Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 13:2
He went into the vessel — Which constantly waited upon him, while he was on the sea coast.
He went into the vessel — Which constantly waited upon him, while he was on the sea coast.
Verse Matthew 13:2. _INTO A SHIP_] το πλοιον, THE _vessel_ or _boat_. Mr. Wakefield supposes (which is very likely) that a particular vessel is uniformly specified, which seems to have been kept on t...
THE SEA-SIDE - This was the Sea of Tiberias. The multitude stood on the shore near to him, so that he could be easily heard. He went into a ship - that is, a boat; and sat down to address them. Few sp...
II. THE REJECTED KINGDOM AND THE REJECTED KING. CHAPTER S 13-28. 1. The King at the Seaside. The Mysteries of the Kingdom. CHAPTER 13 1. The King at the Seaside. (Matthew 13:1 .) 2. The Parable of...
PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Mark 4:1 *, Luke 8:4). MATTHEW 13:10. THE USE OF PARABLES (Mark 4:10 *,...
AND THERE WERE GATHERED UNTO HIM GREAT MULTITUDES. Literally, "greatest." There is every reason to believe that this was the greatest. It was the _turning-point in his public teaching,_ since the para...
MANY THINGS IN PARABLES (Matthew 13:1-58) Matthew 13:1-58 is a very important chapter in the pattern of the gospel. (i) It shows a definite turning-point in the ministry of Jesus. At the beginning of...
,18-23 On that day, when he had gone out from the house, Jesus sat on the seashore; and such great crowds gathered to hear him that he went into a boat, and sat there; and the whole crowd took their s...
GATHERED TOGETHER. Not the same as in verses: Matthew 13:28; Matthew 13:29; Matthew 13:30, Mat 28:40, Mat 28:41, Mat 28:48, but same as in verses:...
_a ship_ According to the received Greek text, the ship or boat....
JESUS TEACHES IN PARABLES. THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER Mark 4:1-9; Luke 8:4-9...
ΠΛΟΙ͂ΟΝ, for τὸ πλοῖον. Here there is no mention of the particular boat used by Christ and his disciples. 2. ΕἸΣ ΠΛΟΙ͂ΟΝ. See crit. notes, and compare such expressions as ἕρχονται εἰς οἶκον, Mark 3:1...
Ver 1. The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the seaside. 2. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on...
_THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER MATTHEW 13:1-23:_ Jesus taught from a boat as a great multitude stood on the shore. In Jesus' day sowing was absolutely necessary for survival. Sowing is necessary but it als...
ΣΥΝΉΧΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΣΥΝΆΓΩ (G4863) собираться вместе; _pass._ скапливаться. ΈΜΒΆΝΤΑ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) acc. sing. от_ ΈΜΒΑΊΝΩ (G1684) подниматься на борт, входить, ΚΑΘΉΣΘΑΙ _pra...
THE SAME DAY— This is the plain and literal meaning of the original, and it may be understood of the day when the mother and relations of our Saviour came to him. It must however be observed, that thi...
CHAPTER THIRTEEN I. THE OCCASION TEXT: 13:1-9, 18-23 (Parallels: Mark 4:1-9; Mark 4:13-20; Luke 8:4-8; Luke 8:11-15) 1 On t
And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. AND GREAT MULTITUDES WERE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO HIM, SO THA...
42 “The ends of the earth,” an expression which does not include the sea, would describe any location on Eurasia or Africa not far from the further coast line. 43-45 Compare Luk_11:24-26 43 Actual i...
A DAY OF PARABLES 1-3a. Teaching by parables begun (Mark 4:1; Luke 8:4). This chapter introduces a new type of teaching, that by parables. St. Matthew gives us a group of seven, the first four of whic...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 STORIES ABOUT WHERE GOD RULES 13:1-52 Matthew wrote down a lot of the things that Jesus taught. This chapter is the third section...
XIII. (1, 2) THE SAME DAY... OUT OF THE HOUSE. — In St. Mark the parable of the Sower follows the appearance of the mother and the brethren, as in St. Matthew, but in St. Luke (Luke 8:4; Luke 8:19) th...
CHAPTER 11 The Parables of the Kingdom - Matthew 13:1 "THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side." We can well imagine that, after such a series of discouragements and mortifi...
ὄχλοι πολλοί, great numbers of people in all the accounts, compelling the Teacher to withdraw from the shore into the sea, and, sitting in a boat, to address the people standing on the margin. Much in...
_The Parable of the Sower_ (Mark 4:1-9; Luke 8:4-8)....
SOWING IN DIFFERENT SOILS Matthew 13:1-9 The varying results of gospel preaching are due, not primarily to the sower or to the seed, but to the ground. Four classes of hearers are described in this p...
This chapter contains the seven parables of the Kingdom. The reason for the parabolic teaching of Christ is set forth here. This first parable was spoken to the multitudes (verses Mat 13:2-3). Its exp...
(1) And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. (1) Christ shows in putting forth this parable of the sower...
Matthew 13:2-4; MARK 1:40-45; & LUKE 5:12-16. MARK: “And a leper comes to Him, calling upon Him, and kneeling down before Him, and saying to Him, If You may wish, You are able to cleanse me. And Jesus...
CHAPTER 26 THE SOWER Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-25; & Luke 8:4-18. Mark: “And again He began to teach by the sea; and a great multitude were gathered unto Him, so that, entering into a ship, He sat in...
"The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. (2) And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Matthew 13:2._And great multitudes were gathered together to him. _It is not without good reason that the Evangelists begin with informing us that, a vast multitude had assembled, and that when Christ...
The Lord was no longer seeking fruit in His vine. It had been requisite according to God's relations with Israel that He should seek this fruit; but His true service, He well knew, was to bring that w...
AND GREAT MULTITUDES WERE GATHERED UNTO HIM,.... Some on one account, and some on another; some to see his person, others his miracles; some healing for their bodies, and others for their souls; some...
And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. Ver. 2. _He went into a ship and sat_] Thinking, perhaps, there...
_The same day_ On which Jesus delivered the discourse, and performed the miracles recorded in the preceding chapter, being unwearied and incessant in the blessed work in which he was engaged, he _went...
SHIP; a small vessel or fishing-boat...
AND GREAT MULTITUDES WERE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO HIM, SO THAT HE WENT INTO A SHIP AND SAT, AND THE WHOLE MULTITUDE STOOD ON THE SHORE. Though the shadow of unbelief and of spiritual hostility is evide...
THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER....
This chapter begins a new division of the book. Israel is looked at as set aside because of unbelief: the Lord went out of the house (typically Israel's house), and set by the seaside. The sea is typi...
1-23 Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. By this he teaches us in the outward circumstances of worship not to covet that which is state...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 13:3"....
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI And again in another place it is written, "All the multitude stood on the beach and He spake to them many things in parables."[34]...
Matthew 13:2 And G2532 great G4183 multitudes G3793 together G4863 (G5681) to G4314 Him G846 that G5620 He...
‘And there were gathered to him great crowds, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the crowd stood on the beach.' In accordance with his expectations the crowds gathered in such numbers th...
THE EIGHT PARABLES OF THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN (13:1-53). Having made clear that the Kingly Rule of Heaven is advancing forcefully (Matthew 11:12) and that through Jesus' activities as the Servant of...
Matthew 13:2. GREAT MULTITUDES. Comp. Mark 4:1; Luke 7:4 . A boat. Comp, the previous occasion (Mark 3:9), when ‘he spake to his disciples that a small boat should
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The Evangelist has just represented our Lord in opposition to the Pharisees. (A few events probably intervened; see Luke 11-13.) Thus His claims as the Messiah came out more fully....
The occasion (Matthew 13:1); the scene (Matthew 13:2); the first parable (Matthew 13:3-9); the question of the disciples (Matthew 13:10); the twofol
AND ALL THE MULTITUDE STOOD ON THE BEACH (κα πας ο οχλος επ τον αιγιαλον ιστηκε). Past perfect tense of ιστημ with imperfect sense, had taken a stand and so stood. Note accusative also with επ upon...
Matthew 13:1 The Parable of the Sower. In the parable of the sower there is nothing at all novel. Our Saviour did not affect novelty in His illustrations of what He had to say to men about Divine tr...
Matthew 13:1. _The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude st...
Matthew 13:1. _The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat, and the whole multitude st...
CONTENTS: Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven. The sower, tares and wheat, grain of mustard seed, leaven, hid treasure, pearl, drag net. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Satan, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The pr...
Matthew 13:2. _He went into a ship._ A small vessel or boat, probably belonging to one of the disciples, several of whom were fishermen. Matthew 13:3. _He spake many things to them in parables._ On th...
THE CROWD. Luke says that people kept coming to Jesus from one town after another. This may have been the largest crowd he taught,...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 13:1 The Messianic Kingdom Revealed in Parables. This is the third of Jesus’ five major teachings (see Introduction: Key Themes). It is a collection of parables....
JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE FOUR SOILS MATTHEW 13:1-9; MARK 4:1-9; LUKE 8:4-8; MATTHEW 13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by th
1-57 CHAPTER 13 At that time, &c. Syriac, _by the sea shore_ : When Christ, after His manner, had preached in the house, which He had hired for His dwelling in Capernaum, as I have said on c. iv. 13,...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ PRELIMINARY REMARKS _The parables of Jesus_.—The word “parable” has in the New Testament, in its application to the discourses of Jesus, a considerably wider meaning than the one in...
EXPOSITION A few remarks by way of introduction to the characteristic portion of this chapter (Matthew 13:1). (1) We have here a collection of the Lord's parables, all spoken, as it would appear, at...
Now as we enter into the thirteenth chapter, we come into the area of the parables that deal with the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. And in these we have more or less a key to all parables. And y...
Genesis 49:10; Luke 5:3; Luke 8:4; Mark 4:1; Matthew 15:30;...
Shore [α ι γ ι α λ ο ν]. Rev., beach, that over which the sea [α λ ς] rushes [α ι σ σ ε ι]. The word for shore, ajkth, on which the sea breaks [α γ ν υ μ ι], is never used in the New Testament. Wyc.,...
THE PARABLES OF MATTHEW THIRTEEN Matthew 13:1, _Matthew 13:18_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have decided to present to you one phase of the parable of the sower, the seed that fell by the wayside, 1. THE...