John Bengel Commentary - Luke 13:30 - 13:30

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John Bengel Commentary - Luke 13:30 - 13:30


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Luk 13:30. Ἰδοὺ εἰσὶν-καί εἰσι, behold, there are-and there are) The present with emphasis, in antithesis to the future: Luk 13:29; Luk 13:24.-εἰσὶν ἔσχατοι, there are last) This has reference to Luk 13:28-29. The absence of the article makes the whole assertion in the sentence indefinite, and denotes that there is to be an interchange in the relative positions of some, though not of all, of the first and of the last, not that there is to be an account taken of both in the mass without discrimination: For those coming from the four quarters of the world shall recline at the banquet with the fathers and the prophets, not the latter with them (the former). See Mat 8:11.-εἰσὶ πρῶτοι, there are first) This is to be referred to Luk 13:24, et seqq.