*22:7 There is a contrast between the indifferent (verse 5) and the malignant (verse 6)—the indifferent missed out on the feast, but the malignant were destroyed. In the kingdom of the heavens there is only one wedding feast for the King's Son, so far as I know, called “the marriage supper of the Lamb” in Revelation 19:9. So who might the ‘indifferent’ be?
†22:11 Obviously people grabbed off the street would not have appropriate attire—the wedding garment must have been issued to each one as he went in.
‡22:13 Someone tried to ‘crash the party’ and had even taken a place at a table, but it did not work. I suppose there may be those who think they can crash “the marriage supper of the Lamb”, but if you are not dressed in the righteousness of the Bridegroom you will not make it.
§22:16 The Pharisees and the Herodians were political enemies, but in their desperation they joined forces against Jesus.
*22:16 They really tried to butter Him up.
†22:28 To dream up hypothetical situations is typical of those who really do not want to acknowledge or obey the truth. No doubt they thought they were being clever.
‡22:29 I started out putting ‘self-deceived’, but the verb is passive Indicative and not inherently reflexive—it could be Satan deceiving them.
§22:29 Alas! Is this not true of large segments of so-called evangelical Christianity? The Lord puts His finger on the Sadducees' real problem—they were spiritually bankrupt.
*22:30 Jesus does not say that angels do not have sex/gender. Evidently no baby angels (good or fallen) are born, but if angels are of only one gender they cannot reproduce in kind. Whenever an angel takes on human form in the Bible, it is always the form of a man. Perhaps 1% of the Greek manuscripts, of inferior quality, omit “of God” (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.).
†22:32 See Exodus 3:6,15,16—Jesus attributes this text to God!
‡22:32 Jesus argues on the basis of the present tense of the verb—if Abraham was simply eradicated it would have to be “was”. Jesus implies that they should have figured it out for themselves.
§22:37 Evidently Jesus answered without hesitation; this one was easy!
*22:37 See Deuteronomy 6:5, 10:12.
†22:39 See Leviticus 19:18. Jesus gave him more than he asked for.
‡22:44 See Psalm 110:1—note that Jesus affirms that David was inspired.