Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 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. read more
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Albert Barnes
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:12-13
Matthew 22:12-13. 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 disciples; not having on a wedding-garment? Not having put off the old man and put on the new, not being made a new creature, not having put on the Lord Jesus Christ in holy graces and moral virtues. “It is needless to dispute,” says Calvin, “about the wedding-garment, whether... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:1-14
124. The royal wedding feast (Matthew 22:1-14)Throughout the Old Testament period and into the New, God sent his messengers to Israel, but the people ignored his message. God was like a king who invited people to a wedding feast for his son, but when the time for the feast arrived, they refused to come (Matthew 22:1-5). This was a picture of the refusal of the Jews to accept Jesus’ message and enter the kingdom of God. Their rejection of Jesus would bring God’s judgment upon them and result in... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 22:12
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 Matthew 22:11 , because this refers to the man's subjective consciousness of the omission when he entered, not to the mere forgetfulness of the fact. speechless. There was no excuse for the insult implied in the negative me , above. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 22:12
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.That man's apparel was an insult to the occasion, indicating that immoral and shameful conduct on the part of Christians is an insult to God that will at last be punished. We may not excuse him on grounds that he was poor, unable to obtain a wedding garment, or that he had no chance to supply one. Note that the man himself was speechless. It was totally his fault, and he could not think... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 22:12
Matthew 22:12. 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 English reader might be led by our translation to conceive that the man was dumb, and so could not speak; whereas he was made dumb only by self-condemnation and conviction, even as Christ made dumb— εφιμωσε,— put to silence the Sadducees, Mat 22:34 and as Peter would have us make... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:12
12. Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless—being self-condemned. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 22:1-14
The parable of the royal wedding banquet 22:1-14The three parables in this series are similar to three concentric circles in their scope. The scope of the parable of the two sons encompassed Israel’s leaders (Matthew 21:28-32). The parable of the wicked tenant farmers exposed the leaders’ lack of responsibility and their guilt to the people listening in as well as to the leaders themselves (Matthew 21:33-46). This last parable is the broadest of the three. It condemned the contempt with which... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 22:11-13
The man who did not wear the proper wedding garment was unprepared for the banquet. In that culture the proper wedding garment was just clean clothes. [Note: France, The Gospel . . ., pp. 826-27.] He was there, whether evil or good (Matthew 22:10), because he had accepted the king’s gracious invitation. However he was subject to the king’s scrutiny. The king addressed his guest as a friend. He asked how he had obtained admission without the proper (clean) garment. The man was speechless due to... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 22:12
Wilfulness spoiling our blessings. "Not having a wedding garment." The incident is a distinctly Eastern one. So motley a crowd would be very out of place in a king's palace. It was not only kindly consideration which provided an all-covering, handsome robe for guests whose own clothes were shabby; it was a sense of appropriateness which required all the guests to be suitably arrayed. In treating this parable it should be kept in mind that he who gave the feast was a king, and so sent his... read more