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Mat 22:11. Ἄνθρωπον, a man) Some remarkable one amongst the many bad who were called, and yet not chosen; who is individually a sample of all such, one whom you would especially suppose to be chosen, and from whose not being chosen, the small number of the chosen is perceived. The singular number is emphatic; for the passage would otherwise have equally admitted of the plural.-ἔνδυμα γάμου, a wedding garment)[958] sc. the righteousness of Christ; see Gnomon on ch. Mat 6:33.
[958] Beng. states, in the note of the Germ. Vers. on this passage, that the persons themselves who were celebrating the marriage feast, distributed such garments to the guests.-E. B.