Luke 14:31
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?”
ἤ
Or, than, either. Ē. Scripture often forces a choice: serve God or mammon, life or death, narrow or wide. The either/or of the gospel demands a response. Choose.
τίς
what
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τίς
Who, which, what. Tis. Scripture asks it constantly: who do you say that I am? The questions of God are not requests for information. They are invitations to search.
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πορεύομαι
proceeding
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πορεύομαι
to traverse, i.e. travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.);
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ἕτερος
with another
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ἕτερος
Other, different, another kind. Héteros. Not merely a second of the same, but a different order altogether. When Paul warns against a héteros gospel, he means one of a wholly different nature. Discern the difference.
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συμβάλλω
to engage
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συμβάλλω
to combine, i.e. (in speaking) to converse, consult, dispute, (mentally) to consider, (by implication) to aid, (personally) to join, attack
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πόλεμος
war
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πόλεμος
War, warfare, battle. Polemos. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see that you are not alarmed. Conflict is a reality of the age, not a sign of God's absence. Stand firm.
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καθίζω
having sat down
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καθίζω
To sit, to sit down, to be seated. Kathemai. He sat down at the right hand of the Father. The sitting down of Jesus declared the work finished. Nothing remains to be added.
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πρῶτος
first
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πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
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βουλεύω
will take counsel
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βουλεύω
Deliberate, resolve, counsel. Bouleuō. Wisdom calls us to think before we act, weighing purpose against impulse. Slow your mind before you move your feet.
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εἰ
whether
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εἰ
If, whether, that. Ei. Scripture's great conditionals hinge on this word, framing promises, warnings, and tests of faith. If you confess, if you believe, if you remain. The ifs of God are invitations, not uncertainties.
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δυνατός
able
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δυνατός
Possible, able, powerful. Dunatos. What is impossible with man is possible with God. The impossibilities of your life are the invitation for God to show what He can do.
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εἰμί
he is
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εἰμί
To be, to exist. Eimi. When God names himself I AM, he uses this word. Existence itself belongs to him. Ground your identity in the one who simply is.
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δέκα
ten
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δέκα
Ten. Deka. Ten virgins, ten coins, ten lepers. God's completeness often arrives in tens. Count carefully what he has given you.
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χιλιάς
thousand
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χιλιάς
One thousand, a chiliad. Chilias. The thousand-year reign, the thousand generations of covenant faithfulness — God operates at scales beyond human reckoning. Do not shrink His promises to fit your timeline.
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ὑπαντάω
to meet
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ὑπαντάω
To meet, encounter, go toward. Hypantáō. Jesus often encountered people on the way, meeting them in their movement, not waiting for them to arrive. Go toward others. Do not wait.
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εἴκοσι
twenty
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εἴκοσι
Twenty, a score. Eíkosi. Numbers in Scripture mark moments of waiting, testing, and fulfillment. Jacob labored twenty years before returning to the promised land. Count the years. God is present in every one.
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ἔρχομαι
coming
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ἔρχομαι
To come, to go, to arrive. Erchomai. Come Lord Jesus. The final prayer of Scripture is an invitation. The church lives in expectation of His return.
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ἐπί
against
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ἐπί
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
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