Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 8:11
Many shall come from the east and west. The terms "the east and
the west", the extreme points of the compass, are taken to indicate the
regions that are far away, the whole world. The Lord means not only
those who are geographically far away from Israel, but those who have
been far away spiritually, Gentiles as well as Jews.
Shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. The Jews were
accustomed to speak to the delights of the Messiah's kingdom as a feast
with the patriarchs. The language implies intimate domestic intercourse
and fellowship.
The kingdom of heaven refers, here, rather to the eternal blessed
state than to the church on earth.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 8:11
Luke 7:2-10
Luke 13:28-29
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