‘And they constrained him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is towards evening, and the day is now far spent.” And he went in to stay with them.'

Equally correctly they ‘constrained Him' (strongly pressed Him) to accept a night's hospitality. Darkness was coming on and the roads could become dangerous for a solitary person, and even though there was a full moon, travelling in the dark could be unpleasant. Besides He must be hungry. And the Stranger accepted their invitation and went in to stay with them.

The fact that they shared the house into which they invited Him may suggest that they were husband and wife (compare John 19:25, although the spelling is different). But not necessarily. They may have been master and servant, or two brothers, or related to each other in some other way.

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