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Mat_22:10. Ἐξελθόντες ] from the palace of the king out into the highways.
συνήγαγον ] through their invitation, which was accepted.
πονηρ . τε καὶ ἀγαθ .] not “locutio quasi proverbialis,” Bengel, but they proceeded on the principle of not inquiring whether the parties in question were at the time morally bad or good, provided they only accepted the invitation. The separation between the bad and the good was not to be made by them, but subsequently by the king himself, and that according to a higher standard. Accordingly, the separation takes place in Mat_22:11 ff., where the man who has no wedding garment represents the πονηροί .
ὁ γάμος ] not equivalent to νυμφών , but the wedding (i.e. the marriage feast, as in Mat_22:8; comp. Hom. Od. iv. 3, Il. xviii. 491), was full of guests. The emphasis, however, is on ἐπλήσθη .