Verse Matthew 9:13. _I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND NOT SACRIFICE_] Quoted from 1 Samuel 15:22. These are remarkable words. We may understand them as implying, 1st. That God prefers an act of mercy, shown to...
BUT GO YE AND LEARN ... - To reprove them, and to vindicate his own conduct, he appealed to a passage of Scripture with which they ought to have been acquainted: “I will have mercy, and not sacrifice,...
CHAPTER 9 1. A Man Sick of the Palsy Healed. (Matthew 9:1 .) 2. The Call of Matthew (Matthew 9:9 .) 3. With the Publicans and the Sinners. (Matthew 9:10 .) 4. The Question of John's Disciples. ...
THE CALL OF MATTHEW. JESUS EATS WITH TAX-COLLECTORS (Mark 2:13 *, Luke 5:27). We need not doubt the identification of Matthew (= gift of Yahweh) and Levi; Peter had a double Jewish name, Simon and Kep...
He was sitting at table in the house, and, look you, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and sat at table with Jesus and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why do...
THE GROWTH OF OPPOSITION (Matthew 9:1-34) We have repeatedly seen that in Matthew's gospel there is nothing haphazard. It is carefully planned and carefully designed. In Matthew 9:1-38 we see another...
BUT, &C. This is the application. Hosea 6:6 is quoted with evident reference to Hosea 6:1; Hosea 5:13 with Hosea 7:1. See App-117. GO YE. To your teachers.
_I will have mercy_ i. e. _I_ DESIRE _mercy_. I require mercy rather than sacrifice, Hosea 6:6. It is a protest by the prophet against the unloving, insincere formalist of his day. It is closely paral...
ΕἸΣ ΜΕΤΆΝΟΙΑΝ after ΚΑΛΈΣΑΙ. An insertion due to the parallel passage, Luke 5:32. The tendency to harmonise is a frequent source of error. 13. ΠΟΡΕΥΘΈΝΤΕΣ ΜΆΘΕΤΕ. A translation of a common Rabbinical...
A MEAL IN THE EVANGELIST’S HOUSE Mark 2:15-17; Luke 5:29-32....
Ver 9. And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, "Follow me." And he arose, and followed him. 10. And it came to pass...
_COMPASSION CALLED FOLLOWERS AND ANSWERED CRITICISM MATTHEW 9:9-17:_ The compassion of Jesus called a hated man to follow Him. Matthew was a tax collector, a publican. Jesus called him to be His disci...
ΠΟΡΕΥΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти. Part, с сопутств. _знач._ используется как _imper._ ΜΆΘΕΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΜΑΝΘΆΝΩ (G3129) учиться; "идите и научитесь". Традици...
DISCOURSE: 1338 MERCY BEFORE SACRIFICE Matthew 9:13. _Go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice_. ST. PETER, speaking of his brother Paul, says, that in his writings the...
AND WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT— See on Matthew 9:9. Instead of _whole,_ we may read _well._ The Pharisees did not indeed direct their discourse to Jesus; but having spoken so loud as to let all the gue...
SECTION 19 JESUS CALLS MATTHEW LEVI (Parallels: Mark 2:13-22; Luke 5:27-39) TEXT: 9:9-17 9. And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he...
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. BUT GO YE AND LEARN WHAT THAT MEANETH ( ), I WILL HAVE...
25 Ever and anon, while revealing His own glory and exercising the faith of His followers, our Lord presents a marvelous prophetic picture of the course of the kingdom proclamation. Here we have a pre...
9:13 is (c-7) See Hosea 6:6 ....
I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND NOT SACRIFICE] i.e. I would rather see love and charity towards fellowmen than ritual observances. Ritual without love is an abomination. Quoted from Hosea 6:6, and again in Mat...
THE SICK OF THE PALSY. CALL OF MATTHEW. RAISING OF JAIRUS' DAUGHTER 1-8. The paralytic healed and his sins forgiven (Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17). The peculiarity of this miracle is that it was worked to prov...
CALL OF MATTHEW (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27 : see Intro.). The call of a publican was another challenge to the Pharisaic party. Considering the low estimation in which publicans were held (see on Matthew 5:...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 3. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT WALK 9:1-8 V1 Then Jesus stepped into a boat. He went back across the lake and arrived at his own town. V...
GO YE AND LEARN. — The words of Hosea 6:6 — cited once again by our Lord in reference to the Sabbath (Matthew 12:7) — asserted the superiority of ethical to ceremonial law. To have withdrawn from cont...
CHAPTER 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1 - Matthew 9:1 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23, we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preaching and healing...
_The publican feast_ (Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32). The point of interest for the evangelist in this narrative is not the _call_ of the publican disciple, but the feast which followed, a feast of publi...
πορευθέντες μάθετε : a common expression among the Rabbis, but they never sent men to learn the particular lesson that God prefers mercy to sacrifice. καὶ οὐ, does not imply that sacrifice is of _no_...
THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Matthew 9:9-17 The name Levi indicates that Matthew sprang from a priestly line. He had lost all self-respect to become the abhorred instrument of the Roman government, collect...
The King now exercised His authority in a new way. He pronounced pardon on a sinner, and straightway opposition was aroused. To the questioning and rebellious hearts He vindicated His authority to for...
I am not come. The just appear to be mentioned ironically, as it is said in Genesis, Behold Adam is become as one of us: and if I hunger, I will not tell thee. (Psalm xlix.) For St. Paul asserts, that...
The call of Matthew is most interesting, and serves to mark the distinguishing grace of God. His name from Mattan, a gift, seems suited to one who received the free gift of the Lord. Here was no prepa...
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...
_MERCY NOT SACRIFICE_ ‘Go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.’ Matthew 9:13 Let us look into the wonderful passage more closely. I. A STRANGE PASSAGE.—The passage...
13._But rather go and learn _He dismisses and orders them to depart, because he saw that they were obstinate and unwilling to learn. Or rather he explains to them, that they are contending with God an...
In the following chapter (chapter 9), while acting in the character and according to the power of Jehovah (as we read in Psalms 103), "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases...
BUT GO YE AND LEARN WHAT THAT MEANETH,.... צא ולמד, "go and learn", is a phrase used by the Jews a, when they are about to explain a passage of Scripture, and fetch an argument from the connection of...
But go ye and learn what _that_ meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Ver. 13. _But go ye, and learn what, &c._] In the hi...
_As Jesus sat at meat in the house_ Namely, of Matthew, (see Mark 2:15,) who, being desirous at once to show his respects to Christ, and to give his former companions and acquaintance an opportunity o...
MEANETH; HOSEA 6:6. MERCY; I am pleased with a merciful disposition, manifesting itself in doing good to the needs, more than with the most careful attention merely to external ceremonies. In these la...
Christ's defense:...
BUT GO YE AND LEARN WHAT THAT MEANETH, I WILL HAVE MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE; FOR I AM NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT SINNERS, TO REPENTANCE. Jesus heard the murmuring and took the fault-finders to...
Returning to His own city, Capernaum, He has brought to Him a man totally helpless, lying on a bed. This case of palsy is indicative of the complete debilitating effects of sin: man is left without st...
10-13 Some time after his call, Matthew sought to bring his old associates to hear Christ. He knew by experience what the grace of Christ could do, and would not despair concerning them. Those who ar...
Ver. 12,13. Mark and Luke, in the places before mentioned, have the same answer, only leaving out these words, _Go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, _ quoted from H...
Epistle of Barnabas But when He chose His own apostles who where to preach His Gospel, [He did so from among those] who were sinners above all sin, that He might show He came "not to call the righteo...
Matthew 9:13 But G1161 go G4198 (G5679) learn G3129 (G5628) what G5101 means G2076 (G5748) desire...
“But you go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” ‘Go and learn.' This was a regular Jewish way of directing people to see...
JESUS HAS COME AS THE HEALER OF THE SINS OF ALL MEN, BUT THE PHARISEES CRITICISE HIM FOR EATING WITH PUBLIC SERVANTS AND SINNERS (9:10-13). Jesus now makes clear that He has come in order to save the...
WHAT JESUS HAS TO OFFER AND THE GROWTH OF PHARISAIC OPPOSITION (9:10-34). We are now informed about the first open opposition among the Pharisees to Jesus. The Pharisees had seemingly previously appro...
CHRONOLOGY AND CONNECTION. Three Evangelists join together the events we group in this section. Mark and Luke, however, place them immediately after the healing of the leper near Capernaum. We agree w...
Matthew 9:13. GO YE AND LEARN. The citation is peculiar to Matthew. ‘You are students of the Scriptures, yet do not know the meaning of the passage I quote; instead of finding fault, go and learn what...
BUT GO YE AND LEARN (πορευθεντες δε μαθετε). With biting sarcasm Jesus bids these preachers to learn the meaning of Hosea 6:6. It is repeated in Matthew 12:7. Ingressive aorist imperative (μαθετε)....
RIGHTEOUS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:10). _...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city._ Our Lord had given these Gergesenes an opportunity of becoming his disciples, the kingdom of God had come very...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith_ The fait...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Answering the Pharisees. Healing of woman with issue of blood. Daughter of a ruler raised from the dead. Two blind men healed. A demon cast out....
Matthew 9:1. _Jesus came into his own city,_ Capernaum, as in Mark. Our Saviour was a stranger on earth, born in Bethlehem, an exile in Egypt, resident at Nazareth, but latterly in Capernaum. Matthew...
GO AND FIND OUT. Hosea 6:6. They needed to learn what this meant. God is more pleased by kindness and helpfulness, than he is by ceremonial acts. Christ came to be the world's Savior!...
_I will have mercy and not sacrifice._ MERCY PREFERRED TO SACRIFICED God prefers it. I. Because it indicates more clearly man’s relation to Himself. Cannot judge of man’s character by outward ordin...
JESUS EATS WITH SINNERS AT MATTHEW ' S HOUSE MATTHEW 9:9-13; MARK 2:14-17; LUKE 5:27-32; MATTHEW 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, h
CHAPTER 9 _Passed over_ : that is, sailed across the sea of Galilee, to its western side. _And came into his own city._ Sedulius thinks Bethlehem is meant because he was born there. S. Jerome, with mo...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 9:9. RECEIPT OF CUSTOM.—_Place of toll_ (R. V.). See Introduction. Matthew 9:10. JESUS.—_He_ (R. V.), probably Matthew. SAT AT MEAT IN THE HOUSE.—The modesty of our Evangelis...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 9:1 _The_ _paralytic forgiven and healed. _Parallel passages: Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17. (For connexion of thought, cf....
And so he entered into a ship, and he passed over, and he came to his own city (Matthew 9:1). His own city being Capernaum. I told you that was his headquarters. And, behold, they brought to him a ma...
1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:13; 1 Timothy 1:15; 2 Peter 3:9;...
QUERIES AND CRITICISMS AGAINST CHRIST Matthew 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Jesus Christ came among men and announced Himself as One sent from the Father. He claimed every attribute of Deity, announced Him...
EATING WITH SINNERS Matthew 9:9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS For our opening word we have chosen the first verse of the study "He saw a man, * * sitting at the receipt of custom: and He saith unto him, Follo...
Go ye and learn — Ye that take upon you to teach others. I will have mercy and not sacrifice — That is, I will have mercy rather than sacrifice. I love acts of mercy better than sacrifice itself. Hose...