And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Ver. 49. To eat and drink with the drunken] Though he neither be drunk himself, not make others drunk, yet to be among wine bibbers and flesh mongers, as Solomon hath it,Proverbs 23:20, to company with such as a frequent and immoderate bibber, as Peter's word (εν ποτοις) importeth, 1 Peter 4:3; to drink ad numerum, as Bullinger expresseth it, though there follow not an utter alienation of mind, this is here threatened. Excessive drinking is drunkenness, Eph 5:18 though men be strong to bear it,Isaiah 5:22 .