Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Matthew 22:12
Friend - Rather, “companions.” The word does not imply friendship.
He was speechless - He had no excuse. So it will be with all hypocrites.
Friend - Rather, “companions.” The word does not imply friendship.
He was speechless - He had no excuse. So it will be with all hypocrites.
Verse Matthew 22:12. _HE SAITH UNTO HIM, FRIEND_] Rather, _companion_: so εταιρε should be translated. As this man represents the state of a person in the visible Church, who neglects to come unto th...
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)...
The king came in to see those who were sitting at table, and he saw there a man who was not wearing a wedding garment. "Friend," he said to him, "how did you come here with no wedding garment?" The ma...
FRIEND. Greek. _hetairos._ Occurs only in Matthew (here; Matthew 11:16; Matthew 20:13; Matthew 26:50). NOT. Greek. _me_. Not the same word as in...
_was speechless_ See Matthew 22:34....
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...
ἙΤΑΙ͂ΡΕ. See note, ch. Matthew 20:13. ΠΩ͂Σ ΕἸΣΗ͂ΛΘΕΣ. ‘How didst thou presume to enter’. ἘΦΙΜΏΘΗ. See Matthew 22:34....
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...
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...
ΈΤΑΊΡΕ _voc. от_ ΈΤΑΙΡΟΣ (G2083) друг (_см._ Matthew 20:13). ΕΊΣΉΛΘΕΣ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 22:11. Царь относится к этому как к личному оскорблению (LNT, 142). ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ...
DISCOURSE: 1390 THE WEDDING GARMENT Matthew 22:11. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: and he said unto him, Friend, how camest thou in...
AND HE WAS SPEECHLESS— _And he was struck speechless._ This is the true import of the original word εφιμωθη, which is more expressive than the phrase in our translation, _he was speechless;_ as an Eng...
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...
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. AND HE SAITH UNTO HIM, FRIEND, HOW CAMEST THOU IN HITHER NOT HAVING A WEDDING GARMENT?...
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...
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...
FRIEND. — (See Note on Matthew 20:13.) The question implies that the act was strange, unlooked-for, inexcusable. HE WAS SPEECHLESS. — The verb is the same as the “put to silence” of Matthew 22:34, an...
6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
ἑταῖρε, as in Matthew 20:13. πῶς εἰσῆλθες ὦδε : the question might mean, By what way did you come in? the logic of the question being, had you entered by the door you would have received a wedding rob...
_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 man without a wedding garment_. Though this feature has no connection with the polemic against the Sanhedrists, it does not follow, as even Weiss (Matthäus-Evang.) admits, that it was not an auth...
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...
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was (d) speechless. (d) Literally, "haltered", that is to say, he held his peace, as though he had a brid...
Not having a wedding garment. By this one person, are represented all sinner void of the grace of God. (Witham) --- To enter with unclean garments, is to depart out of this life in the guilt of sin. F...
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 when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: (12) And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he...
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 WEDDING GARMENT_ ‘Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?’ Matthew 22:12 What does this wedding garment mean? Every student of the Word of God knows that it is another...
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...
AND HE SAITH UNTO HIM, FRIEND,.... Either in an ironical way, or because he professed to be a friend of God and Christ: HOW CAMEST THOU IN HITHER, NOT HAVING A WEDDING GARMENT? Which way didst thou c...
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Ver. 12. _Friend, how camest? &c._] Not wretch, rebel, reprobate. Hard reproofs administe...
_Friend, how camest thou in hither_ How camest thou to presume to enter into my church, by taking upon thee a profession of my religion, and to sit down among the guests, or associate thyself with my...
SPEECHLESS; knowing that he was inexcusable....
AND HE SAITH UNTO HIM, FRIEND, HOW CAMEST THOU IN HITHER NOT HAVING A WEDDING-GARMENT? AND HE WAS SPEECHLESS....
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"....
Fragments of Clement Found in the Oxford Edition But the unlovely and unsightly man will hear, "Friend, how camest thou in here, without having a wedding garment? "[7] Origen de Principiis Book II...
Matthew 22:12 So G2532 said G3004 (G5719) him G846 Friend G2083 how G4459 come G1525 (G5627) here...
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...
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...
Matthew 22:12. FRIEND. The word used in chap. Matthew 20:13, and addressed to Judas (chap. Matthew 26:50). It means ‘companion,' without implying friendship. HOW CAMEST THOU! It was a bold intrusion,...
NOT HAVING A WEDDING-GARMENT (μη εχων ενδυμα γαμου). Μη is in the _Koine_ the usual negative with participles unless special emphasis on the negative is desired as in ουκ ενδεδυμενον. There is a sub...
Matthew 22:11 The Guest without the Wedding Garment. I. The service of Christ requires qualifications. Many may be attracted to the service who shrink from obtaining these necessary qualifications. Y...
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...
HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE? He had no wedding clothes, which proved he had no right to be there. Both good and bad were called, but ALL must have the imputed [credited Romans 8:1-4] righteousness of Chri...
_He saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment._ I. The invitation itself is in Matthew 22:3. There is a double call. God will not take the first repulse, but will try again before He will qu...
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 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Samuel 2:9; Acts 5:2; Acts 8:20; Jeremiah 2:23;...
Not having [μ η ε χ ω ν]. It is hardly possible to convey the subtle sense of the negative particle [μ η] to the English reader. A different word for not [ο υ κ] is used in the preceding verse, expres...
A wedding garment — The righteousness of Christ, first imputed, then implanted. It may easily be observed, this has no relation to the Lord's Supper, but to God's proceeding at the last day....