Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? This is one of those curious questions which a time of religious inquiry and excitement usually suggests, by taking up their attention with which some flatter themselves that they are religious, but thus only lulling the inward craving after something more substantial.
And he said unto them - that is, the multitude; taking no notice of the man or his question, except as furnishing the occasion of a solemn warning not to trifle with so momentous a matter as "salvation."