Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Strive (agwnizesqe). Jesus makes short shrift of the question. He includes others (present middle plural of agwnizomai, common verb, our agonize). Originally it was to contend for a prize in the games. The kindred word agwnia occurs of Christ's struggle in Gethsemane (Luke 22:44). The narrow gate appears also in Matthew 7:13, only there it is an outside gate (pulhv) while here it is the entrance to the house, "the narrow door" (qurav).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 13:24:
Luke 13:25
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