Matthew 22:13. The attendants. A different word from that used before, referring not to the ‘servants' who invited, nor to the guests, but probably to angels, as ministers of judgment.

Bind him hand and foot. For secure transfer to his place of punishment. The best authorities omit, ‘and take him away.'

Outer darkness. See chap Matthew 8:12. There the fate of ‘the children of the kingdom ‘is referred to; here of a Gentile, who entered in, despising the King; their punishment is the same; their sin was the same, the sin of pride.

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