Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI
Then after the parable of the Sowing, it was no longer the multitudes but the disciples who came and said to Him, not "Why speakest thou to us in parables," but, "Why speakest thou to them in parables."[35]
Christ, in these verses, gives a “reason” why he used this manner of instruction. See also Mark 4:10; Luke 8:9. Matthew 13:11 THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM - The word “
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 *,...
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...
,34,35 The disciples came and said to him: "Why do you speak to them in parables?" "To you, he answered them, "it has been given to know the secrets of the Kingdom, which only a disciple can understan...
The Parable of the Tares. Confined to St Matthew 25. _while men slept_ i. e. during the night. The expression is not introduced into the Lord's explanation of the parable. _sowed tares_ Travellers m...
The Reason why Jesus teaches in Parables Mark 4:10-12; Luke 8:10 10. _parables_ The parable is suited (1) to the uninstructed, as being attractive in form and as revealing spiritual truth exactly in...
ἘΝ ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΑΙ͂Σ. The parable is suited (1) to the uninstructed, as being attractive in form and as revealing spiritual truth exactly in proportion to the capacity of the hearer; and (2) to the divinely...
THE REASON WHY JESUS TEACHES IN PARABLES Mark 4:10-12; Luke 8:10...
Ver 10. And the disciples came, and said unto him, "Why speakest thou unto them in parables?" 11. He answered and said unto them, "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of...
_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...
ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) пот. masc. pl._ от ΠΡΟΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4334) приходить. ΕΊΠΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΛΑΛΕΊΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить. Hist, _p...
AND THE DISCIPLES CAME, &C.— See the note on Mark 4:10. The answer which our Lord here returns to his disciples is remarkable: "You, my disciples, says he, who are of a humble, docile, temper, and are...
III. JESUS-' METHODOLOGY BEHIND PARABOLIC INSTRUCTION A. THE PURPOSE FOR PARABLES TEXT: 13:10-17 (Parallels: Mark 4:10-12; Mark 4:21-25; Luke 8:9-10;...
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? AND THE DISCIPLES CAME, AND SAID UNTO HIM - "they that were with Him, when they were alone" () -- WHY SPEAKEST...
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...
THE REASON FOR SPEAKING IN PARABLES (Mark 4:10; Luke 8:9). Because Christ's prejudiced hearers (see prefatory remarks) will not receive plain teaching, such as the Sermon on the Mount, they shall be p...
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...
THE DISCIPLES CAME, AND SAID UNTO HIM. — They, it would seem, were with our Lord in the boat. The parable was ended, and then followed a pause, during which, unheard by the multitude on the shore, cam...
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...
διατί ἐν παραβολαῖς : Matthew makes the question refer to the method of teaching, Mark and Luke to the meaning of the parables spoken. The two questions were closely connected, and both doubtless in t...
_The disciples ask an explanation_. There is some difficulty in forming a clear idea of this interlude. Who asked? The Twelve only, or they and others with them, as Mark states (Matthew 4:10)? And whe...
TEACHING FOR THE TEACHABLE Matthew 13:10-23 Jesus defended His use of parables. He said that He carefully avoided stating the truths of the Kingdom too plainly, so as not to increase the condemnation...
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...
_And his disciples came. How great was the concern of the apostles for the welfare of their countrymen. They did not say to Jesus, Why speakest thou thus to us; but, why speakest thou to them in parab...
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...
"And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; (4) And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: (5) Some fe...
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...
10._The disciples approaching said to him. _From the words of Matthew it is evident, that the disciples did not merely look to themselves, but wished also to consult the benefit of others. Being unabl...
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 THE DISCIPLES CAME, AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... Not the twelve only, but others that were about him, as Mark says, who also were his disciples, and believed in him: these, when he was alone, came neare...
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? Ver. 10. _And his disciples came and said unto him_] They came to him for satisfaction. Note this against those cap...
_The disciples_ Mark says, οι περι αυτον συν τοις δωδεκα, _those that were about him, with the twelve_, that is, not only the apostles, but such other well-disposed persons as generally attended on Ch...
WHY SPEAKEST THOU-IN PARABLES? the question shows that this was the first time he had addressed the multitudes in this manner. Compare with this chapter the sermon on the mount, in which there are onl...
The request for an explanation: AND THE DISCIPLES CAME AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHY SPEAKEST THOU UNTO THEM IN PARABLES? The disciples who were present with Jesus, including probably even some of the twelv...
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...
Luke saith, LUKE 8:9, _His disciples asked him, saying, what might this parable be?_ Mark saith, MARK 4:10, _When he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable._ It s...
Matthew 13:10 And G2532 disciples G3101 came G4334 (G5631) said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 Why G1302 speak...
JESUS EXPLAINS WHY HE SPEAKS IN PARABLES (13:10-13A). The disciples who had had the secrets of the Kingly Rule of Heaven revealed to them in the Sermon on the Mount and subsequently, could not underst...
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...
‘And the disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” ' The disciples, who had been listening to His stories and were obviously a little puzzled because they were clearly n...
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
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....
Matthew 13:10. THE DISCIPLES, more than the Twelve (Mark 4:10). Evidently this method of instruction had not been used by our Lord to any great extent before this discourse. Mark and Luke omit the que...
WHY SPEAKEST THOU UNTO THEM IN PARABLES? (δια τ εν παραβολαις λαλεις αυτοις). Already the disciples are puzzled over the meaning of this parable and the reason for giving them to the people. So the...
Matthew 13:3 The Parables of the Kingdom. I. Taking these seven parables all together, notice, first, the fact that our Lord, in describing the kingdom of heaven, did deliberately use many parables,...
Matthew 13:10 The Parables of Christ. I. "Whosoever hath, to him shall be given," etc, Here a universal law is announced as the explanation of the gift to the disciples of understanding mysteries, an...
Matthew 13:10. _And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in, parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom o...
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...
Matthew 13:3. _And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;_ He had much instruction to give, and he chose to convey it in parables. What wonderful pictu...
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...
WHY DO YOU USE PARABLES? Jesus had not used this method of teaching before....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 13:10 SECRETS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. Jesus’ parables hide the truth from the “crowd” (v. Matthew 13:2
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 EXPLAINS THE PARABLE OF THE FOUR SOILS MATTHEW 13:10-23; MARK 4:10-20; LUKE 8:9-15; MATTHEW 13:10 And the disciples came, and
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...
Mark 4:10; Mark 4:33; Mark 4:34...
Here we have the disciples' question, and our Saviour's answer. Their question is, WHY SPEAKEST THOU TO THE PEOPLE IN PARABLES which they do not understand? They cannot see the soul of thy meaning, t...