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Selected Verse: Matthew 22:4 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mt 22:4 |
Strong Concordance |
Again [3825], he sent forth [649] other [243] servants [1401], saying [3004], Tell [2036] them which are bidden [2564], Behold [2400], I have prepared [2090] my [3450] dinner [712]: my [3450] oxen [5022] and [2532] my fatlings [4619] are killed [2380], and [2532] all things [3956] are ready [2092]: come [1205] unto [1519] the marriage [1062]. |
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King James |
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage--This points to those Gospel calls after Christ's death, resurrection, ascension, and effusion of the Spirit, to which the parable could not directly allude, but when only it could be said, with strict propriety, "that all things were ready." Compare Co1 5:7-8, "Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; therefore, let us keep the feast"; also Joh 6:51, "I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread which I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Other servants - Who might press it on their attention. So God repeats his message to sinners when they reject it.
My dinner - This word literally denotes the meal taken about noon. It is also taken for a meal in general. As marriages were, among Eastern nations, in the evening, it refers here to a meal taken at that time.
Fatlings - This word does not refer to any particular species of animals. It denotes any fat animals. As oxen are also mentioned, however, it refers here, probably, to lambs or calves, Sa2 6:13; Ch1 15:26. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Dinner (ἄριστον)
Not the principal meal of the day, but a noon-breakfast; luncheon.
Fatlings (σιτιστὰ)
From σῖτος, corn, grain, or food generally. Properly animals especially fed up or fatted for a feast. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Fatlings - Fatted beasts and fowls. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Fatlings - Τα σιτιϚα Properly, fatted rams, or wethers. Sa2 6:13; Ch1 15:26. |
51 I [1473] am [1510] the living [2198] bread [740] which [3588] came down [2597] from [1537] heaven [3772]: if [1437] any man [5100] eat [5315] of [1537] this [5127] bread [740], he shall live [2198] for [1519] ever [165]: and [1161] [2532] the bread [740] that [3739] I [1473] will give [1325] is [2076] my [3450] flesh [4561], which [3739] I [1473] will give [1325] for [5228] the life [2222] of the world [2889].
7 Purge out [1571] therefore [3767] the old [3820] leaven [2219], that [2443] ye may be [5600] a new [3501] lump [5445], as [2531] ye are [2075] unleavened [106]. For [1063] even [2532] Christ [5547] our [2257] passover [3957] is sacrificed [2380] for [5228] us [2257]:
8 Therefore [5620] let us keep the feast [1858], not [3361] with [1722] old [3820] leaven [2219], neither [3366] with [1722] the leaven [2219] of malice [2549] and [2532] wickedness [4189]; but [235] with [1722] the unleavened [106] bread of sincerity [1505] and [2532] truth [225].
26 And it came to pass, when God [0430] helped [05826] the Levites [03881] that bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068], that they offered [02076] seven [07651] bullocks [06499] and seven [07651] rams [0352].
13 And it was so, that when they that bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] had gone [06805] six [08337] paces [06806], he sacrificed [02076] oxen [07794] and fatlings [04806].
26 And it came to pass, when God [0430] helped [05826] the Levites [03881] that bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068], that they offered [02076] seven [07651] bullocks [06499] and seven [07651] rams [0352].
13 And it was so, that when they that bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] had gone [06805] six [08337] paces [06806], he sacrificed [02076] oxen [07794] and fatlings [04806].