John Calvin Commentary Genesis 19:9

"And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door." — Genesis 19:9 (ASV)

And they said, Stand back. The fact that Lot, with all his entreaties—than which nothing could be brought forward more likely to soothe their rage—was so harshly repelled, shows the indomitable haughtiness of this people. And, in the first place, they threaten that, if he persists in interceding, they will deal worse with him than with those whom he defends.

Then they reproach him for the fact that he, a foreigner, assumes the role of a judge. Every word proves the pride with which they swell. They place one man in opposition to a multitude, as if they would say, ‘By what right do you alone claim for yourself authority over the whole city?’ They next boast that, while they are natives, he is only a stranger.

Such is, at the present time, the boasting of the Papists against the pious ministers of God’s word: they allege against us, as a disgrace, the smallness of our numbers, in contrast with their own great multitude. Then they pride themselves on their long succession, and contend that it is intolerable for them to be reproved by new men. But however stubbornly the wicked may strive, rather than submit to reason, let us understand that they are exalted only to their own ruin.