα 3173 A-ASN και 2532 CONJ εκαλεσεν 2564 5656 V-AAI-3S πολλους 4183 A-APM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
16. Made (epoiei). Imperfect, was making. His preparations were in progress. A definite act among these preparations is described by the aorist, he bade (ekalesen), the technical word for inviting to a festival. See Matt. xxii. 3; John ii. 2.Sent his servant. "If a sheikh, bey, or emeer invites, he always sends a servant to call you at the proper time. This servant often repeats the very formula mentioned in Luke xiv. 17: Come, for the supper is ready. The fact that this custom is confined to the wealthy and to the nobility is in strict agreement with the parable, where the man who made the supper is supposed to be of this class. It is true now, as then, that to refuse is a high insult to the maker of the feast (Thomson, "Land and Book"). Palgrave mentions a similar formula of invitation among the Bedouins of Arabia. "The chief, or some unbreeched youngster of his family, comes up to us with the customary tefaddaloo, or do us the favor" ("Central and Eastern Arabia").
Robertson's NT Word Studies
14:16 {Made} (epoiei). Imperfect active, was on the point of making (inchoative). {Great supper} (deipnon). Or dinner, a formal feast. Jesus takes up the conventional remark of the guest and by this parable shows that such an attitude was no guarantee of godliness (Bruce). this parable of the marriage of the King's son (#Lu 14:15-24) has many points of likeness to the parable of the wedding garment (#Mt 22:1-14) and as many differences also. The occasions are very different, that in Matthew grows out of the attempt to arrest Jesus while this one is due to the pious comment of a guest at the feast and the wording is also quite different. Hence we conclude that they are distinct parables. {And he bade many} (kai ekalesen pollous). Aorist active, a distinct and definite act following the imperfect epoiei.
