A.T. Robertson Commentary Matthew 22:2

"The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son," — Matthew 22:2 (ASV)

A marriage feast (γαμους). The plural, as here (2,3,4,9), is very common in the papyri for the wedding festivities (the several acts of feasting) which lasted for days, seven in Jud 14:17. The very phrase here, γαμους ποιειν, occurs in the Doric of Thera about B.C. 200. The singular γαμος is common in the papyri for the wedding contract, but Field (Notes, p. 16) sees no difference between the singular here in 22:8 and the plural (Esther 9:22; Macc. 10:58).