Alford's idea that in the words ''compel them to come in," there is possibly " an allusion to infant-baptism," appears to me exceedlDgly improbable.
24^.— *[None.., bidden... shall tasUy do.'] This expression primarily applies to the Jews. RejectiDg Christ's Gospel they were cut off for a season, until it shall please Gk>d to graff them in again. (Rom. xi. 23.) Secondarily it illustrates a mournful truth about those who reject the Gospel among ourselves. They are some- times let alone, aud given over tx) a reprobate mind. To refuse truth brings down on man God's heaviest displeasure. Our Lord's words about Ohorazin and Bethsaida should often be studied.