Many shall come] Our Saviour Christ takes occasion, from the commendation of the centurions faith, to speak of the calling of the Gentiles, and rejecting of the Jews. from the east and west] From all parts, as Isaiah 12:12. and Isaiah 43:5. An allusion to the promise made to Jacob, Genesis 28:14. shall sit down] A metaphor taken from banquets, where men of different conditions sit down and feast together, Isaiah 25:6. Matthew 22:2. Luke 22:30. with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob] The Jews scorn to converse and eat with strangers now; but the time shall come, when strangers shall enjoy eternall happinesse with their ancestours, and they themselves shall be excluded.