Luke 13:25

Luke 13:25. When once. The motive urged is, a time will come when it will be altogether impossible to enter.

The master of the house. The figure is that of an entertainment made by a householder for his family.

Shut the door. The feast is to begin, and the expected guests, the members of the family, are all there. Comp. Matthew 25:10, where a similar thought occurs with the figure of a marriage feast.

Ye begin to stand without, and knock, etc. Knowing that the door is shut, they still cling to the false hope that they have a right within. Even in this hour the earnestness is not such as it ought to be; still there is a climax in the description of their conduct: standing, knocking, calling, and finally arguing (Luke 13:26).

I know you not whence ye are, i.e., ye are strangers to me, not members of my family, not expected at my feast.