εὐχαριστήσας, a late Greek word (“does not occur before Polybius in the sense of gratias agere ” Camb. N. T.), condemned by Phryn., who enjoins χάριν εἰδέναι instead (Lobeck, p. 18). Elsner dissents from the judgment of the ancient grammarians, citing instances from Demosthenes, etc.
The miracle recorded here - the feeding of the four thousand - took place on a mountain near the Sea of Galilee. The same account is recorded in Mark 8:1. The circumstances of the miracle are so simil...
3. THE CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES; THE CANAANITISH WOMAN AND HER FAITH; THE MULTITUDES HEALED. CHAPTER 15 1. The Question of the Scribes and Pharisees.(Matthew 15:1 .) 2. His Answer. (M...
THE SECOND FEEDING OF THE MULTITUDE (Mark 8:1 *) Mt. follows Mk. closely, but again adds women and children. I would not send them away fasting (Matthew 15:32), according to Allen, heightens the note...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Matthew 15:1-9)...
And Jesus left there, and went to the Sea of Galilee; and he went up into a mountain, and he was sitting there; and great crowds came to him, bringing with them people who were lame and blind and deaf...
BRAKE. See note on Matthew 14:19. TO. [gave] to. Supplying the Ellipsis from the preceding clause....
Four thousand Men, besides women and children, are miraculously fed Mark 8:1-9 36. _gave to his disciples_ St Matthew uses the aorist, St Mark the more vivid imperfect "kept giving....
35, 36. The omission of καὶ before εὐχαριστήσας makes the structure very harsh. It is the reading necessitated by the rules adopted for forming the present text. Tregelles omits the καὶ against Lachma...
FOUR THOUSAND MEN, BESIDES WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ARE MIRACULOUSLY FED Mark 8:1-9...
ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΙΣΤΉΣΑΣ. εὐχαριστεῖν does not occur before Polybius in the sense of _gratias agere_. The decree in Demosth. _de Cor._ p. 257, where the word is found, (see Lob. _Phryn._ 18) is probably spurious...
Ver 32. Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fa...
_MORE REASON TO CHANGE YOUR HEART MATTHEW 15:32-39_ : The multitude had been listening to Jesus three days without eating. He had compassion on them and did not want to send them away hungry and faint...
ΈΛΑΒΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 15:26. ΊΧΘΎΑΣ _acc. pl._ от ΙΧΘΎΣ (G2486) рыба, ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΈΩ (G2168) благодарить, ΈΚΛΑΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΛΆΩ (G2806...
I HAVE COMPASSION ON THE MULTITUDE— Σπλαγχνιζομαι, a very expressive word, signifying _My bowels yearn,_ or _are moved,_ see ch. Matthew 9:36. It is pleasing to remark the strong compassion which our...
SECTION 38 JESUS HEALS MANY IN DECAPOLIS AND FEEDS FOUR THOUSAND (Parallel: Mark 7:31 to Mark 8:9) TEXT: 15:29-39 29 And Jesus departed then, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went up in...
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 7:31; Mark 8:1. Verse 1-12 For the...
21 Compare Mar_7:24-30. 21 The incident of the Canaanitish woman is of surpassing interest to us, for it shows clearly what was the status of the nations in our Lord's ministry. Her very mistakes are...
FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND (Mark 8:1). The multitudes in this case being heathen (see Matthew 15:31), the miracle is no bare repetition of the feeding of the five thousand (Matthew 14:13). That symboli...
THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS. THE CANAANITISH WOMAN. FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders (Mark 7:1). In this important controversy Jesus defined His positio...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 15 The three sections of chapter 15 show Jesus’ attitude to people who were not *Jews. He wanted them to be happy with the good news...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
MINISTERING TO THE MULTITUDES Matthew 15:29-39 Our Lord's mission of grace and truth was at its height. His help was sought with the utmost eagerness. Large numbers of sick were cast at His feet in h...
The question was not of cleanliness, but of ritual. This washing of hands to remove imaginary evil was a part of the tradition of the elders. Against the binding of such burdens on men our Lord passio...
He gave thanks to his heavenly Father, for that providential care with which he supplies our wants, even miraculously, when necessary for us. Everywhere his goodness and attention to the wants of his...
FEEDING THE MULTITUDES AGAIN Matthew 15:32-38; Mark 8:1-9. “During these days [i.e., His sojourn in Decapolis], the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus, calling to Him...
"And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. (30) And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame,...
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...
chapter 15 displays man and God, the moral contrast between the doctrine of Christ and that of the Jews; and thus the Jewish system is rejected morally by God. When I speak of the system, I speak of t...
AND HE TOOK THE SEVEN LOAVES AND THE FISHES,.... Into his hands, and lifted them up, that it might be seen, and observed, that there were no other food than these, that so the miracle might appear in...
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake _them_, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. Ver. 36. _And gave to his disciples_] So confuting their...
_Jesus called his disciples, and said, I have compassion_, &c. For some observations on the contents of these verses, see the notes on Mark 8:1....
The miracle:...
AND HE TOOK THE SEVEN LOAVES AND THE FISHES, AND GAVE THANKS, AND BRAKE THEM, AND GAVE TO HIS DISCIPLES, AND THE DISCIPLES TO THE MULTITUDE....
After the power and grace of the Lord Jesus has wrought so great, refreshing blessing, the cold, barren criticism of scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem is an example of how the deadening principle of...
29-39 Whatever our case is, the only way to find ease and relief, is to lay it at Christ's feet, to submit it to him, and refer it to his disposal. Those who would have spiritual healing from Christ,...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 15:39"....
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI but here, as Matthew and Mark have written, "Jesus gave thanks and brake; "[207]...
Matthew 15:36 And G2532 took G2983 (G5631) seven G2033 loaves G740 and G2532 fish G2486 thanks G2168 ...
‘And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and he gave thanks and broke, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.' Then taking the seven loaves and the few fishes He gave thanks,...
THE FEEDING OF FOUR THOUSAND IN GENTILE TERRITORY BY A MIRACLE (15:32-39). It was one thing for Jesus to preach and heal in Gentile territory where there were many Jews, while allowing Gentiles to sha...
Matthew 15:36-37. The mode of distribution (and the miracle itself) was precisely the same. THAT WHICH REMAINED OF THE BROKEN PIECES, SEVEN BASKETS FULL. In the other case ‘twelve.' The word rendered...
Matthew 15:32-38. This miracle is not identical with that described in chap. Matthew 14:15-21. The circumstances vary in every possible respect: the number fed, the amount of provision present, the fr...
GAVE THANKS (ευχαριστησας). In Matthew 14:19 the word used for "grace" or "blessing" is ευλογησεν. Vincent notes that the Jewish custom was for the head of the house to say the blessing only if he...
Jesus had been in conflict with the Scribes and Pharisees. He never liked such discussions, and though he was always victorious in every controversy, it grieved his spirit. Matthew 15:21. _Then Jesus...
Matthew 15:1. then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread....
Matthew 15:1. _Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,_ Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, and now these pettifoggers came round about him to try...
CONTENTS: Scribes and Pharisees rebuked. Syrophonecian's daughter healed. The multitude healed. 4000 fed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, (disciples), Syrophonecian woman, her daughter. CONCLUSION: The Ch...
Matthew 15:2. _Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?_ The cabala, or unwritten law, was counted by the pharisees of equal authority with the law itself. Rabbi Aquiba says, he wh...
35-37. SO JESUS ORDERED THE CROWD TO SIT DOWN. Again, Jesus gives thanks to the Father, asking him to bless this food, and breaks it in pieces. All have enough to eat, and seven baskets full of piece...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 15:35 For a similar occurrence, see note on 14:15–21. ⇐...
JESUS FEEDS FOUR THOUSAND MATTHEW 15:32-39; MARK 8:1-10; MATTHEW 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples [_unto him_], and said, Mark 8:1 In
CHAPTER 15 _Then there came to Him_, &c. The Scribes of Jerusalem, as being at the very fountain head of faith and religion, arrogated to them selves the right of censuring the doctrine of new teache...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 15:29. A MOUNTAIN.—Rather, _the_ mountain country; the high land, as distinguished from the low land, which He had left (_Carr_). From Mark 7:31 R.V., it would appear that Hi...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 15:1 _Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. _(Mark 7:1.) MATTHEW 15:1 THEN. This is after the third Passover, which wheth
Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were from Jerusalem (Matthew 15:1), Hey, these guys had come a long way to challenge Him. They came all the way from Jerusalem clear up to Galilee, whi...
1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Samuel 9:13; 1 Timothy 4:3; 1 Timothy 4:4;...
He gave thanks, or blessed the food — That is, he praised God for it, and prayed for a blessing upon it....