A. D. 33. MATT. XXII. 5—7. A. D. 33. their ways, bone to his farm, another to | day that Lot went out of Sodom it his merchandise. rained fire and brimstone from heaa Then Jacob gave Esau bread and ven, and destoyed them all. Even pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and thus shall it be in the day when the drink, and rose up, and went his way: Son of man is revealed. In that day, thus Esau despised his birthright, he which shall be upon the housetop, Gen. xxv. 34. Yea, they despised and his stuff in the house, let him not the pleasant land, they believed not come down to take it away: and he his word: But murmured in their tents, that is in the field, let him likewise and hearkened not unto the voice of not return back. Remember Lot's the LORD, Psal cvi. 24, 25. The fear wife, xvii. 26-32. For to be carof the LORD is the beginning of know- nally minded is death; but to be ledge: but fools despise wisdom and spiritually minded is life and peace, instruction, Prov. i. 7. Others mock- Rom. viii. 6. But they that will ing said, These men are full of new be rich fall into temptation and wine, Acts ii. 13. Or despisest thou a snare, and into many foolish and the riches of his goodness and forbear- hurtful lusts, which drown men in deance and longsuffering; not knowing struction and perdition. For the love that the goodness of God leadeth thee of money is the root of all evil: which to repentance? Rom. ii. 4. How shall while some have coveted after, they we escape if we neglect so great sal- have erred from the faith, and pierced vation; which at first began to be themselves through with many sorspoken by the Lord, and was con- rows, 1 Tim. vi. 9, 10. Traitors, heady, firmed unto us by them that heard highminded, lovers of pleasures more him, Heb. ii. 3. than lovers of God, 2 Tim. iii. 4. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but of the world, 1 John ii. 15, 16. b He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful, Matt. xiii. 22. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, unto the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the food came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be, xxiv. 38, 39. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought âve yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them : I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come, Luke xiv. 18-20. And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same VER. 6. Οἱ δὲ λοιποί, κρατήσαντες τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ ὕβρισαν, καὶ ἀπέκτειναν. And a the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. a See on chap. xxi. ver. 35. ̓Ακούσας δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς, ὠργίσθη· καὶ πέμψας τὰ στρατεύματα αὐτοῦ, ἀπώλεσε τοὺς φονεῖς ἐκείνους, καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτῶν ἐνέπρησε. But when the king heard thereof, a he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. a See on chap. xxi. ver. 41. clause 1. b The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand, Deut. xxviii. 49. O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocriti cal nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few, Isa. x. 5-7. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land, xiii. 2-5. Thou art my battle-ax and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and the rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his fock ; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers, Jer. li. 20-23. But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me, Luke xix. 27. A. D. 33. : b And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you, Matt. x. 11-13. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me, 37, 38. But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage, Luke xx. 35. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man, xxi. 36. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles, Acts xiii. 46. Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer, 2 Thess. i. 5. VER. 9. Πορεύεσθε οὖν ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ ὅσους ἂν εὔρητε, καλέσατε εἰς τοὺς γά μους. and as many as ye shall find, bid to the Go ye therefore into the highways, marriage. a Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn ye at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you, Prov. i. 20-23. Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. She crieth at 2 D the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man, viii. 1-4. Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding, ix. 4-6. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfeth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David, Isa. lv. 1-3. Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon, 6, 7. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned, Mark xvi. 15, 16. So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper, Luke xiv. 21-24. And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem, xxiv. 47. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have A. D. 33. set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth, Acts xiii. 47. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, Eph. iii. 8. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely, Rev. xxii. 17. VER. 10. ὁδοὺς, συνήγαγον πάντας ὅσους εὗρον, που Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι εἰς τὰς νηρούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς· καὶ ἐπλήσθη ὁ γάμos avaneμévæv. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, a both bad and good: band the wedding was furnished with guests. a See on chap. xiii. ver. 47. clause 2. b And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut, Matt. xxv. 10. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, Rev. v. 9. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands, vii. 9. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God, xix. 6-9. A. D. 33. VER. 11. MATT. XXI. 11. Eloehlùv dì ô Bacıhsùç deáσarbai roùs ἀνακειμένους, εἶδεν ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἐνδεδυμένον ἔνδυμα γάμου And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on ba wedding garment: A. D. 33. that follow her shall be brought unto thee, Psal. xlv. 13, 14. Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean, Isa. lii. 1. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified, Ixi. 3. I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he bath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels, 10. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away, lxiv. 6. Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquities to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment, Zech. iii. 3, 4. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a a Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire, Matt. iii. 12. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn, xiii. 30. When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats, xxv. 31, 32. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts and then shall every man have praise of God, 1 Cor. iv. 5. For the word of God quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and in-ring on his hand, and shoes on his tents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight for all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do, Heb. iv. 12, 13. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works, Rev. ii. 23. b And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments, 2 Kings x. 22. The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework the virgins her companions But put ye feet, Luke xv. 22. Even the righte- in all, Col. iii. 10, 11. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but 1 will confess his name before my father, and before his angels, Rev. iii. 4, 5. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see, 18. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame, xvi. 15. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints, xix. 8. VER. 12. Καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Εταῖρε, πῶς εἰσῆλθες ὧδε μὴ ἔχων ἔνδυμα γάμου; ὁ δὲ ἐφιμώθη. And he saith unto him, Friend, a how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. a For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven, Matt. v. 20. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity, Acts viii. 20-23. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God, 1 Cor. iv. 5. b He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail, 1 Sam. ii. 9. So the poor | 42. A. D. 33. hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth, Job v. 16. The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth, Psal. cvii. How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways, Jer. ii. 23. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God, Rom. iii. 19. Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself, Tit. iii. 11. Then said the king to the servants, 2 Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, band cast him, into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. a Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house, Matt. xii. 29. Let both grow together until the harvest and in the time of har vest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn, xiii. 30. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace, Dan. iii. 20. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not, John xxi. 18. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles, Acts xxi. 11. |