John Calvin Commentary Luke 13:29

"And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God." — Luke 13:29 (ASV)

And they shall come from the east. He now draws a larger illustration from the fact that the Jews, who considered themselves the only lawful heirs of God, were to be rejected. Consequently, the Gentiles were to be substituted in their place and would obtain the life that 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 emulation,” (Romans 11:13–14).

The Jews must have been stung by this, for they had an inordinate love of themselves and proudly despised God and his gifts. But as we will soon encounter this sentence again in the Gospel by Matthew, I will now touch on it more briefly.