13. Then said the king to the servants —the angelic ministers of divine vengeance (as in :- ). Bind him hand and foot —putting it out of his power to resist. and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness —So Matthew 8:12 ; Matthew 25:30 . The expression is emphatic—"the darkness which is outside." To be " outside " at all—or, in the language of Matthew 25:30- : , to be " without " the heavenly city, excluded from its joyous nuptials and gladsome festivities—is sad enough of itself, without anything else. But to find themselves not only excluded from the brightness and glory and joy and felicity of the kingdom above, but thrust into a region of "darkness," with all its horrors, this is the dismal retribution here announced, that awaits the unworthy at the great day. there —in that region and condition. shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. See on Matthew 22:1 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-14" class="com-number"
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