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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 13:23-30

We have here, I. A question put to our Lord Jesus. Who it was that put it we are not told, whether a friend or a foe; for he both gave a great liberty of questioning him and returned answers to the thoughts and intents of the heart. The question was, Are there few that are saved? Luke 13:23: ei oligoi hoi sozomenoi??If the saved be few? Master, I have heard thou shouldest say so; is it true?? 1. Perhaps it was a captious question. He put it to him, tempting him, with a design to ensnare him... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 13:22-30

13:22-30 Jesus continued to go through towns and villages, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem. "Lord," someone said to him, "are those who are to be saved few in number?" He said to them, "Keep on striving to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able to. Once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and when you begin to stand outside and knock, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' he will answer you, 'I do not know where you... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 13:28

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth ,.... See Gill on Matthew 8:12 . This will be upon hearing the above sentence and character, "depart from me", &c.; and will be increased, when ye shall see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob : whose offspring they were, and to whom they stood related according to the flesh; and of descent, from whom they boasted, and even trusted in it, thinking themselves the favourites of heaven, and expecting to be admitted into the kingdom of God, on account... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 13:29

And they shall come ,.... From all parts the world, from every nation under the heavens; meaning the Gentiles, and which will be a greater aggravation of the punishment of the Jews, and cause still more rage and madness: these shall come from the east and from the west ; from the rising of the sun, to the going down of the same, Isaiah 45:6 and from the north, and from the south ; from the most distant parts of the world inhabited by men; see Isaiah 43:5 . God has his chosen... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 13:30

And behold, there are last which shall be first ,.... The Gentiles, the most mean and abject, afar from God, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, called last of all; these shall be first, and sit down among patriarchs and prophets, men of the first rank here on earth, in the kingdom of heaven, and enjoy the same glory and happiness with them: and there are first which shall be last : the Jews, who were first the visible professing people of God, to whom the oracles of God, and outward... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:28

Abraham, and Isaac, etc. - See on Matthew 8:12 ; (note), where the figures and allusions made use of here are particularly explained. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:29

They shall come - That is, the Gentiles, in every part of the world, shall receive the Gospel of the grace of God, when the Jews shall have rejected it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:30

There are last which shall be first - See on Matthew 19:30 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:28

Verse 28 28.When you shall see Abraham The Jews bore no resemblance to the holy fathers, and had no right to boast of being descended from them: yet nothing was more customary than to abuse the title of the Church. (474) Christ here assures them, that a bastard race, which has departed from the faith and piety of the fathers, has “no inheritance in the kingdom of God,” (Ephesians 5:5.) There is a silent but implied reproof, that those who were desirous to have companions in seeking salvation,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:29

Verse 29 29.And they shall come from the east He now draws a larger illustration from the fact, that the Jews, who reckoned themselves the only lawful heirs of God, were to be rejected, and that the Gentiles were to be substituted in their room, and obtain the life which was promised to Abraham and his posterity. He contrasts the Gentiles with them, in order to excite them to faith by a holy jealousy: as Paul writes, that “it will be a distinguished honor of his ministry, if he excite any of... read more

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