Darby's translation notes (1890)
Matthew 19:17
19:17 good. (g-14) Some read, 'Why callest thou me good? no-one is good save God alone.' As it stands in text there is an article before 'good,' 'the good one.'
19:17 good. (g-14) Some read, 'Why callest thou me good? no-one is good save God alone.' As it stands in text there is an article before 'good,' 'the good one.'
MATTHEW 19:17 ti, me evrwta|/j peri. tou/ avgaqou/* ei-j evstin o` avgaqo,j {A} Many of the witnesses (but not Q 700 _al_) that interpolate avgaqe, in ver. Mat...
Verse Matthew 19:17. _WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD?_] Or, _Why dost thou_ _question me concerning that good thing_? τι με ερωτας περι του αγαθου. This important reading is found in BDL, three others, _th...
This account is found also in Mark 10:17; Luke 18:18. Matthew 19:16 ONE CAME - This was a young man,...
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And, look you, a man came to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing am I to do to possess eternal life?" He said to him, "Why do you ask me about the good? There is One who is good. If you wish to en...
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WHY... ? Note the several questions. See the Structure above. WILT ENTER. desirest (App-102.) to enter. LIFE. Greek. _zoe._ App-170. COMMANDMENTS. All of them (Matthew 5:19; James 2:10; James 2:11.
The Young Rich Ruler Mark 10:17-22; Luke 18:18-23. From Luke alone we learn that he was a "_ruler;_" from Matthew alone that he was _young_. Each of the three Synoptists states that "he was very ric...
_Why callest thou me good?_ Here, but not in the parallel passages in Mark and Luke, the leading MSS. read, "Why askest thou me about what is good? He who is good is one." With either reading the drif...
16, 17. Here the _textus receptus_ has: Διδάσκαλε�, τί�; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Τί με λέγεις�; οὐδεὶς�, εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ Θεός. The omission of ἀγαθὲ has the most ancient evidence in its favour. τί με ἐρωτᾷς περ...
THE YOUNG RICH RULER Mark 10:17-22; Luke 18:18-23 From Luke alone we learn that he was a ‘_ruler_;’ from Matthew alone that he was _young_. Each of the three Synoptists states that ‘he was very rich...
ΤΊ ΜΕ ἘΡΩΤΑ͂ΙΣ ΠΕΡῚ ΤΟΥ͂�; The form in which our Lord’s answer is reported in Mark and Luke is: τί με λέγεις�; οὐδεὶς�, εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός. According to St Matthew’s report, our Lord seizes upon the wor...
Ver 16. And, behold, one came and said unto him, "Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" 17. And he said unto him, "Why callest thou me good? there is none good but on...
_WISDOM FROM ABOVE CONCERNING OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD WEALTH MATTHEW 19:16-22:_ The rich young ruler came running to Jesus. He knelt down in the presence of the Lord manifesting his humility. He asked the...
ΈΡΩΤΦΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΩΤΆΩ (G2065) спрашивать, ΕΊ (G1487) если; предполагает реальность условия, ΕΊΣΕΛΘΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΕΙΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1525) приходить, входить, ΤΉΡΗΣΟΝ _aor. imper. a...
THERE IS NONE GOOD BUT ONE, THAT IS GOD— This passage has been produced and strongly argued by the Arians in favour of their system. They found their argument upon the Greek, which runs thus, Ουδεις ε...
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And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 18:18....
3-12 Compare Mar_10:2-12. 4 Compare Gen_1:27. See Mal_2:15. 4 Man was originally bi-sexual. Adam had both male and female functions (Gen_1:27). Before the woman was taken out of Adam, the sexes were...
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WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? etc.] RV 'Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good'(see on Mark 10:18)....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 19 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 19:1-12 V1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left the Galilee region. He went to the other sid...
WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? — Here again the older MSS. give a different form to our Lord’s answer: “Why askest thou Me concerning that which is good? There is One that is the Good.” The alteration was...
CHAPTER 15 Last Days in Peraea - Matthew 19:1 - Matthew 20:1 THERE were two main roads from Galilee to Jerusalem. One passed through Samaria, on the west of the Jordan, the other through Peraea, east...
τί με ἐρωτᾷς, etc.: it seems as if Jesus thought the question superfluous (so Weiss and Meyer), but this was only a teacher's way of leading on a pupil = “of course there is only one answer to that: G...
_A man in quest of the “summum bonum”_ (Mark 10:17-22; Luke 18:18-23). A phenomenon as welcome to Jesus as the visit of the mothers with their children: a man not belonging to the class of self-satisf...
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Why askest thou me concerning good? [4] In the ordinary Greek copies, why dost thou call me good? (Witham) --- One is good, &c. God alone, by his own nature, is essentially, absolutely, and unchangeab...
THE RICH YOUNG MAN Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30. Mark: “And He, traveling along the road, one running and kneeling clown asked Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit e...
"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? (17) And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that i...
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chapter 19 carries on the subject of the spirit that is suited to the kingdom of heaven, and goes deep into the principles which govern human nature, and of what was now divinely introduced. A questio...
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM,.... By way of reply, first taking notice of, and questioning him about, the epithet he gave him: WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? not that he denied that he was so; for he was good, bo...
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? _there is_ none good but one, _that is_, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Ver. 17. _Why callest thou me good?_] And if I b...
Mat. 19:17. "And He said unto him, Why callest thou Me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." Probably Christ, who knew what was in m...
_He said, Why callest thou me good?_ Whom thou regardest merely as a prophet sent from God, and therefore supposest to be only a man; _there is none good_ Supremely, originally, essentially, _but God....
WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? this question is asked because the young man addressed him simply as a human teacher, not as divine....
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? THERE IS NONE GOOD BUT ONE, THAT IS, GOD; BUT IF THOU WILT ENTER INTO LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS....
THE DANGERS OF RICHES....
The setting now is changed from Galilee to Judea, with great crowds following Him, finding healing from their illnesses. But since the Lord Jesus has been announcing a kingdom of a different character...
16-22 Christ knew that covetousness was the sin which most easily beset this young man; though he had got honestly what he possessed, yet he could not cheerfully part with it, and by this his want of...
Mark omits the latter clause, and only saith, _Thou knowest the commandments; _ so saith Luke, LUKE 18:19,20. Our Saviour's design here was, not to show this young man by this answer the way by which...
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus ] Yea, He was always of such a character, and still is, and will ever be, kind and good, and free from wrath, and true, and the only one who is [absolutely] good;[41]...
Matthew 19:17 So G1161 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 Why G5101 call G3004 (G5719) Me G3165 good...
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THE RICH YOUNG MAN WHO DID NOT HAVE THE HUMILITY AND OPENNESS OF A LITTLE CHILD BECAUSE HE WAS TOO CAUGHT UP IN HIS RICHES AND THUS COULD NOT ENTER UNDER HIS KINGLY RULE (19:16-22). In total contrast...
‘And he said to him, “Why do you ask me concerning what is good? One there is who is good.” ' Mark has here, ‘why do you call me good?' But both are again conveying the same idea, the one writing main...
Matthew 19:17. WHY ASKEST THOU ME OF THAT WHICH IS GOOD? ONE THERE IS WHO IS GOOD. The common version follows a reading corrected to conform with the other two. The variety sheds light on the whole co...
This section is in its proper chronological position. Our Lord ‘departed thence' (Matthew 19:15), but on the way (Mark 10:17) He was met by this ‘ruler' (Luke 18:18). Our Lord first presented the high...
This incident seems to be in proper chronological position. Luke's account at this point again becomes parallel to that of Matthew and Mark....
CONCERNING THAT WHICH IS GOOD (περ του αγαθου). He had asked Jesus in verse Matthew 19:16 "what good thing" he should do. He evidently had a light idea of the meaning of αγαθος. "This was only a te...
Matthew 19:16 I. Consider that a single mote may hinder a man from becoming a true Christian. It is the things which are apparently the smallest that prevent the greatest results. A slight defect in t...
Matthew 19:17 How are we sinners to be accepted by Almighty God? Doubtless the sacrifice of Christ on the cross is the meritorious cause of our justification, and His Church is the ordained instrument...
All sorts of persons are invited to come to Christ, whatever their age may be. We begin here with the children. Matthew 19:13. Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his...
CONTENTS: Christ and the divorce question. Little children blessed. The rich young ruler. Apostles' future place in the Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter, rich young ruler. CONCLUSION: God Himse...
Matthew 19:3. _The pharisees also came tempting him._ These men professed perfection of morality, and of worship; and their object was to tempt our Lord to sin, by giving his sanction to a law of cust...
WHY DO YOU ASK ME? Jesus says this because the young man is to some degree a religious fanatic, and self-righteous. THERE IS ONLY ONE WHO IS GOOD. Jesus, in the flesh, shared our weak human nature (Ph...
_Some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up._ WAY SEED DEVOURED BY BIRDS The birds devour the truth we neglect to cover. Let us study these birds:- 1. The first belongs...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 19:1 The Galilean ministry has now ended. Jesus and his disciples begin the journey to Jerusalem. ⇐...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 19:17 THERE IS ONLY ONE WHO IS GOOD. Only in understanding God as infinitely good can the young man discover that good deeds cannot earn eternal life. KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. Je...
JESUS SPEAKS TO THE RICH YOUNG MAN MATTHEW 19:16-30; MARK 10:17-31; LUKE 18:18-30; MATTHEW 19:16 And, behold, one came and
1-30 CHAPTER 19 _And it came to pass_, &c. This is the same history as that related by S. Mark (Mark 10:1), by S. Luke (Luke 9:51), and, as it would seem, by S. John (vii. 1). So Jansen, Francis Luca...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 19:16. GOOD MASTER.—The better MSS. omit the adjective, and it has probably been added here by later copyists to bring the passage into a verbal agreement with the narrative o...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 19:1 _The beginning of the last journey to Jerusalem_._ The question concerning divorce_._ _(Mark 10:1.) MATTHEW 19:1...
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and he came to the coast of Judea (Matthew 19:1); Now that is the border of Judea, so He is moving south towards J...
1 John 4:16; 1 John 4:8; 1 Samuel 2:2; Ezekiel 20:11; Ezekiel 20:12;...
Why callest thou me good? [τ ι μ ε λ ε γ ε ι ς α γ α θ ο ν]. But the true reading is, ti me ejrwtav peri tou ajgaqou; Why askest thou me concerning the good? There is none good but one, that is God ...
Why callest thou me good — Whom thou supposest to be only a man. There is none good — Supremely, originally, essentially, but God. If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments — From a principl...
(CF. MARK 10:17-31; LUKE 18:18-30)— If Jesus was God, why did He seem to rebuke the rich young ruler for calling Him good? PROBLEM: The rich young ruler called Jesus “Good Teacher,” and Jesus rebuked...
The person thus addressing himself unto Christ, was either. Pharisee or. disciple of the Pharisees, who did not own Christ to be God, or to come from God; but taught, that eternal life was attainable,...