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John Gill
But he shall say, c] The Persic version adds, "be gone from my sight, and be far from my door" expressing indignation at them, an abhorrence of them, as not being able to bear them in his sight, or near unto him: I tell you, I know you not whence you are; this is repeated, and with a strong asseveration, to denote the certainty of the truth expressed, and to cast off all hope in them, of ever...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. The good improvement Christ made of a piece of news that was brought him concerning some Galileans, that were lately massacred by Pilate, as they were sacrificing in the temple at Jerusalem, ver. 1-5. II. The parable of the fruitless fig-tree, by which we are warned to bring forth fruits meet for that repentance to which he had in the foregoing passage called us, ver....
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. They shall be judged by their works. If they were workers of iniquity, it proved that they were unrenewed and unsaved. Christ will not endure their company, but will say to them, “Depart from me.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. Driven away, yet they could see the saintly ones there, and see their own kith and kin there, for they were Jews, and they...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. Ejected, violently driven away, as those who are abhorrent in God’s sight because you despised his mercy.