Matthew 22:8 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:8-10

Matthew 22:8-10. 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 repent and believe, and behave kindly to the preachers of it: which is the description Christ gives to his apostles of those whom they were to account αξιοι , worthy, Matthew 10:11-14. These here spoken of were αμελησαντες , (Matthew 22:5,) slighters, despisers of the spiritual... 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 22:8

Then, &c. This, as to time, leaps over the present Dispensation, and takes up the yet future preaching of Matthew 24:14 , for it has to do with the same people. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 22:8

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore to the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.God's purpose is never defeated by sinful men. There will be guests at the wedding feast, even if those first bidden despise it. We have already noted that Christ was praised with Hosannas in the temple (Matthew 21:16), even though the Pharisees would not honor him. Children took up the song they... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 22:8-10

Matthew 22:8-10. The wedding is ready, &c.— The 8th verse is well explained by Act 13:46-47 which was an accomplishment of this part of the parable. In the next verse, the calling of the Gentiles is represented by the king's servants going forth, and compelling all that they met to come in, (see Luke 14:23.) whether they were maimed or halt, worthy or unworthy, good or bad; for they were to make no distinction. The phrase, διεξοδους τουν οδων, signifies the ways most frequented, the places... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:8

8. The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy—for how should those be deemed worthy to sit down at His table who had affronted Him by their treatment of His gracious invitation? 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 22:8-10

The king did not begin the wedding feast then. He sent out more slaves to invite anyone to attend. The original guests were not worthy because they disregarded the king’s invitations. They failed to respond to his invitation to come freely. The king sent His slaves out into the "main highways" (NASB, Gr. tas diexodous ton hodon, lit. "street corners," NIV, places where people congregated) to invite everyone to the feast (cf. Matthew 8:11; Matthew 21:43). His slaves went out into the streets and... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:1-46

Parables of the Marriage of the King’s Son and the Wedding Garment1-14. Marriage of the King’s Son (peculiar to St. Matthew). Jesus concludes His discourse by reiterating in still clearer and stronger language the teaching of the last parable, viz. His Divine Sonship, the impending destruction of Jerusalem, the rejection of the Jews, and the call of the Gentiles. He concludes with a warning to the Gentiles not to abuse the mercy about to be extended to them, by appearing at the feast (i.e.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Matthew 22:1-46

The Frivolous Spirit Matthew 22:5 I. There are of course some things that every wise man will make light of. There are petty grievances in every lot. 'Think, sir,' said Dr. Johnson to a worrying friend, 'think, sir, how infinitely little that will seem a twelve-month hence.' It is an untold blessing to have a little vision and a little humour, and see things in their true sizes and proportions. There is a gentle art of making light. But it is the corruption of the best that is the worst: and... read more