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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

Matthew 21

Matthew 21:1

MATTHEW CHAPTER 21 MATTHEW 21:1 Christ rideth into Jerusalem upon an ass amidst the acclamations of the multitude. MATTHEW 21:12 He driveth the buyers and sellers out of the temple, and healeth the diseased there. MATTHEW 21:15 His reply to the priests and scribes who took offence at the hosannas of... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:3

Ver. 1-3. This famous story of our Lord's entrance into Jerusalem is recorded by Mark, and Luke also: by Mark, MARK 11:1; by Luke, LUKE 19:29. There is little difference in their relation of it thus far; afterwards we shall find more. I shall consider what they all say, that I may at once give the s... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:5

OLBGrk; Ver. 4,5. The words are, MALACHI 9:9, _Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass._ The evangelist quotes no more of them than serv... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:6

Mark saith, MARK 11:4, _And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:9

Ver. 7-9. Mark saith, MARK 11:7, _And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, say... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:11

Ver. 10,11. Such an unusual sight might well affect a great number in Jerusalem with admiration and astonishment, the people, especially, giving honour to him as a King, and calling him the Son of David; and certainly, but that the meanness of his appearance and meanness of his followers put uninter... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:14

OLBGrk; Ver. 12-14. This piece of the history is related by two of the other evangelists, but with great difference. Luke before this mentions a discourse upon the way, upon our Saviour's first sight of the city, and his prophecy of the destruction of it; but no other evangelist mentioning it, I sha... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:16

Ver. 15,16. The other evangelists say nothing of this part of this history. The _wonderful things_ here mentioned, are his healing the blind and lame, of which we read MATTHEW 21:14. The cry of the children doubtless more displeased them; it was of the same nature with that of the multitude in the w... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:22

OLBGrk; Ver. 17-22. Luke hath nothing of this passage, but Mark relates it with some variation and additions: the variation is only as to time, as to which the evangelists were not curious. Matthew relates this miracle as done in the morning of the second day, as Christ and his disciples returned fr... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:23

Mark hath before this, MARK 11:18, _And the scribes and chief priests heard it, _ that is, his turning the buyers and sellers out, and overturning the tables of the money changers, _and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people were astonished at his doctrine._ T... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:27

Ver. 24-27. We have the same without any considerable alteration MARK 11:27. Luke also records the same history, LUKE 20:1, with no considerable difference, only he thus prefaceth to it: _And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel,... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:32

Ver. 28-32. Matthew alone mentions this parable. The scope of it is taught us MATTHEW 21:31, THE PUBLICANS AND THE HARLOTS GO (that is, shall go) INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD BEFORE YOU, that is, you Pharisees. Who these Pharisees and who the publicans were, we showed before, MATTHEW 3:7. The publicans w... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:33

Mark hath this parable, MARK 12:1. Luke hath it, LUKE 20:9. Who is here intended under the notion of a _householder, _ or _a man?_ We are told by the prophet Isaiah, ISAIAH 5:1,2, it is the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: _the house of Israel and the men of Judah_ are his _vineyard, _ his _pleasan... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:36

Ver. 34-36. Mark agrees in the substance, but mentions three single servants sent, and then many others. The first he saith _they caught, and beat, and sent away empty._ At the second he saith _they cast stones, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled._ The third he saith _they... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:37

Mark saith he had but _one son, his well beloved, _ MARK 12:6. Luke saith, LUKE 20:13, _Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him._ God is here brought in acting after the manner of men, using all probable mea... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:39

Ver. 38,39. Mark and Luke have the same with no considerable alteration. Our Lord here prophesieth his own death by the means of these wicked priests, and so both lets them know that he was not ignorant of what was in their hearts, and they had been already (as we heard before) taking counsel about,... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:41

Ver. 40,41. Mark relates the latter verse as Christ's own words, MARK 12:9; so doth Luke, LUKE 20:15,16, adding, that _when they heard it, they said, God forbid._ It is said, to solve this difficulty, 1. That _they say unto him_ must not be understood of the Pharisees, but some of the hearers; the... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:44

OLBHeb; Ver. 42-44. Mark saith, MARK 12:10,11, _And have ye not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes._ Luke saith, LUKE 20:17,18, _And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 21:46

Ver. 45,46. Mark hath much the same, MARK 12:12; so hath Luke, LUKE 20:19,20: but Luke adds, _They watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor._ These wr... [ Continue Reading ]

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