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Or else (ei de mēge). Same idiom in Luk 5:36. Luke is fond of this formula.
An ambassage (presbeian). Old and common word for the office of ambassador, composed of old men (presbeis) like Japanese Elder Statesmen who are supposed to possess wisdom. In the N.T. only here and Luk 19:14.
Asketh conditions of peace (erōtāi pros eirēnēn). The use of erōtaō in this sense of beg or petition is common in the papyri and Koiné generally. The original use of asking a question survives also. The text is uncertain concerning pros eirēnēn which means with erōtaō, to ask negotiations for peace. In B we have eis instead of pros like Luk 14:28. Most MSS. have ta before pros or eis, but not in Aleph and B. It is possible that the ta was omitted because of preceding tai (homoeoteleuton), but the sense is the same. See note on Rom 14:19 ta tēs eirēnēs, the things of peace, which concern or look towards peace, the preliminaries of peace.