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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:43

How then doth David in spirit (or by the Spirit - by the inspiration of the Spirit of God) call him Lord? saying, read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:44

The Lord ( יהוה Yeve or Jehovah ) said unto my Lord, אדניע Adni or Adonai , my prop, stay, master, support), Sit thou on my right hand - Take the place of the greatest eminence and authority. Till I make thine enemies thy footstool - till I subdue both Jews and Gentiles under thee, and cause them to acknowledge thee as their sovereign and Lord. This quotation is taken from Psalm 110:1 ; and, from it, these two points are clear: That David wrote it by the inspiration of God;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:45

How is he his son? - As the Jews did not attempt to deny the conclusion of our Lord's question, which was, the Messiah is not only the son of David according to the flesh, but he is the Lord of David according to his Divine nature, then it is evident they could not. Indeed, there was no other way of invalidating the argument, but by denying that the prophecy in question related to Christ: but it seems the prophecy was so fully and so generally understood to belong to the Messiah that they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:46

Neither durst any - ask him any more questions - " Thus," says Dr. Wotton, "our Lord put the four great sects of the Jews to silence, in one day, successively. The Herodians and Pharisees wanted to know whether they might lawfully pay tribute to Caesar or not. The Sadducees were inquisitive to know whose wife the woman should be of the seven brethren, in the resurrection, who had her to wife. Then comes the scribe, (or karaite), who owned no authority beyond or besides the written law, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:1

Verse 1 Matthew 22:1.And Jesus answering. Though Matthew relates this parable among other discourses which were delivered by Christ about the time of the last Passover, yet as he does not specify any particular time, and as Luke expressly affirms that Christ delivered this discourse while he sat at table in the house of a Pharisee, I have thought it better to follow this order. The design which Matthew had in view was, to point out the reasons why the scribes were excited to the highest pitch... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:2

Verse 2 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 against the Jews, that they gave utterance to beautiful expressions about the kingdom of God, but, when God kindly and gently invited them, they rejected his grace with disdain. There is no room to doubt that the discourse is expressly levelled against the Jews, as will more plainly appear a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:4

Verse 4 4.Again he sent other servants. He speaks as if it had been the same persons who were invited, for it was one body of the people. The meaning is, that when the happy and joyful day of redemption drew near, they were warned to be ready; for they had been long ago informed as to the time. But now Christ told them that, at the very hour, fresh messengers were sent to entreat them to come with haste; for the first invitation which he mentions includes all the former prophecies, down to the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:5

Verse 5 We must now consider that part of doctrine which is conveyed both by Matthew and by Luke. One went to his field, and another to his merchandise; or, as Luke expresses it, one pleaded that he had married a wife; another that he had purchased a field; and another that he had bought five yoke of oxen. By these words Christ pronounces the Jews to have been so entirely devoted to the world and to earthly things, that no man found leisure to approach to God; for the cares of this world, when... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:7

Verse 7 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 at the appointed time were shut out, and deprived of the honor of being present at the banquet. But this doctrine applies equally to us; for the same destruction which Christ denounces against the Jews awaits all the ungodly, who violently oppose the ministers of the Gospel. Those who are so... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:9

Verse 9 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 mean and despised common people. And here is described the calling of the Gentiles, which is to excite the Jews to jealousy, as we have it in the Song of Moses; They have provoked me by those who are not gods, and I will provoke them by that which is not a people, and by a foolish nation will... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:43

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:44

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:45

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:46

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:9

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