a stranger] Willing to associate himself with the people of God. far countrey] As Matthew 2:1. and Matthew 12:42. Acts 8:27. for thy names sake] To worship and praise thee, having heard of thee, and of thy great works, whereby he knoweth and beleeveth thee to be the onely true God: As Exodus 12:38. and 18. 11, 12. Joshua 2:9. See chap. 5. vers. 1.