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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:6

6. Remnant The persecutors are the comparative few and more violent. Strauss objects that it is unnatural to represent men as murdering those who merely come to invite them to a marriage. But he forgets that this is a king’s invitation; and the persons are in a state of rebellious hostility to their sovereign, and simply avail themselves of this chance of showing their hostility to him. They are therefore guilty of treason. Similar was the offence of Vashti in refusing to obey the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:7

7. Wroth Wrathful. After the preachers of the Gospel had proclaimed the doctrines of their risen Saviour, amid the bitterest contempt and persecution, for near forty years after his death, the iniquities of the Jews became full, God in his providence sent the Romans, who destroyed their city, removed the apparatus of their Church, and annihilated their state. Of this series of judgments we have here a brief but vivid picture, which is more fully, but scarce more clearly, filled out in... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:8

8. Then saith he As the Jews are now cast off, God will call the Gentiles to partake of his Gospel. Not worthy They had rendered themselves unworthy of farther offers by their rejection of those they had received. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:9

9. Into the highways Not into the country, as some might think; for the whole transaction belongs to the city. The word highways seems to signify the intersection of the city streets; which, were the natural places to find the largest number of men to invite. The king had at first invited the select classes; but they having refused to come, he now sends for the despised and poor. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:10

10. So these servants went out Unto the Gentile world, going, that is, “into all the world, to preach the Gospel to every creature.” The minister is sent of God. The ministry is a divine institution, sanctioned by Christ, and will last to the judgment day. Both bad and good That is, every sort of character, moral or vicious. Yet the good are not too good to need the Gospel, nor the bad so bad as to have no hope if they will accept it. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:11

11. When the king came in to see the guests The parabolic history overleaps vast spaces of time, and at one spring brings us to the judgment day. This is figured under the image of the king coming in to see the marriage guests. So this marriage lasts from the time of the coming of the Son of man to the time of his second appearing. Grandees who gave entertainments in ancient times, used to enter the dining hall after the guests were seated. Suetonius describes the Emperor Augustus as... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:12

12. Friend There is here the politeness of solemn rebuke. Speechless The spirit of brave contempt has deserted him at the trying time. Men, who are now loquacious and brave in sin and ungodly error, will be terribly dumb in the hour when conscious guilt within responds to the terrible voice of God’s judgment without. It is plainly presupposed that he was fully able to have been clothed with the proper garments. Poor though he was, it is not his poverty but his neglect, or his ... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:13

13. Servants The officers. A different word and a different class of persons from the one who called to the wedding. Bind him As lictors bind a criminal for his doom. Outer darkness The outdoor darkness. The guilty guest in the parable is thrown from the splendour of the banquet into the horrors of the midnight street. See note on Matthew 8:12. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:14

14. For many are called The high and the low, the good and the bad, were called to come to the marriage feast. Few are chosen Or elected, as the word means. Myriads are not chosen because they do not come. And we know not how many who come fail of being chosen, because they have not accepted salvation by Christ. The dogma that they are not chosen because they are secretly predestinated by God’s decree not to be chosen, affirms simply what is not said or implied. That dogma would lay... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:15

15. Entangle him in his talk Ensnare him, (a metaphor drawn from taking wild birds,) by involving him with the government; or by exposing his ignorance upon some point of law or religion. read more

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:6

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:10

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:11

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:12

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:13

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:14

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:15

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