Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Ver. 44. Lord, when saw we thee, &c.] They were sand blind, and could not see Christ in poor Christians, μυωπαζοντες , 2Pe 1:9 whom they should have looked upon as the only earthly angels, the dearly beloved of Christ's soul, Jeremiah 12:7; the house of his glory, Isaiah 60:7; an ornament of God, Ezekiel 7:20; a royal diadem in the hand of Jehovah, Isaiah 62:3 .