When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
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Gill's Exposition
Then shall ye begin to say,.... Or ye shall say; in favour of themselves, and in order to be admitted within, the following pleas will be made by them:
we have eaten and drank in thy presence: which…
Barnes' Notes
When once the master ... - The figure here used is taken from the conduct of a housekeeper, who is willing to see his friends, and who at the proper time keeps his doors open. But there is a proper…
Adam Clarke
And hath shut to the door - See the notes on Mat 7:22-23 (note), and 25:10-41.
We have here,
I. A question put to our Lord Jesus. Who it was that put it we are not told, whether a friend or a foe; for he both gave a great liberty of questioning him and returned answers to the…
Cambridge Bible
to stand without, and to knock at the door Mat 25:10. That the first application of the warning was to Jews who relied on their privileges appears from the fact that the excluded class are not poor…
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