But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jesus said unto the centurion,.... Christ having finished the digression, returns an answer to the centurion, agreeably to his desire, saying to him,
go thy way; not as displeased with him, but…
Barnes' Notes
The children of the kingdom - That is, the children, or the people, who “expected the kingdom,” or to whom it properly belonged; or, in other words, the Jews. they supposed themselves to be the…
We have here an account of Christ's curing the centurion's servant of a palsy. This was done at Capernaum, where Christ now dwelt, Mat 4:13. Christ went about doing good, and came home to do good too;…
Cambridge Bible
outer darkness i. e. the darkness outside the house in which the banquet is going on.
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