Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
But he shall say, etc.—(See on Matthew 7:23). No nearness of external communion with Christ will avail at the great day, in place of that holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. Observe the style which Christ intimates that He will then assume, that of absolute Disposer of men's eternal destinies, and contrast it with His "despised and rejected" condition at that time.
See on the similar passage (Matthew 7:22-23).
eaten and drunk, etc.—We have sat with Thee at the same table. (See on Matthew 7:22).
taught in our streets—Do we not remember listening in our own streets to Thy teaching? Surely we are not to be denied admittance?
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 13:27:
Matthew 7:23
Luke 13:18-21
2 Timothy 2:19
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