Albert Barnes on Matthew 22:4
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Matthew22:4
Other servants. Who might press it on their attention. So God repeats his message to sinners, when they reject it.
My dinner. This word literally denotes the meal taken about noon. It is also taken for a meal in general. As marriages were, among eastern nations, in the evening, it refers here to a meal taken at that time.
Fatlings. This word does not refer to any particular species of animals. It denotes any fat animals. As oxen are also mentioned, however, it refers here probably to lambs, or calves, 2Sam 6:13; 1Chr 15:26.
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