Matthew 22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:23-33

Conversation of Jesus with the Sadducees respecting the resurrection - See also Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-38.Matthew 22:23The same day came the Sadducees - For an account of the Sadducees, see the notes at Matthew 3:7.No resurrection - The word “resurrection” usually means the raising up the “body” to life after it is dead, John 11:24; John 5:29; 1 Corinthians 15:22. But the Sadducees not only denied this, but also a future state, and the separate existence of the soul after death altogether,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:34-40

Jesus converses with a Pharisee respecting the law - See also Mark 12:28-34.Matthew 22:34The Pharisees ... were gathered together - That is, either to rejoice that their great rivals, the Sadducees, had been so completely silenced, or to lay a new plan for ensnaring him, or perhaps both. They would rejoice that the Sadducees had been confounded, but they would not be the less desirous to involve Jesus in difficulty. They therefore endeavored, probably, to find the most difficult question in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:41-46

Jesus proposes a question concerning the Messiah - See also Mark 12:35-37; Luke 20:41-44.Matthew 22:41While the Pharisees ... - Jesus, having confounded the great sects of the Jews, proceeds, in his turn, to propose to them a question for their solution.This was done, not for the purpose of vain parade and triumph, but:1.To show them how ignorant they were of their prophecies.2.To humble them in view of their ignorance.3.To bring to their attention the true doctrine respecting the Messiah - his... read more

Joseph Benson

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

A.M. 4037. A.D. 33. Here, (1,) in the parable of the marriage-feast, is further set forth the unreasonable obstinacy and wickedness of the Jews in rejecting the gospel and persecuting God’s messengers, and the destruction awaiting them, Matthew 22:1-7 . (2,) The calling of the Gentiles, and their obeying the call, Matthew 22:8-10 . (3,) The necessity of holiness in all that embrace the gospel, represented by the doom of the guest that had not on a wedding-garment, Matthew 22:11-14 ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:1

Matthew 22:1. Jesus spake unto them again by parables That is, spake with reference to what had just passed: for this parable is closely connected with that of the vineyard, delivered at the close of the preceding chapter. And as our Lord had in that foretold the approaching ruin of the Jewish place and nation, he goes on in this to vindicate God’s mercy and justice in the rejection of that people and the calling of the Gentiles; admonishing the latter, at the same time, of the necessity of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:2-3

Matthew 22:2-3. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king That is, the dispensation of the gospel may be well illustrated by that which happened in the case of a king; who made a marriage for his son Our Lord is frequently represented in Scripture under the character of a bridegroom. The marriage-feast here spoken of is intended to signify the blessings of the gospel, which are set forth under the emblem of a feast in divers passages of Scripture, especially Isaiah 25:6; and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:4-5

Matthew 22:4-5. Again, he sent forth other servants The apostles and others, on whom the Holy Ghost descended on the day of pentecost, and who thereby received a fresh commission to call the Jews to repentance; saying, Tell them which were bidden, I have prepared my dinner, &c. After Christ’s resurrection and ascension, the apostles were sent forth to inform the Jews that the divine mission of Christ was confirmed by his resurrection; that sin was expiated by his death, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:6

Matthew 22:6. And the remnant Or the rest of them, who did not go to farms or merchandise, who were neither husbandmen nor tradesmen, but ecclesiastics; namely, the scribes and Pharisees, and chief priests; took [Gr. κρατησαντες , laying hold on ] his servants, entreated them spitefully [or rather, shamefully, ] and slew them If it be objected that these circumstances of the parable are improbable, as it was never known in the world that subjects refused the invitation of their... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:7

Matthew 22:7. And when the king heard thereof, he was wroth Inasmuch as “the invitation to the marriage-feast of his son, sent by this king to his supposed friends, was the highest expression of his regard for them, and the greatest honour that could be done to them; therefore, when they refused it for such trifling reasons, and were so savagely ungrateful as to beat, and wound, and kill the servants who had come with it, it was justly viewed as a most outrageous affront, an injury that... read more

Joseph Benson

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:23-33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:34-40

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 22:41-46

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:4-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 22:7

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

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