Pertanyaan: 276. Apakah Pria tanpa Pakaian Pernikahan Diperlakukan dengan Kasar?
Tidak; dia diperlakukan sesuai yang dia layakkan. Pada pesta pernikahan di tanah Oriental seperti yang digambarkan oleh Kristus, raja akan menyediakan pakaian untuk para tamunya, sesuai dengan acara tersebut. Seorang tamu yang menolak mengenakan pakaian pernikahan dan datang dengan pakaian biasa, akan mencolok dan perilakunya akan menjadi penghinaan bagi raja. Dia tentu dianggap menghina pakaian yang disediakan oleh raja dan lebih memilih pakaian sendiri. Kristus, dalam ayat di Matius 22:11-13, sedang memperingatkan pendengarnya agar tidak mengandalkan kebenaran mereka sendiri dan menolak jalan keselamatan yang diberikan oleh Allah.
Question: 276. Was the Man without the Wedding Garment Harshly Dealt with?
No; he was treated as he deserved. At a wedding feast in an Oriental land such as Christ was describing, the king would provide garments for his guests, suitable to the occasion. A guest who declined to wear the wedding garment and went in wearing his ordinary attire, would be conspicuous and his conduct would be an affront to the king. He would naturally be considered as despising the dress which the king had provided and preferring his own. Christ, in the passage in Matt. 22:11-13, was warning his hearers against trusting in their own righteousness and rejecting God's way of salvation.
