Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 14:22
And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
22. and yet there is room ] ‘Grace, no less than Nature, abhors a vacuum.’ Bengel.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Yet there is room – He went out and invited all he found in the lanes, and yet the table was not full. This he also reported to his master. There is room! What a glorious declaration is this in regard to the gospel! There yet is room. Millions have been saved, but there yet is room. Millions have been invited, and have come, and have gone to heaven, but heaven is not yet full. There is a banquet there which no number can exhaust; there are fountains which no number can drink dry; there are harps there which other hands may strike; and there are seats there which others may occupy. Heaven is not full, and there yet is room. The Sunday school teacher may say to his class, there yet is room; the parent may say to his children, there yet is room; the minister of the gospel may go and say to the wide world, there yet is room. The mercy of God is not exhausted; the blood of the atonement has not lost its efficacy; heaven is not full. What a sad message it would be if we were compelled to go and say, There is no more room – heaven is full – not another one can be saved. No matter what their prayers, or tears, or sighs, they cannot be saved. Every place is filled; every seat is occupied. But, thanks be to God, this is not the message which we are to bear; and if there yet is room, come, sinners, young and old, and enter into heaven. Fill up that room, that heaven may be full of the happy and the blessed. If any part of the universe is to be vacant, O let it be the dark world of woe!
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 22. And yet there is room.] On some occasions, so numerous are the guests that there is not room for therm to sit in the court of the person who makes the feast, and a larger is therefore borrowed.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
22. yet there is roomimplyingthat these classes had embraced the invitation (Mat 21:32;Mar 12:37, last clause; Joh 7:48;Joh 7:49); and beautifullyexpressing the longing that should fill the hearts of ministers tosee their Master’s table filled.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the servant said,…. After he had been and brought in a large number of such as are before described, and he was directed to, and succeeded to the gathering of them in:
Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded; the apostles exactly observed the orders of their Lord and master; they began to preach the Gospel at Jerusalem; and being drove from thence, they went and preached to the Jews of the dispersion, and to the proselytes among the Gentiles:
and yet there is room; that is, for the Gentiles, after God’s elect, among the Jews, for that time were gathered in: there was room provided for them in the heart and love of God from everlasting, and in electing grace; in the suretyship engagements of Christ, in the covenant of his grace; and they had a place in the redeeming grace of Christ, in time; and in the last commission he gave to his disciples; and there was now room for them in the church of God; and will be in the new Jerusalem, and in the heavenly glory.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
And yet there is room ( ). The Master had invited “many” (verse 16) who had all declined. The servant knew the Master wished the places to be filled.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
As thou has commanded. Following the reading wJv, as. The best texts substitute o, what. Render as Rev., “What thou didst command is done.”
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “And the servant said,” (kai elpen ho doulos) “And the slave-servant said,” the one sent, Jesus Christ, Joh 3:17; Joh 20:21; Php_2:5-9.
2) “Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded,” (kurie gegonen ho epetaksas) “Lord, what you ordered has been done, in both the lanes and the streets, I have done what you bid me do; Even as Jesus obediently came to do, and did, His Father’s will and work, Luk 6:38; Joh 17:4-5; Joh 14:15; Joh 15:14; Jas 1:22.
3) “And yet there is room.” (kai eti topos estin) “And there is still room,” for others to be seated and to eat at your supper, room for more to feast to satisfy their hunger, forever, Psa 130:7; There is food, the bread of life available for and offered to all men, Isa 55:1-3; Joh 6:33; Joh 6:35; Joh 6:51; Joh 6:58.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(22) It is done as thou hast commanded.Literally, What thou didst command is come to pass.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
22. Yet there is room The room is indeed as vast as the merits of his atonement; capacious as heaven itself.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“And the servant said, ‘Lord, what you commanded is done, and yet there is room.’ ”
But the servant then informs him that he has fully obeyed his command, but although he has scoured the city he can find no more guests there, and yet not all the couches are filled. Note the emphasis on the obedience of the servant. His exertions are in total contrast with the ungrateful invitees who refused the final invitation.
This failure to fill up the couches at the feast was in indication of the multitudes that Jesus knew would yet enter under the Kingly Rule of God. They would soon not be a little flock, for after those who were first called there would be room for many more..
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
Ver. 22. See Mat 22:9-10 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
22. ] The palace is large, and the guest-room: ‘nec natura nec gratia patitur vacuum,’ Bengel.
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Luk 14:22 . , yet there is room, places for more; many more, else the servant would hardly think it worth while to mention the fact, though he quite understands that the master wants the banqueting hall filled, were it only to show that he can do without those saucy recusants. Room after such a widespread miscellaneous invitation speaks to a feast on a grand scale, worthy emblem of the magnificence of Divine grace.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
Lord. App-98. B. Note the various titles throughout.
hast commanded = didst command,
yet = still.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
22.] The palace is large, and the guest-room: nec natura nec gratia patitur vacuum, Bengel.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Luk 14:22. , it is done) Comp. Eze 9:11.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
it is: Act 1:1 – Act 9:43
and yet: Psa 103:6, Psa 130:7, Joh 14:2, Eph 3:8, Col 2:9, 1Ti 2:5, 1Ti 2:6, 1Jo 2:2, Rev 7:4-9
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
WHERE AND FOR WHOM THERE IS ROOM
Yet there is room.
Luk 14:22
The language of the text reminds us that there is abundant provision in the counsels of God, and a gracious welcome in the heart of God, for all who need the Gospel and who are willing to comply with its requirements and accept its blessings.
I. Where there is room.
(a) In the heart of the Father. His desire is that all men should be saved, and should come to the knowledge of the truth. His appeal to men is, Ho! every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. His entreaty and expostulation is, Why will ye die?
(b) In the covenant of Christ. He died for all. He was lifted up to draw all men unto Himself. His blood was shed for many.
(c) In the spiritual kingdom. The greatness of a kingdom lies largely in the number of the subjects. No right-feeling man can do other than rejoice in the inclusion of multitudes in the kingdom, which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Our Saviour Himself foretold that the tree shall grow and that the leaven shall spread.
(d) In the heavenly mansions. There are many abodes, and, to people these, many shall come from the east and from the west. No limitation, no exclusiveness there, but room for men of all nations, kindreds, and tongues.
II. For whom there is room.
(a) For the indifferent. There is room for those whose possessions and preoccupations too often render them indifferent to the Gospel invitation. The wealthy, the busy, and the festive, who, in the parable referred to, respond to the summons, are not excluded, save by their own folly.
(b) For the indigent. There is room for the spiritually indigent, who are sensible of their wants; those who may be represented by the poor, the maimed, the halt, the blind.
(c) For the outcast. There is room even for the outcast and the despised, who are abandoned by men, and who have given themselves over to despondency. And if there be any others, with human hearts and human wants, there is room for them.
Yet, thus far, even now, there is room. But the hour shall come when the Master shall arise and close the long-open door.
Illustration
The parable had primary reference to the Jewish nation; the first and second invitations were confined to the city, rich and poor; its ultimate reference was to the Gentiles; the third and last notices were outside the city, far and unbounded. Now the characteristic feature of our age is that the Gospel is penetrating into the back places of the world. Thus Gods House, His Church, His Kingdom, has for generations been filling, sometimes by hundreds, sometimes by thousands; and not a moment passes but some soul responds to that call. Still the heralds call; still His privileged servants pass to and fro, with the glorious cry, Yet there is room. Alas! that there should be narrow minds which invent narrow systems, which teach that Christ died only for the few, making His kingdom a little place, and heaven a very narrow room. And Satan likes to have it so, for it leads men to that condemning sinlimiting the Holy One of Israeland then it drives them to despair.
(SECOND OUTLINE)
THE LARGENESS OF GODS LOVE
There is no passage in the Bible which sets forth more vividly the largeness of Gods grace and the infinity of His love, contrasted with the narrow mind of man, shut up with his possessions, his business, and his new connections. It is the saddest consequence of sin, that it contracts mans heart till it is incapable of a conception of Gods nature and of His love.
I. The largest thing in Gods universe is the heart of Jesus, that sacred heart which is the home of homes of all His people. No one ever came to Christ and found Him too fully occupied to hear his prayer or supply his wants; they came to Him, in all the diversity of their distracted griefs, by multitudes; and not one was sent away unsatisfied; nay, not one without more than he had dared to ask or expect. Yet there was roomroom for the blind, halt, room for all, body and soul! no crowds could fill Him; still there was fullness of grace, and mercy to the utmost.
II. Mark the fullness and freeness of His words, the comprehensiveness, the catholicity of His offer, the infinity of His finished work. Malachi had predicted all thisProve me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. His own words more than endorsed itCome unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Whosoever believeth on Me shall not perish, but have everlasting life. And the voice still sounds from heavenThe Spirit and the Bride say, Come; and let him that heareth say, Come; and let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
III. Look at the power of that love.Round the Cross for all, with all their sins, there is roomYet there is room. It is the Will of God. Heaven has no circumferenceas yet; it can be filled by nothing but the Presence, the Will of God; and this is the Will of Godthe salvation of the worldto have His house filled. Behold the love of God, planning through all eternity, through an infinite Saviour, to fill an infinite heaven. Why shall we not all be saved? Somemany are gathered in; yet there is room. Be not then straitened in Him. Cast your sins, no matter how great the burden, before His mercy-seat; knock loudly at the gate of heaven; lift up your plea, Lord, Thou hast said itYet there is room. And press that plea for all you love; hold it as true for them as for yourself. Do not doubt for any living man. Bring eachbring all, again and again; for, wide as your utmost love can reach or your imagination soar, there is a space, an infinite space, beyond itYet there is room. Yet there is room.
Rev. James Vaughan.
Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary
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There is room enough in the plan of salvation for the whole world, hence the servant told the master that yet there is room.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Luk 14:22. What thou didst command is done. Indicating the rapid success among this class. Strictly speaking the servant implies that he had already done this after the first had excused themselves, and before he returned to the Lord. And so it was: Before our Saviour went back from earth, He had already invited this class and was leading them in.
And yet there is room. The servant would have the guest-room filled: Bengel: Not only nature, but grace also, abhors a vacuum.