Matthew 22 · Verse 7

Matthew 22:7

But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Matthew 22:7, King James Version

Matthew 22:7 in other translations

BSBThe king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
WEBWhen the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
ASVBut the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
YLT‘And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;
DARBYAnd when the king heard of it he was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
BBEBut the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.
WebsterBut when the king heard of it, he was wroth: and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

What does Matthew 22:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. But when the king--the Great God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. heard thereof, he was wroth--at the affront put both on His Son, and on Himself who had deigned to invite them. and he sent forth his armies--The Romans are here styled God's armies, just as the Assyrian is styled "the rod of His anger" (Is 10:5), as being the executors of His judicial vengeance. and destroyed those murderers--and in what vast numbers did they do it! and burned up their city--Ah! Jerusalem, once "the city of the Great King" (Psa 48:2), and even up almost to this time (Mt 5:35); but now it is "their city"--just as our Lord, a day or two after this, said of the temple, where God had so long dwelt, "Behold your house is left unto you desolate" (Mt 23:38)! Compare Lu 19:43, 44.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 7. But when the king heard, etc. This doubtless refers to the Jews, and to Jerusalem. They were murderers, having slain the prophets; and God was about to send forth the armies of the Romans under his providential direction, and to burn up their city. Mt 24:1 and following.

Wroth. Angry; displeased.

(o) "destroyed those murderers" Dan 9:26, Lk 19:27

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 But when the king - Himself or, this very king. I have added εκεινος on the authority of nine of the most ancient MSS. and nearly one hundred others; the later Syriac, six copies of the Itala, and some of the fathers. Several printed editions have it, and Griesbach has received it into the text.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 22:1-14

The provision made for perishing souls in the gospel, is represented by a royal feast made by a king, with eastern liberality, on the marriage of his son. Our merciful God has not only provided food, but a royal feast, for the perishing souls of his rebellious creatures. There is enough and to spare, of every thing that can add to our present comfort and everlasting happiness, in the salvation of his Son Jesus…

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Matthew 22:7 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὁho<the>G3588
δὲdeNowG1161
βασιλεὺςbasileusthe kingG935
ὠργίσθη,ōrgisthēwas angry,G3710
καὶkaiandG2532
πέμψαςpempsashaving sentG3992
τὰtatheG3588
στρατεύματαstrateumataarmiesG4753
αὐτοῦautouof himG846
ἀπώλεσενapōlesenhe destroyedG622
τοὺςtoustheG3588
φονεῖςphoneismurderersG5406
ἐκείνουςekeinousthoseG1565
καὶkaiandG2532
τὴνtēntheG3588
πόλινpolincityG4172
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846
ἐνέπρησεν.¶eneprēsenhe burned.G1714

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Cross references for Matthew 22:7

  • Luke 19:27

    But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

  • 1 Peter 4:17-18

    For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

  • Joel 2:25

    And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

  • Luke 21:21

    Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

  • Daniel 9:26

    And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

  • Jeremiah 51:20-23

    Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

  • Isaiah 13:2-5

    Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

  • Deuteronomy 28:49-68

    The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. …

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:16

    Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

  • Joel 3:2

    I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

  • Luke 19:42-44

    Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he was.
21:40,41; Da 9:26; Zec 14:1,2; Lu 19:27,42-44; 21:21,24; 1Th 2:16
1Pe 4:17,18
his.
De 28:49-68; Isa 10:5-7; 13:2-5; Jer 51:20-23; Joe 2:11,25; 3:2
Lu 19:27

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Context

  • Matthew 22:6

    And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

  • Matthew 22:7

    But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

  • Matthew 22:8

    Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

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Matthew 22:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el rey, oyendo esto, se enojó; y enviando sus ejércitos, destruyó á aquellos homicidas, y puso fuego á su ciudad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le roi, l’ayant entendu, en fut irrité; et ayant envoyé ses troupes, il fit périr ces meurtriers-là et brûla leur ville.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Der König aber ward zornig und sandte seine Heere aus, brachte jene Mörder um und steckte ihre Stadt in Brand.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Rex autem cum audisset, iratus est: et missis exercitibus suis, perdidit homicidas illos, et civitatem illorum succendit.