Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Strive--The word signifies to "contend" as for the mastery, to "struggle," expressive of the difficulty of being saved, as if one would have to force his way in.
strait gate--another figure of the same. (See on Matthew 7:13-14).
for many . . . will seek--"desire," that is, with a mere wish or slothful endeavor.
and shall not be able--because it must be made a life-and-death struggle.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Proverbs 8:35
Hosea 12:3
Matthew 7:13
Matthew 7:23
Luke 13:18-21
Colossians 1:29
2 Timothy 2:19
Hebrews 11:6
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