Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 22:2
A king, who made a marriage feast for his son — So did God, when he brought his first — begotten into the world.
A king, who made a marriage feast for his son — So did God, when he brought his first — begotten into the world.
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN - See the notes at Matthew 3:2. The idea here is, “God deals with man in his kingdom, or in regard to the dispensation of the gospel, as a certain king did,” etc. This parable re...
10. THE PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE FEAST. The King's Answers and His Question. CHAPTER 22 1. The Parable of the Marriage Feast. (Matthew 22:1 .) 2. The Herodians Answered. (Matthew 22:15 .) 3. The Sad...
PARABLE(S) OF THE MESSIANIC BANQUET. This section is difficult, Matthew 22:1 has many resemblances to, but is not identical with, Luke 14:16. The two passages should be carefully compared; Lk.'s form,...
JOY AND JUDGMENT (Matthew 22:1-10)...
Jesus again answered them in parables: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like the situation which arose when a man who was a king arranged a wedding for his son. He sent his servants to summon those who had b...
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. See App-114. heaven. the heavens. See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. MARRIAGE. marriage or wedding feast. See App-140....
_which made a marriage for his son_ Rather, _a marriage_ FEAST _for his son_....
Matthew 22:1-14. The Parable of the Royal Marriage Feast. Peculiar to St Matthew The parable recorded by St Luke (Luke 14:16-24), though similar to this in some respects, differs in its context and s...
THE PARABLE OF THE ROYAL MARRIAGE FEAST Peculiar to St Matthew The parable recorded by St Luke (Luke 14:16-24), though similar to this in some respects, differs in its context and special teaching an...
ΓΆΜΟΥΣ, ‘a marriage feast.’ εἰλαπίνη ἠὲ γάμος; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔρανος τάδε γʼ ἐστίν, _Od._ I. 226....
Ver 1. And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2. "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3. And sent forth his servants to c...
_THE MAN WITHOUT A WEDDING GARMENT MATTHEW 22:1-14_ : The man without a wedding garment stood speechless before the King. The message came "all things are ready, come to the wedding." Those that were...
ΏΜΟΙΏΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΌΜΟΙΌΩ (G3666) сравнивать, уподоблять; _pass._ быть подобным, ΌΣΤΙΣ (G3748) rel. _pron._ который; подчеркивает принадлежность к классу или типу, ΈΠΟΊΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act....
DISCOURSE: 1388 THE MARRIAGE FEAST Matthew 22:2. _The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to th...
AND JESUS ANSWERED, &C.— The rulers being afraid to apprehend Jesus, he was at liberty to proceed in the duties of his ministry. Accordingly he delivered another parable, wherein he described, on one...
SECTION 57 JESUS MEETS CHALLENGES OF AUTHORITY: THREE PARABLES OF WARNING D. THE PARABLE OF THE SLIGHTED MARRIAGE INVITATIONS TEXT: 22:1-14 Matthew 22:1 And Jesus answered and spake again in parables...
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE UNTO A CERTAIN KING, WHICH MADE A MARRIAGE FOR HIS SON. 'In this parable,' as Tre...
31 See Luk_7:29-30. 32 See Mat_3:1; Luk_3:12. 32 The Lord now proceeds to show them His authority and to expose their abuse of the privileges entrusted to them. They were mere tenants of God's viney...
22:2 who (h-11) 'Who has that character.' as ch. 2.6 and ch. 7.24....
PARABLES OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING'S SON AND THE WEDDING GARMENT 1-14. Marriage of the King's Son (peculiar to St. Matthew). Jesus concludes His discourse by reiterating in still clearer and stronge...
A CERTAIN KING] i.e. God. A MARRIAGE] RV 'a marriage feast,' which would last seven or fourteen day (Genesis 29:27; Judges 14:12; Tob 8:19). The marriage is between Christ and His Church (Revelation 2...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 22 THE STORY ABOUT THE WEDDING MEAL 22:1-14 V1 Jesus told them some more stories. V2 ‘Where God rules, it is like this’, he said. ‘A...
WHICH MADE A MARRIAGE FOR HIS SON. — The germ of the thought which forms the groundwork of the parable is found, in a passing allusion, in Luke 12:36 — “When he shall return from the wedding.” Here, f...
6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
γάμους, a wedding feast; plural, because the festivities asted for days, seven in Judges 14:17. The suggestion that the feast is connected with the handing over of the kingdom to the son (“quem pater...
_The royal wedding_. This parable is peculiar to Mt., and while in some respects very suitable to the situation, may not unreasonably be suspected to owe its place here to the evangelist's habit of gr...
THE PENALTY OF SLIGHTING THE INVITATION Matthew 22:1-14 We have here a continuation of our Lord's teaching on that last great day in the Temple. This day seems to have begun with Matthew 21:23, and i...
The first two parables contained the history of the Hebrew nation up to the slaying of the Son. This one is prophetic. It presents the sin of this people in the light of the day of grace. The King sen...
Is like to a man being a king, &c. This parable seems different from that of Luke xiv. 16. See St. Augustine, lib. ii. de Cons. Evang. chap. lxx. The main design in this parable, is to shew the Jews t...
CHAPTER 18 THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING'S SON Matthew 22:1-14. _“And Jesus, responding, again spoke to them in parables, saying: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a kingly man, who made a marriage...
"And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, (2) The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, (3) And sent forth his servants to call t...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
_THE LAWS OF THE KINGDOM_ ‘The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they wou...
2._The kingdom of heaven is like a human king _As it was long ago said by a Spartan, that the Athenians knew what was right, but did not choose to practice it; so Christ now brings it as a reproach ag...
In chapter 22, their conduct with respect to the invitations of grace is presented in its turn. The parable is therefore a similitude of the kingdom of heaven. The purpose of God is to honour His Son...
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE UNTO A CERTAIN KING,.... The Gospel dispensation which had now taken place, the methods of divine grace in it, and the behaviour of men under it, may be fitly illustrated...
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, Ver. 2. _Like unto a certain king_] God is a great King, and he stands upon his seniority, Malachi 1:8, will be s...
_The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king_ That is, the dispensation of the gospel may be well illustrated by that which happened in the case of a king; _who made a marriage for his son_ Our...
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; the Messiah's reign in the gospel dispensation, and the lot in the judgmentday, both of those who receive and those who reject it. See Matthew 3:2. A MARRIAGE; a feast at the marria...
THE PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE FEAST....
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE UNTO A CERTAIN KING, WHICH MADE A MARRIAGE FOR HIS SON,...
The parable of Chapter 21 has shown Israel as under law, responsible to return to God some results of the blessing with which He had entrusted them. Under responsibility they had not only failed, but...
1-14 The provision made for perishing souls in the gospel, is represented by a royal feast made by a king, with eastern liberality, on the marriage of his son. Our merciful God has not only provided...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 22:14"....
Recognitions of Clement IV Meantime He has commanded us to go forth to preach, and to invite you to the supper of the heavenly King, which the Father hath prepared for the marriage of His Son, and th...
Matthew 22:2 kingdom G932 heaven G3772 like G3666 (G5681) certain G444 king G935 who G3748 arranged G4160 ...
‘The kingly rule of heaven can be likened to a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,' The parable is to be an illustration of the Kingly Rule of Heaven. Compare for this Matthew 13:24;...
THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST (22:1-14). The emphasis in this parable is on people's attitude towards the king's son, and in the final analysis on their attitude to Jesus, the true King's Son. The...
Matthew 22:2. A MAN THAT WAS A KING. Evidently God: the householder of the former parable. A MARRIAGE FEAST FOR HIS SON. The word includes any great feast, but here a marriage feast is meant, since t...
Mark states (Matthew 12:12) that, after the parable of the wicked husbandmen the rulers ‘left Him and went their way; ‘hence this parable (peculiar to Matthew) was not spoken directly to the rulers. M...
A MARRIAGE FEAST (γαμους). The plural, as here (Matthew 22:2; Matthew 22:3; Matthew 22:4; Matthew 22:9), is very common in the papyri for the...
KINGDOM (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2). _...
Matthew 22:2 Our Lord's parable has fulfilled itself again and again in history, and will fulfil itself as long as foolish and rebellious persons exist on earth. This is one of the laws of the kingdom...
Matthew 22:2 The marriage of Christ is the mystery of the Church, and it belongs to the initiated. To those who stand in the outer circle of thought it is a word and a fable. To those who are within...
Matthew 22:1. _And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to...
CONTENTS: Parable of the marriage feast. Jesus' answer to the Herodians. Sadducees and Pharisees. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, lawyer. CONCLUSION: The gospel call bids all to the great marriage feast. Som...
Matthew 22:2. _The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son._ The marriage of the heir apparent, giving stability to the throne, protection to the subject, and g...
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A KING. What he says here, is like the parable in Luke 14:16-24, but changed to fit the people who hear. It is a king who gives the wedding feast in Matthew. The invitati...
_The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son._ MAKING LIGHT OF GOSPEL INVITATIONS I. When or how men slight the invitations of the gospel. 1. When they negle...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 22:1 The parable of the WEDDING FEAST describes the judgment of irresponsible religious leaders (see note on 21:43)....
CHAPTER 22 _And Jesus answered_, &c., refuting the incredulity of the Scribes. The meaning is: it is the same in the kingdom of Heaven, _i.e._, in the Church militant here on earth, as if a king made...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 22:1. ANSWERED.—What? Obviously the unspoken murderous hate, restrained by fear, which had been raised in the rulers’ minds and flashed in their eyes, and moved in their gest...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 22:1 _Parable of the marriage of the king_'_s son. _(Peculiar to St. Matthew.) MATTHEW 22:1 JESUS ANSWERED AND SPAKE UNTO THEM. After they had heard our Lord's words at the end...
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables (Matthew 22:1), Now He is still there, and He is laying on them these parables. And He said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king...
Matthew 25:1; Matthew 25:14; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:24;...
Made a marriage [ε π ο ι η σ ε ν]. But the phrase refers to the marriage - feast, rather than to the marriage - ceremony. In Esther 9:22, the word is used of feasting without any reference to a marria...