And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. The last thre... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; NOW THE NAMES OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES ARE THESE. The other Evangelists enumerate the Twelve in immediate connection with their appointment... [ Continue Reading ]
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; PHILIP, AND BARTHOLOMEW. That this person is the same with "Nathanael of Cana in Galilee," is justly concluded for the three following reasons: First, because Bartholo... [ Continue Reading ]
Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. SIMON THE CANAANITE; rather 'Kananite' [ Kananitees (G2581)], but better still, 'the Zealot' [ Zeelootees (G2208)], as he is called in Luke 6:15, where the original term should not have been retained as in our version ("Simon, called... [ Continue Reading ]
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: THESE TWELVE JESUS SENT FORTH, AND COMMANDED THEM, SAYING, GO NOT INTO THE WAY OF THE GENTILES, AND INTO ANY CITY OF THE SAMARITANS ENTER YE NOT. The S... [ Continue Reading ]
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. BUT GO RATHER TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Until Christ's death, which broke down the middle wall of partition (), the Gospel commission was to the Jews only, who, though the visible people of God, were "lost sheep," not merely... [ Continue Reading ]
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. AND AS YE GO, PREACH, SAYING, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. (See the note at .)... [ Continue Reading ]
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE THE LEPERS, [RAISE THE DEAD,] CAST OUT DEVILS. [The bracketed clause - "raise the dead" - is wanting in so many MSS. and ancient versions that Tischendorf and others o... [ Continue Reading ]
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, PROVIDE NEITHER GOLD, NOR SILVER NOR BRASS IN [ eis (G1519 ) 'FOR'] YOUR PURSES, [ zoonas (G2223)] - literally, 'your belts,' in which they kept their money.... [ Continue Reading ]
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. NOR SCRIP FOR YOUR JOURNEY - the wallet used by travelers for holding provisions -- NEITHER TWO COATS, [ chitoonas (G5509)] - or tunics, worn next the skin. The meaning is, Take... [ Continue Reading ]
And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. AND, INTO WHATSOEVER CITY OR TOWN, [ polin (G4172 ) ee (G2228 ) koomeen (G2968 ) - 'TOWN OR VILLAGE'] YE ENTER [CAREFULLY], INQUIRE [ exetasate (G1833 )] WHO IN IT IS WORTHY - or 'mee... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN YE COME INTO AN HOUSE, SALUTE IT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. AND IF THE HOUSE BE WORTHY - showing this by giving you a welcome -- LET YOUR PEACE COME UPON IT. This is best explained by the injunction to the Seventy, "And into whatsoever house... [ Continue Reading ]
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. AND WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT RECEIVE YOU, NOR HEAR YOUR WORDS, WHEN YE DEPART OUT OF THAT HOUSE OR CITY - for possibly a whole town might not furnish one "worthy." SH... [ Continue Reading ]
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE (MORE BEARABLE), FOR SODOM AND GOMORRHA IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT, THAN FOR THAT CITY. Those cities of the plain, which... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. BEHOLD, I SEND YOU FORTH. The "I" here [ Egoo (G1473)] is emphatic holding up Himself as the Fountain of the Gospel ministry, as He is also the Great Burden of it. AS SHEEP (DEFEN... [ Continue Reading ]
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; BUT BEWARE OF MEN; FOR THEY WILL DELIVER YOU TO THE COUNCILS, [ sunedria (G4892)] - the local courts used here for civil magistrates in general. AND THEY WILL SCOURGE YOU IN THEIR SY... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. AND YE SHALL BE BROUGHT BEFORE GOVERNORS - or provincial rulers, AND KINGS - the highest tribunals -- FOR MY SAKE, FOR A TESTIMONY AGAINST THEM, [ autois (G846)] - rather, 'to them,... [ Continue Reading ]
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. BUT WHEN THEY DELIVER YOU UP, TAKE NO THOUGHT - `be not solicitous' or 'anxious' [ mee (G3361) merimneeseete (G3309)]. (See the note at Matthew 6:25.) HOW... [ Continue Reading ]
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. FOR IT IS NOT YE THAT SPEAK, BUT THE SPIRIT OF YOUR FATHER WHICH SPEAKETH IN YOU. How remarkably this has been verified, the whole history of persecution thrillingly proclaims-from the Acts of the Apostles to the l... [ Continue Reading ]
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. AND THE BROTHER SHALL DELIVER UP THE BROTHER TO DEATH, AND THE FATHER THE CHILD: AND THE CHILDREN SHALL RISE UP AGAINST THEIR... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. AND YE SHALL BE HATED OF ALL MEN FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. The universality of this hatred would make it evident to them, that since it would not be owing to any temporary excitement, local virulence,... [ Continue Reading ]
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. BUT WHEN THEY PERSECUTE YOU IN THIS CITY, FLEE YE INTO ANOTHER, [ eis (G1519) teen (G3588) alleen (G243)] - 'into the other.'... [ Continue Reading ]
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. THE DISCIPLE IS NOT ABOVE HIS MASTER, [ didaskalon (G1320)] - 'teacher,' NOR THE SERVANT ABOVE HIS LORD - another maxim which our Lord repeats in various connections (Luke 6:40; John 13:16; John 15:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? IT IS ENOUGH FOR THE DISCIPLE THAT HE BE AS HIS MASTER, AND THE SERVANT AS HIS LORD. IF THEY HAVE CALLED... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. FEAR THEM NOT THEREFORE: FOR THERE IS NOTHING COVERED, THAT SHALL NOT BE REVEALED; AND HID, THAT SHALL NOT BE KNOWN: - q.d., 'There is no use, and no need, of concealing anything;... [ Continue Reading ]
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. WHAT I TELL YOU IN DARKNESS in the pri ac of a teaching for hich men are not et ripe WHAT I TELL YOU IN DARKNESS - in the privacy of a teaching for which men are not yet ripe --... [ Continue Reading ]
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. AND FEAR NOT THEM WHICH KILL THE BODY, BUT ARE NOT ABLE TO KILL THE SOUL. In , "and after that have no more that they can do." BUT RATHER FEAR HIM... [ Continue Reading ]
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. ARE NOT TWO SPARROWS SOLD FOR A FARTHING? In Luke () it is "Five sparrows for two farthings;" so that, if the purchaser took two farthings' worth, he got one in addition-of such small valu... [ Continue Reading ]
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. BUT THE VERY HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED. See , (and compare for the language ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. FEAR YE NOT THEREFORE, YE ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS. Was ever language of such simplicity felt to carry such weight as this does? But here lies much of the charm and power of our Lord's teaching.... [ Continue Reading ]
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL CONFESS ME BEFORE MEN ["DESPISING THE SHAME,"] HIM WILL I CONFESS ALSO BEFORE MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN - I will not be ashamed of him, but will own him befo... [ Continue Reading ]
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL DENY ME BEFORE MEN, HIM WILL I ALSO DENY BEFORE MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN - before that same assembly: 'He shall have from Me his own treatment of Me on the earth.' But see th... [ Continue Reading ]
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO SEND PEACE ON EARTH: I CAME NOT TO SEND PEACE, BUT A SWORD - strife, discord, conflict; deadly opposition between eternally hostile principles, penetrating into and rending asunder... [ Continue Reading ]
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. FOR I AM COME TO SET A MAN AT VARIANCE AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND THE DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW. Se... [ Continue Reading ]
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. AND A MAN'S FOES SHALL BE THEY OF HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD. This saying, which is quoted, as is the whole verse, from , is but an extension of the Psalmist's complaint, ; Psalms 55:12, which had its most affecting illustration in the treason of Judas... [ Continue Reading ]
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. HE THAT LOVETH FATHER OR MOTHER MORE THAN ME, IS NOT WORTHY OF ME; AND HE THAT LOVETH SON OR DAUGHTER MORE THAN ME, IS NOT WORTHY OF ME. Compare . Since the pref... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. AND HE THAT TAKETH NOT HIS CROSS, AND FOLLOWETH AFTER ME, IS NOT WORTHY OF ME - a saying which our Lord once and again emphatically reiterates (; ; ). We have become so accustomed to this expression - "taking up one's... [ Continue Reading ]
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. HE THAT FINDETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT: AND HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT - another of those pregnant sayings which our Lord so often reiterates (; ; ). The pith of such paradoxical... [ Continue Reading ]
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. HE THAT RECEIVETH (OR 'ENTERTAINETH') YOU, RECEIVETH ME; AND HE THAT RECEIVETH ME, RECEIVETH HIM THAT SENT ME. As the treatment which an ambassador receives is understood and regarded as expressing the light... [ Continue Reading ]
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. HE THAT RECEIVETH A PROPHET - one divinely commissioned to deliver a message from heaven. Predicting... [ Continue Reading ]
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. AND WHOSOEVER SHALL GIVE TO DRINK UNTO ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES. Beautiful epithet! originally taken from Zechariah 13:7... [ Continue Reading ]