Matthew 21:1-3
CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THEY DREW NIGH UNTO JERUSALEM, AND WERE COME TO BETHPHAGE, UNTO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, THEN SENT JESUS TWO DISCIPLES,... [ Continue Reading ]
SAYING UNTO THEM, GO INTO THE VILLAGE OVER AGAINST YOU, AND STRAIGHTWAY YE SHALL FIND AN ASS TIED, AND A COLT WITH HER; LOOSE THEM, AND BRING THEM UNTO ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF ANY MAN SAY AUGHT UNTO YOU, YE SHALL SAY, THE LORD HATH NEED OF THEM; AND STRAIGHTWAY HE WILL SEND THEM. After the miracle at Jericho, Jesus had come directly to Bethany, a small town on the eastern side of the Mount of Olives. Here He had been a few weeks before, when He had raised His frien... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THIS WAS DONE THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophecy fulfilled:... [ Continue Reading ]
TELL YE THE DAUGHTER OF SION, BEHOLD, THY KING COMETH UNTO THEE, MEEK, AND SITTING UPON AN ASS, AND A COLT, THE FOAL OF AN ASS. This, the entire occurrence, with all its single incidents, was done in just this way in order that the words of the prophet, Zechariah 9:9, might be fulfilled. See Isaiah... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE DISCIPLES WENT, AND DID AS JESUS COMMANDED THEM,... [ Continue Reading ]
The triumphant entry:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BROUGHT THE ASS AND THE COLT, AND PUT ON THEM THEIR CLOTHES, AND THEY SET HIM THEREON.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND A VERY GREAT MULTITUDE SPREAD THEIR GARMENTS IN THE WAY; OTHERS CUT DOWN BRANCHES FROM THE TREES, AND STREWED THEM IN THE WAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest! While Jesus was waiting at the entrance to Bethphage, the disciples carried out His command, receiving, incidentally, further... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE WAS COME INTO JERUSALEM, ALL THE CITY WAS MOVED, SAYING, WHO IS THIS?... [ Continue Reading ]
Reception in Jerusalem:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE MULTITUDE SAID, THIS IS JESUS, THE PROPHET OF NAZARETH OF GALILEE. The demonstration before Jesus continued all the way down the western slope of the Mount of Olives, across the Valley of the Kidron, and into the very city of Jerusalem itself. As usual under the circumstances, the excitement... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST VISITS THE TEMPLE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS WENT INTO THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AND CAST OUT ALL THEM THAT SOLD AND BOUGHT IN THE TEMPLE, AND OVERTHREW THE TABLES OF THE MONEY-CHANGERS, AND THE SEATS OF THEM THAT SOLD DOVES,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SAID UNTO THEM, MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED THE HOUSE OF PRAYER; BUT YE HAVE MADE IT A DEN OF THIEVES. During the first days of this, His last week in lowliness on earth, Jesus made Bethany His headquarters, spending the days in the city and returning to His friends overnight. It was on Monday of H... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE BLIND AND THE LAME CAME TO HIM IN THE TEMPLE; AND HE HEALED THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
The confession of the children... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND SCRIBES SAW THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HE DID, AND THE CHILDREN CRYING IN THE TEMPLE AND SAYING, HOSANNA TO THE SON OF DAVID! THEY WERE SORE DISPLEASED,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SAID UNTO HIM, HEAREST THOU WHAT THESE SAY? AND JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, YEA; HAVE YE NEVER READ, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS THOU HAST PERFECTED PRAISE? Even in these last days the Lord continued the work of His healing ministry, in the very courts of the Temple, the Court of the Gent... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE LEFT THEM, AND WENT OUT OF THE CITY INTO BETHANY; AND HE LODGED THERE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CURSING OF THE FIG-TREE. Matthew 21:17... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW IN THE MORNING, AS HE RETURNED INTO THE CITY, HE HUNGERED.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE SAW A FIG-TREE IN THE WAY, HE CAME TO IT, AND FOUND NOTHING THEREON BUT LEAVES ONLY, AND SAID UNTO IT. LET NO FRUIT GROW ON THEE HENCE FORWARD FOREVER. AND PRESENTLY THE FIG-TREE WITHERED AWAY. Matthew here combines the story of two morning journeys from Bethany, for the sake of the emph... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE DISCIPLES SAW IT, THEY MARVELED, SAYING, HOW SOON IS THE FIG-TREE WITHERED AWAY!... [ Continue Reading ]
The lesson of the dry tree:... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, IF YE HAVE FAITH AND DOUBT NOT, YE SHALL NOT ONLY DO THIS WHICH IS DONE TO THE FIG-TREE, BUT ALSO IF YE SHALL SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN, BE THOU REMOVED, AND BE THOU CAST INTO THE SEA, IT SHALL BE DONE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THINGS, WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK IN PRAYER, BELIEVING, YE SHALL RECEIVE. On Tuesday morning the attention of the disciples was drawn to the single fig-tree, standing there with its leaves all shriveled up, Mark 11:20. They expressed their surprise to Jesus, who then gave them a lesson drawn f... [ Continue Reading ]
THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST. The question of the elders: AND WHEN HE WAS COME INTO THE TEMPLE, THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE CAME UNTO HIM AS HE WAS TEACHING, AND SAID, BY WHAT AUTHORITY DOEST THOU THESE THINGS? AND WHO GAVE THEE THIS AUTHORITY? The members of the Jewish Sanhedrin, the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, I ALSO WILL ASK YOU ONE THING, WHICH IF YE TELL ME, I IN LIKEWISE WILL TELL YOU BY WHAT AUTHORITY I DO THESE THINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]
The answer:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BAPTISM OF JOHN, WHENCE WAS IT, FROM HEAVEN OR OF MEN? AND THEY REASONED WITH THEMSELVES, SAYING, IF WE SHALL SAY, FROM HEAVEN, HE WILL SAY UNTO US, WHY DID YE NOT THEN BELIEVE HIM?... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF WE SHALL SAY, OF MEN, WE FEAR THE PEOPLE; FOR ALL HOLD JOHN AS A PROPHET.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY ANSWERED JESUS AND SAID, WE CANNOT TELL. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, NEITHER TELL I YOU BY WHAT AUTHORITY I DO THESE THINGS. Christ's method of answering question with question again proved effective. He wanted information regarding only one thing. If the answer to this question would be forthco... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS. v. 28. BUT WHAT THINK YE? A CERTAIN MAN HAD TWO SONS; AND HE CAME TO THE FIRST AND SAID, SON, GO WORK TODAY IN MY VINEYARD.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE ANSWERED AND SAID, I WILL NOT; BUT AFTERWARD HE REPENTED AND WENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE CAME TO THE SECOND AND SAID LIKEWISE. AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID, I GO, SIR; AND WENT NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
a. WHETHER OF THEM TWAIN DID THE WILL OF HIS FATHER? THEY SAY UNTO HIM, THE FIRST. The moral distinction made here by Christ was one which the Pharisees admitted themselves, and therefore the truth must have been all the bitterer for them. Both sons were approached in the same manner, with the same... [ Continue Reading ]
The application:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR JOHN CAME UNTO YOU IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND YE BELIEVED HIM NOT; BUT THE PUBLICANS AND THE HARLOTS BELIEVED HIM; AND YE, WHEN YE HAD SEEN IT, REPENTED NOT AFTERWARD, THAT YE MIGHT BELIEVE HIM. By giving the answer to the question of Jesus, the rulers of the Jews had pronounced their own... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN. v. 33. HEAR ANOTHER PARABLE: THERE WAS A CERTAIN HOUSEHOLDER, WHICH PLANTED A VINEYARD, AND HEDGED IT ROUND ABOUT, AND DIGGED A WINE-PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, AND LET IT OUT TO HUSBANDMEN, AND WENT INTO A FAR COUNTRY.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE TIME OF THE FRUIT DREW NEAR, HE SENT HIS SERVANTS TO THE HUSBANDMEN THAT THEY MIGHT RECEIVE THE FRUITS OF IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE HUSBANDMEN TOOK HIS SERVANTS, AND BEAT ONE, AND KILLED ANOTHER, AND STONED ANOTHER.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN, HE SENT OTHER SERVANTS, MORE THAN THE FIRST; AND THEY DID UNTO THEM LIKEWISE. Without giving the Jews an opportunity to remonstrate, Jesus, with great emotion, and with the deliberate intention of making them see their malice and wickedness, introduces another lesson. The picture He draws was... [ Continue Reading ]
v. 37. BUT LAST OF ALL HE SENT UNTO THEM. HIS SON, SAYING, THEY WILL RELEVANCE MY SON.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHEN THE HUSBANDMEN SAW THE SON, THEY SAID AMONG THEMSELVES, THIS IS THE HEIR; COME, LET US KILL HIM, AND LET US SEIZE ON HIS INHERITANCE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY CAUGHT HIM, AND CAST HIM OUT OF THE VINEYARD, AND SLEW HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE LORD, THEREFORE, OF THE VINEYARD COMETH, WHAT WILL HE DO UNTO THOSE HUSBANDMEN?... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SAY UNTO HIM, HE WILL MISERABLY DESTROY THOSE WICKED MEN, AND WILL LET OUT HIS VINEYARD UNTO OTHER HUSBANDMEN, WHICH SHALL RENDER HIM THE FRUITS IN THEIR SEASONS. The patience of the master was still not exhausted. He determined upon one last measure to bring those husbandmen to their senses an... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, DID YE NEVER READ IN THE SCRIPTURES, THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THE SAME IS BECOME THE HEAD OF THE CORNER; THIS IS THE LORD'S DOING, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES?... [ Continue Reading ]
The application:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE I SAY UNTO YOU, THE KINGDOM OF GOD SHALL BE TAKEN FROM YOU, AND GIVEN TO A NATION BRINGING FORTH THE FRUITS THEREOF.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHOSOEVER SHALL FALL ON THIS STONE SHALL BE BROKEN; BUT ON WHOMSOEVER IT SHALL FALL, IT WILL GRIND HIM TO POWDER. Christ does not mince words, but applies the parable with merciless power. He reminds the members of the Jewish council of the words of the prophet, Psalms 118:22. The Jews were the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES HAD HEARD HIS PARABLES, THEY PERCEIVED THAT HE SPAKE OF THEM... [ Continue Reading ]
The result:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHEN THEY SOUGHT TO LAY HANDS ON HIM, THEY FEARED THE MULTITUDE, BECAUSE THEY TOOK HIM FOR A PROPHET. Their actual or assumed denseness finally had to give way to understanding, with the application made in such a blunt manner. But instead of turning from the wickedness of their ways, the bitte... [ Continue Reading ]