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NASB | Matthew 22:11 ¶ "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:11 ¶ "But when the king came in to see the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed [appropriately] in wedding clothes, |
Bible Question:
The man in Matthew 22:11 was speechless in verse 12 does that imply he had no idea he wasn't dressed correctly? Or simply that he had no excuse? Remember he was brought in. EdB |
Bible Answer: Ed, I read it as the man being speechless because he had no excuse for not being properly dressed. That is not having responded to God's grace(ious) invitation appropriately. I see the first group that refused to come and gave excuses as those Jews who rejected Jesus. Then God extended his invitation to all the world and even then some like this man, failed to respond appropriately to God's grace. It is like the man was invited into the Church and came but never really repented and believed and changed his life to put on Christ. We may not know who that is, but God recognized this man for what he was or rather was not. The man is spotted by God and judged in the receiving line to the Wedding Feast of the Lamb and because he has not put on righteousness (not responed to God's grace or rejected it), he is cast out into the outer darkness or hell. I don't know if I should mix metaphors here, but there is something of a comparison to the seed that did not take root for various reasons in the Parable of the Sower. I think I am at the end of my metaphorical rope at this point. :-) Emmaus |