Verse 8
8. A wedding The Greek term had become applicable to any feast.
Highest room See note on Matthew 23:6. Which was the most honourable place was decided, by custom, differently among different nations. Among the Greeks and Romans each couch was a triclinium, or triple seat; of the three the holder of the middle place was the most honourable; and the triclinium of the host at the head of the table was the most honourable among the couches. It would seem that among the Jews the host did not, as among us, assign the place, and quarrels among the guests about the precedence were very common.
A more honourable man Whose dignity perhaps induces him to come in late, and by his coming attract the general attention to his importance.
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