Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 22:7
The king sending forth his troops — The Roman armies employed of God for that purpose. Destroyed those murderers — Primarily the Jews.
The king sending forth his troops — The Roman armies employed of God for that purpose. Destroyed those murderers — Primarily the Jews.
Verse Matthew 22:7. _BUT WHEN THE KING_] HIMSELF or, _this very king_. I have added εκεινος on the authority of _nine_ of the most ancient MSS. and nearly one hundred others; the later _Syriac, six_ c...
BUT WHEN THE KING HEARD ... - This doubtless refers to the Jews and to Jerusalem. They were murderers, having slain the prophets; and God was about to send forth the armies of the Romans under his pro...
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...
THEREOF. See the varied supply of the Ellipsis after "heard" in verses: Matthew 22:7; Matthew 22:22; Matthew 22:33. HIS ARMIES. The Roman armies. BURNED UP THEIR CITY. Greek. _empretho._ Occurs only
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...
_he was wroth_ For a subject to scorn the summons to the royal feast implied disloyalty and rebellion. _sent forth his armies_ The soldiers of Titus literally achieved the purposes of God....
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...
ὨΡΓΊΣΘΗ. For a subject to scorn the summons to the royal feast implied disloyalty and rebellion. ΤᾺ ΣΤΡΑΤΕΎΜΑΤΑ, ‘troops.’ Cp. Luke 23:11, where the word is used of Herod’s soldiers, σὺν τοῖς στρατεύ...
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...
ΏΡΓΊΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΟΡΓΊΖΩ (G3710) сердиться; _pass._ быть сердитым. Inch, _aor._: "он рассердился" ΠΈΜΨΑΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΠΈΜΠΩ (G271) посылать, ΣΤΡΆΤΕΥΜΑ (G4753) армия, о...
WHEN THE KING HEARD THEREOF, HE WAS WROTH— The invitation to the marriage-supper of his son, sent by this king to his supposed friends, was the highest expression of his regard for them, and the great...
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...
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. BUT WHEN THE KING (THE GREAT GOD, WHO IS THE FATHER OF OUR LOR...
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...
22:7 wroth, (k-10) 'And the king was wroth,' is probably the true reading....
HIS ARMIES] 'The armies of the Romans, who, under Vespasian and Titus, slew these murderers, and burnt their city, Jerusalem.'...
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...
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...
HE SENT FORTH HIS ARMIES. — As in other parables that shadow forth the judgment of the Son of Man, the words find an approximate fulfilment, first, in the destruction of Jerusalem, and afterwards, in...
6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
τὰ στρατεύματα : the plural appears surprising, but the meaning seems to be, not separate armies sent one after another, but forces. ἀπώλεσε, ἐνέπρησεν : the allegory here evidently refers to the dest...
οἱ δὲ ἀμελήσαντες ἀπῆλθον. The Vulgate resolves the participle and translates: “neglexerunt et abierunt,” so also the A.V [122] and R.V [123]; justly, for the participle points out the state of mind w...
_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...
(2) But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. (2) A dreadful destruction of those that condemn Christ....
Sending his armies. Here our Redeemer predicts the destruction of Jerusalem, by the armies of Vespasian and Titus, sent against them by the Almighty, in punishment of their incredulity and impiety. (S...
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...
7._But when the king heard it. _This punishment is mentioned by _Matthew _alone; for Luke makes no mention of any outrage committed on the servants. Both concur in stating, that those who did not come...
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...
BUT WHEN THE KING HEARD THEREOF,.... Of this maltreatment, and barbarous usage of his servants, their cries coming up into his ears, and their blood calling for vengeance at his hands; and he full wel...
But when the king heard _thereof_, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Ver. 7. _But when the king heard thereof_] And kings have long...
_And when the king heard thereof, he was wroth_ Inasmuch as “the invitation to the marriage-feast of his son, sent by this king to his supposed friends, was the highest expression of his regard for th...
DESTROYED, THOSE MURDERERS; representing the destruction of Jerusalem, as foretold by our Lord. Luke 21:6-24. Though men have the power and the disposition, yet they have no right to reject the invita...
The rejection:...
BUT WHEN THE KING HEARD THEREOF, HE WAS WROTH; AND HE SENT FORTH HIS ARMIES, AND DESTROYED THOSE MURDERERS, AND BURNED UP THEIR CITY. Here was a case of studied insolence and insult. They were indiffe...
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"....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV This is the Father of our Lord, by whose providence all things consist, and all are administered by His command; and He confers His free gifts upon those who should ...
Matthew 22:7 But G1161 king G935 heard G191 (G5660) furious G3710 (G5681) And G2532 out G3992 ...
‘But the king was angry, and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.' Understandably the king, recognising open rebellion, was angry. He knew that he was given no alt...
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 22:7. HE SENT HIS ARMIES. The Roman armies which destroyed Jerusalem were the unconscious instruments of God's (the king's) wrath. Comp. Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 13:5;...
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...
ARMIES (στρατευματα). Bands of soldiers, not grand armies....
BURNED Fulfilled as to Jerusalem; A.D. 70. (Luke 21:20)....
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 22:1. _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 KING WAS VERY ANGRY. To insult the king's servants is to insult the king himself. WHO KILLED THOSE MURDERERS. God used the Roman armies to punish the Jewish Nation (See Matthew 21:40-41). [Note th...
_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 22:7 BURNED THEIR CITY. An extreme punishment reserved for rebellion against the king; possibly an allusion to the future destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70....
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...
1 Peter 4:17; 1 Peter 4:18; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; Daniel 9:26;...
Armies [σ τ ρ α τ ε υ μ α τ α]. Not in our grand sense of armies, but troops, soldiers. Compare Luke 23:11, where the word is rendered men of war; Rev., soldiers....