And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.

and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

And they will come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and take their places in the kingdom of God.

And they will arrive from the East, and the West, and the North, and the South; and they will recline at table in the kingdom of God.

People will come from East and West, and from North and South, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God.

And they shall come from the east He now draws a larger illustration from the fact, that the Jews, who reckoned themselves the only lawful heirs of God, were to be rejected, and that the Gentiles were to be substituted in their room, and obtain the life which was promised to Abraham and his posterity. He contrasts the Gentiles with them, in order to excite them to faith by a holy jealousy: as Paul writes, that "it will be a distinguished honor of his ministry, if he excite any of his nation and blood to such an emulations," (Romans 11:13,14.) The Jews must have been stung by it: for they had an inordinate love of themselves, and proudly despised God and his gifts. But as we shall, ere long, meet with this sentence again inthe Gospel by Matthew I now glance at it more slightly.

They shall come - That is, the Gentiles, in every part of the world, shall receive the Gospel of the grace of God, when the Jews shall have rejected it.

And they shall come from the (g) east, and [from] the west, and from the north, and [from] the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
(g) From all the corners of the world, and the places mentioned here are four of the main ones.

And they shall come,.... From all parts the world, from every nation under the heavens; meaning the Gentiles, and which will be a greater aggravation of the punishment of the Jews, and cause still more rage and madness: these shall
come from the east and from the west; from the rising of the sun, to the going down of the same, Isaiah 45:6
and from the north, and from the south; from the most distant parts of the world inhabited by men; see Isaiah 43:5. God has his chosen ones, and Christ has a people in all parts of the world; and therefore his Gospel must be preached to all nations, for the gathering of them in, which will be done in the latter day; and in the resurrection morn, as these will be raised in the several places where they will have been buried, they will come from thence, and make one body, and will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, and will be for ever with him:
and shall sit down in the kingdom of God; in Christ's kingdom, in the new heavens, and new earth, as persons that sit down at a table, to partake of a feast; see Luke 22:30 and in the ultimate glory, where they shall have rest, peace, and joy, for evermore. The Ethiopic version renders it, "they shall rejoice in the kingdom of God"; they shall partake of the joys of heaven; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away; and the Persic version, "and they shall take a repose, and sit and rest"; they shall rest from all their labour, and be in perfect ease and peace; See Gill on Matthew 8:11.

They shall sit down in the kingdom of God - Both the kingdom of grace and of glory.