The Meaning of Luke 14:22 Explained

Luke 14:22

KJV: And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

YLT: 'And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

Darby: And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.

ASV: And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  the servant  said,  Lord,  it is done  as  thou hast commanded,  and  yet  there is  room. 

What does Luke 14:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 14:15-24 - The Slighted Invitation
In this parable the Master anticipated that the Jewish magistrates and leaders would repudiate His invitations, and that they would therefore be extended to the less likely masses to be found in the streets and lanes of the city, and to the Gentiles in the out-lying world. What a prevision is here of the suitableness of the gospel to all the world, and of the ultimate inclusion of all mankind under one roof, John 14:1-2.
The excuses were obviously trumped up and invalid. Men see fields before buying them; try oxen before purchase; and can take their wives where they go themselves, if they wish to do so. They who are acute enough for this world are often slow and careless about the next, though that is the only world which really matters.
If thou art poor, maimed, blind or lame, there is room for thee at God's table; and for thee "a great spoil" shall be divided, Isaiah 33:23. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 14

1  Jesus heals the dropsy on the Sabbath;
7  teaches humility;
12  to feast the poor;
15  under the parable of the great supper,
23  shows how worldly minded men shall be shut out of heaven
25  Those who will be his disciples, to bear their cross must make their accounts beforehand,
31  lest with shame they revolt from him afterward;
34  and become altogether unprofitable, like salt that has lost its flavor

Greek Commentary for Luke 14:22

And yet there is room [και ετι τοπος εστιν]
The Master had invited “many” (Luke 14:16) who had all declined. The servant knew the Master wished the places to be filled. [source]
As thou hast commanded []
Following the reading ὡς , as. The best texts substitute ὃ , what. Render as Rev., “What thou didst command is done.” [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 14:22 mean?

And said the servant Sir it has been done as you did command still room there is
Καὶ εἶπεν δοῦλος Κύριε γέγονεν ἐπέταξας ἔτι τόπος ἐστίν

εἶπεν  said 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
δοῦλος  servant 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: δοῦλοσ1 
Sense: a slave, bondman, man of servile condition.
Κύριε  Sir 
Parse: Noun, Vocative Masculine Singular
Root: κύριος  
Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord.
γέγονεν  it  has  been  done 
Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: γίνομαι  
Sense: to become, i.
ἐπέταξας  you  did  command 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 2nd Person Singular
Root: ἐπιτάσσω  
Sense: to enjoin upon, order, command, charge.
ἔτι  still 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ἔτι  
Sense: yet, still.
τόπος  room 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: τόπος 
Sense: place, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space.
ἐστίν  there  is 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.