From Nave’s Topical Bible
Strait Gate
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 3Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- (The narrow path toward righteousness)Matthew 7:13Matthew 7:14Luke 13:24
The passages, in Bible order (3)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Matthew 7:13
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Commentary on Matthew 7:132 voices
Hence the still stronger expression in Luke (Lu 13:24), "Strive to enter in at the strait gate." for wide is the gate--easily entered. and broad is the way--easily trodden. that leadeth to destruction, and--thus lured "many there be which go in thereat."
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
The strait gate - The holiness described in the foregoing chapters. And this is the narrow way. Wide is the gate, and many there are that go in through it - They need not seek for this; they come to it of course.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755Evangelical
- Matthew 7:14
But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Commentary on Matthew 7:142 voices
The strait gate - The holiness described in the foregoing chapters. And this is the narrow way. Wide is the gate, and many there are that go in through it - They need not seek for this; they come to it of course.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755Evangelical
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way,.... And so, difficult to enter in at; and when entered, the way is unpleasant to the flesh to walk in, being hedged up on each side with afflictions and tribulations; and moreover, is like the "narrow place", or στενος τοπος, "the strait place", as the Septuagint in Num 22:26 render it; in which the angel that met Balaam stood; and in which there was no turning to the right hand or the left; and such is the way to eternal happiness.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Luke 13:24
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
Commentary on Luke 13:242 voices
The narrow gate also represents the toils and sufferings of the saints. For as a victory in battle bears witness to the strength of the soldiers, so a courageous endurance of labours and temptations will make a man strong. Now our Lord does not seem to satisfy him who asked whether there are few that be saved, when He declares the way by which man may become righteous.
Cyril of Alexandria· Catena Aurea by AquinasPatristic
(in reg. ad int. 240.) For as in earthly life the departure from right is exceeding broad, so he who goes out of the path which leads to the kingdom of heaven, finds himself in a vast extent of error. (int. 241.). But the right way is narrow, the slightest turning aside being full of danger, whether to the right or to the left, as on a bridge, where he who slips on either side is thrown into the river. (Hom. in Psalm 1, 15.)
Basil of Caesarea· Catena Aurea by AquinasPatristic