Luk 14:17 | RWP | e4.org | His servant ( τον δουλον αυτου ). His bondservant. Vocator or Summoner ( ; ). 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."

‏ Luke 14:17

His servant ( τον δουλον αυτου ). His bondservant. Vocator or Summoner (Es 5:8; 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."