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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Luke 13:24 - 13:24
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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 Mat 7:13, Mat 7:14).
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.