Matthew 22:3

Matthew 22:3. And sent forth his servants— It was sometimes customary to send two messages, as in the case here supposed, which represented the condescension the greater, and suited the repeated invitations given to the Jews by Christ himself during his life, and by the Apostles after his death. The invitation which preceded the call at the hour of supper, may signify the vocation of the Jews, by which they became in a peculiarsense the visible church; and, in consequence whereof, they had the call given them at that hour; that is, when the fulness of time approached, they had the Gospel, the call to the great feast of heaven, preached to them, first by John the Baptist, and next by Jesus himself: But they would not come. Though pressed and invited to enter into the kingdom of heaven, they would not obey, but rejected the Gospel.