Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him,
6. And Lot went out at the door unto them . It appears from the fact that Lot went out and exposed himself to danger, how faithfully he observed the sacred right of hospitality. It was truly a rare virtue, that he preferred the safety and honor of the guests whom he had once undertaken to protect, to his own life: yet this degree of...
Now it appeared, beyond contradiction, that the cry of Sodom was no louder than there was cause for. This night's work was enough to fill the measure. For we find here, I. That they were all wicked, Gen 19:4. Wickedness had become universal, and they were unanimous in any vile design.
Commenting on Genesis 19:4-11
And Lot went out at the door unto them,.... At the door of his house: and shut the door after him; the door of the passage to his house, the courtyard door, for another word is here used; unless the one was properly the door, and the other a hatch: however, this precaution of shutting it was used to prevent the men of Sodom rushing...