Matthew 17:1,2
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AFTER SIX DAYS, JESUS TAKETH PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN, HIS BROTHER, AND BRINGETH THEM UP INTO AN HIGH MOUNTAIN APART,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WAS TRANSFIGURED BEFORE THEM; AND HIS FACE DID SHINE AS THE SUN, AND HIS RAIMENT WAS WHITE AS THE LIGHT. Memorable, important days were those which Matthew fixes so carefully in the order of events, six days after the first specific announcement of Christ's passion; a turning-point in the minist... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, BEHOLD, THERE APPEARED UNTO THEM MOSES AND ELIAS, TALKING WITH HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
A further revelation:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN ANSWERED PETER AND SAID UNTO JESUS, LORD, IT IS GOOD FOR US TO BE HERE; IF THOU WILT, LET US MAKE HERE THREE TABERNACLES; ONE FOR THEE, AND ONE FOR MOSES, AND ONE FOR ELIAS. The evangelist indicates with the usual "Behold!" that this was not the least remarkable part of the scene. Note: Any att... [ Continue Reading ]
The witness of the Father: WHILE HE YET SPAKE, BEHOLD, A BRIGHT CLOUD OVERSHADOWED THEM; AND, BEHOLD, A VOICE OUT OF THE CLOUD, WHICH SAID, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED; HEAR YE HIM. While Peter was still filled with the ecstasy of the scene and describing the beauty of a contin... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE DISCIPLES HEARD IT, THEY FELL ON THEIR FACE AND WERE SORE AFRAID.... [ Continue Reading ]
The conclusion of the phenomenon:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS CAME AND TOUCHED THEM, AND SAID, ARISE, AND BE NOT AFRAID.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THEY HAD LIFTED UP THEIR EYES, THEY SAW NO MAN SAVE JESUS ONLY. The divine voice, the voice of the pure and just God, was too much for the poor, sinful mortals, who, as long as they are clothed with this earthly body, cannot stand in His sight. In the intensity of their terror they fell to... [ Continue Reading ]
Christ's charge: AND AS THEY CAME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN, JESUS CHARGED THEM, SAYING, TELL THE VISION TO NO MAN UNTIL THE SON OF MAN BE RISEN AGAIN FROM THE DEAD. On the way down, while they were still filled with the greatness of the manifestation, He gave them this emphatic injunction. To publish... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM, SAYING, WHY, THEN, SAY THE SCRIBES THAT ELIAS MUST FIRST COME?... [ Continue Reading ]
The question of the disciples:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, ELIAS, TRULY, SHALL FIRST COME, AND RESTORE ALL THINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT ELIAS IS COME ALREADY, AND THEY KNEW HIM NOT, BUT HAVE DONE UNTO HIM WHATSOEVER THEY LISTED. LIKEWISE SHALL ALSO THE SON OF MAN SUFFER OF THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD THAT HE SPAKE UNTO THEM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. The fact that they had seen the prophet Elijah in the vision on the mountain recalled to their minds the saying of the scribes, probably based on Malachi 4:5, as to the coming of Elijah. Their understanding was that Elijah wo... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HEALING OF A LUNATIC. Matthew 17:14 The return to the people:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO THE MULTITUDE, THERE CAME TO HIM A CERTAIN MAN, KNEELING DOWN TO HIM AND SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON MY SON, FOR HE IS LUNATIC AND SORE VEXED; FOR OFTTIMES HE FALLETH INTO THE FIRE AND OFT INTO THE WATER.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I BROUGHT HIM TO THY DISCIPLES, AND THEY COULD NOT CURE HIM. While Jesus had been on the mountain with the three disciples overnight, a multitude had gathered at the foot of the mountain, where the other disciples were awaiting His return. The Lord found the people pressing about the center, whe... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, 0 FAITHLESS AND PERVERSE GENERATION, HOW LONG SHALL I BE WITH YOU? HOW LONG SHALL I SUFFER YOU? BRING HIM HITHER TO ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
The rebuke and the cure:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS REBUKED THE DEVIL, AND HE DEPARTED OUT OF HIM; AND THE CHILD WAS CURED FROM THAT VERY HOUR. A cry of the utmost weariness, almost of impatience. It includes all those present: the disciples, because of their lack of understanding and the smallness of their faith; all the people, because th... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN CAME THE DISCIPLES TO JESUS APART AND SAID, WHY COULD NOT WE CAST HIM OUT?... [ Continue Reading ]
Christ explains the failure:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF; FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, IF YE HAVE FAITH AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD-SEED, YE SHALL SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN, REMOVE HENCE TO YONDER PLACE, AND IT SHALL REMOVE; AND NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE UNTO YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOWBEIT, THIS KIND GOETH NOT OUT BUT BY PRAYER AND FASTING. After the healing of the demoniac, Jesus went into a house. And there, where they were by themselves, the disciples gain enough courage to ask Him in regard to their failure. The fact stood before them: They had not been able to cast him ou... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHILE THEY ABODE IN GALILEE, JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, THE SON OF MAN SHALL BE BETRAYED INTO THE HANDS OF MEN;... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST FORETELLS HIS PASSION AND PAYS THE TEMPLE-TAX.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY SHALL KILL HIM, AND THE THIRD DAY HE SHALL BE RAISED AGAIN. AND THEY WERE EXCEEDING SORRY. It appears that Jesus now returned to Galilee from the locality of the transfiguration. The apostles also gathered themselves together unto Him; the Teacher and all His pupils were reunited. This was... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO CAPERNAUM, THEY THAT RECEIVED TRIBUTE MONEY CAME TO PETER AND SAID, DOTH NOT YOUR MASTER PAY TRIBUTE?... [ Continue Reading ]
The question of the Temple-tax:... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAITH, YES. AND WHEN HE WAS COME INTO THE HOUSE, JESUS PREVENTED HIM, SAYING, WHAT THINKEST THOU, SIMON: OF WHOM DO THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TAKE CUSTOM OR TRIBUTE, OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN OR OF STRANGERS?... [ Continue Reading ]
PETER SAITH UNTO HIM, OF STRANGERS. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, THEN ARE THE CHILDREN FREE. Capernaum was still considered the home of Jesus, and here He returned for a brief visit. Here the receivers of the custom, the collectors of the Temple-tax, were making their rounds. In the Old Testament, Exodus 3... [ Continue Reading ]
The miracle: NOTWITHSTANDING, LEST WE SHOULD OFFEND THEM, GO THOU TO THE SEA, AND CAST AN HOOK, AND TAKE UP THE FISH THAT FIRST COMETH UP; AND WHEN THOU HAST OPENED HIS MOUTH, THOU SHALT FIND A PIECE OF MONEY; THAT TAKE, AND GIVE UNTO THEM FOR ME AND THEE. The miracle is taken so absolutely for gran... [ Continue Reading ]