Luke 14:19

19 et alter dixit iuga boum emi quinque et eo probare illa rogo te habe me excusatum

Luke 14:19 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:19

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen
To plough the field with,

and I go to prove them:
this also being at, or near evening, was an unsuitable time to go into the field with yokes of oxen to try them, how they would draw the plough, and work in the field; the morning would have been a much more proper time:

I pray thee have me excused;
to the master of the feast: this man represents also the carnal and worldly Jews, who preferred temporal things before spiritual.

Luke 14:19 In-Context

17 et misit servum suum hora cenae dicere invitatis ut venirent quia iam parata sunt omnia

18 et coeperunt simul omnes excusare primus dixit ei villam emi et necesse habeo exire et videre illam rogo te habe me excusatum

19 et alter dixit iuga boum emi quinque et eo probare illa rogo te habe me excusatum

20 et alius dixit uxorem duxi et ideo non possum venire

21 et reversus servus nuntiavit haec domino suo tunc iratus pater familias dixit servo suo exi cito in plateas et vicos civitatis et pauperes ac debiles et caecos et claudos introduc huc