Topic
Ambassage
2 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Luke 14:32Smith · ISBE
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
- Luke 19:14ISBE
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
am'-ba-saj (presbeia, "an embassy," a body of ambassadors on the message entrusted to them): Twice used by Christ
(1) in the parable of the Pounds, of the citizens who hated the nobleman and sent an ambassage, refusing to have him reign over them, thus illustrating those who willfully rejected His own spiritual sovereignty and kingdom (Lu 19:14);
(2) of a weak king who sends to a stronger an ambassage to ask conditions of peace (Lu 14:32). Not used elsewhere in the Bible.
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.