Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 22:9
(3) Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
(3) God first calls us when we think nothing of it.
(3) Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
(3) God first calls us when we think nothing of it.
Verse Matthew 22:9. _GO YE THEREFORE INTO THE HIGHWAYS_] διεξοδους των αδων, _cross_ or _by-paths_; the places where _two_ or _more_ roads met in _one_, leading into the city, where people were comin...
THE HIGHWAYS - Literally, the “exit” or “going out” of the “paths or roads.” It means the square or principal street, into which a number of smaller streets enter; a place, therefore, of confluence, w...
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,...
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...
JOY AND JUDGMENT (Matthew 22:1-10)...
GO YE THEREFORE, &C. After the present Dispensation. INTO. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THE HIGHWAYS. the public roads, or crossroads. Greek. _diexodos._ Occurs only here....
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...
ΤᾺΣ ΔΙΕΞΌΔΟΥΣ ΤΩ͂Ν ὉΔΩ͂Ν. διεξ. here only in N.T. Either (1) the outlets of the streets, i.e. the central place into which the streets converge. This has the authority of Chrysostom. Hom. 69, _in Matt...
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...
ΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти, ΟΎΝ (G3767) итак, делает вывод из предыдущего заявления, ΔΙΈΞΟΔΟΣ (G1327) с _предл._ открытое место, перекресток; скорее всего, место...
THE WEDDING IS READY, &C.— The 8th verse is well explained by Acts 13:46 which was an accomplishment of this part of the parable. In the next verse, the calling of the Gentiles is represented by the k...
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...
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. GO YE THEREFORE INTO THE HIGHWAYS - the great outlets and thoroughfares, whether of town or country, where hum...
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...
INTO THE HIGHWAYS] RV 'the partings of the highways.' More probably it means the places where the roads from the country enter a city, and so by metaphor, Gentile territory (Grimm). So also Euthymius:...
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...
INTO THE HIGHWAYS. — Literally, _the openings of the ways,_ the places where two or more roads met, and where, therefore, there was a greater probability of meeting way-farers. In the interpretation o...
6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους is variously interpreted: at the crossing-places of the country roads (Fritzsche, De Wette, Meyer, Goebel); or at the places in the city whence the great roads leading into the count...
τότε : after the second set of servants, as many as survived, had returned and reported their ill-success. λέγει, he says to _them_. ἔτοιμος, ready, and more....
_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...
_ Go ye therefore into the highways. The apostles first kept themselves within the precincts of Judea, but the Jews continually sought their destruction. Therefore St. Paul said to them, (Acts xiii. 4...
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...
9._Go therefore to the highways. _Having shown that they are unworthy of the grace of God who disdainfully reject it when offered to them, he now says that their place is supplied by others, by the me...
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...
GO YE THEREFORE INTO THE HIGHWAYS,.... Either of the city, which were open and public, and where much people were passing to and fro; or of the fields, the high roads, where many passengers were trave...
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Ver. 9. _Go ye therefore to the highways_] Those sinners of the Gentiles, Galatians 2:15, who wandered in their o...
_Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready_ That is, the marriage-feast is prepared; _but they which were bidden were not worthy_ Were not disposed to receive the gospel, not willing to repe...
HIGHWAYS; representing the offering of the gospel to the Gentiles and people of all descriptions....
New guests:...
GO YE, THEREFORE, INTO THE HIGHWAYS, AND AS MANY AS YE SHALL FIND, BID TO THE MARRIAGE....
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"....
Matthew 22:9 Therefore G3767 go G4198 (G5737) into G1909 highways G1327 G3598 and G2532 as G3745...
“Go you therefore to the partings of the highways, and as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage feast.” So He told His servants to go to those who were outside the rebellious city, to those who...
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 22:9. THE PARTINGS OF THE HIGHWAYS. Places where streets meet, public squares, etc., in the king's city, God's world, not Jerusalem. Some refer it to the outlets of country-roads, of highways,...
THE PARTINGS OF THE HIGHWAYS (τας διεξοδους των οδων). Vulgate, _exitus viarum_. Διοδο are cross-streets, while διεξοδο (double compound) seem to be main streets leading out of the city where also...
GO YE The world-wide call. (Matthew 28:16); (Revelation 22:17)....
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...
AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU FIND. They are to invite everyone they meet! This came true when the Good News of Christ was preached to everybody in the world (Colossians 1:23)....
_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 22:9 The wedding invitation to those not previously invited anticipates the spread of the gospel to the Gentiles (Matthew 28:18;...
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...
Acts 13:47; Ephesians 3:8; Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 55:7;...
Highways [δ ι ε ξ ο δ ο υ ς]. Literally, the word means a way out through; passage, outlet, thoroughfare. The idea of crossings grows out of the junction of the smaller cross - ways with the trunk roa...