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Verse Matthew 8:20. _THE FOXES HAVE HOLES_, c.] Reader! art thou a
_poor_ _man_? and dost thou fear God? Then, what comfort must thou
derive from the thought, that thou so nearly resemblest the Lord
J...
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AND A CERTAIN SCRIBE CAME ... - It is not improbable that this man had
seen the miracles of Jesus, and had formed an expectation that by
following him he would obtain some considerable worldly advanta...
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6. THE KING MANIFESTED BY SIGNS OF DIVINE POWER.
Chapter s 8-9.
CHAPTER 8
1. The Healing of the Leper. (Matthew 8:1 .) 2. The Healing of the
Centurion's Servant. (Matthew 8:5 .) 3. The Healing of P...
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ASPIRANTS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Luke 9:57). Mt. here breaks away from Mk.'s
order, omitting Mark 1:35, and giving as the sequel to Jesus-' first
stay at Capernaum what Mk. (Mark 4:35 to...
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JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM.
He rejects not this man's offer, nor refuses him the liberty to follow
him, only he will have him know what he is doing and "count the cost."
He will have him weigh well the real...
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LOVE IN ACTION (Matthew 8:1-34)
Of all the gospel writers Matthew is the most orderly. He never sets
out his material haphazardly. If in Matthew one thing follows another
in a certain sequence, there...
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When Jesus saw the great crowds surrounding him, he gave orders to go
away, across to the other side. A scribe came to him. "Teacher, he
said, "I will follow you wherever you may be going." Jesus said...
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UNTO HIM. No Preposition.
AIR. heaven.
NESTS. roosts.
THE SON OF MAN. He Who has dominion in the earth. The first of
eighty-seven occurrences. See App-98. to lay. He may lay. Compare
Revelation 14:...
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Fitness for Discipleship. Luke 9:57-62
St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in
Samaria.
The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with
different charac...
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_the Son of man_ The origin of this expression as a Messianic title is
found in Daniel 7:13: "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one
like the Son of man came with (in) the clouds of heaven, and...
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FITNESS FOR DISCIPLESHIP
Luke 9:57-62.
St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in
Samaria.
The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with
different charact...
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ΦΩΛΕΟΎΣ. A word used by Piutarch and other late authors.
Theocritus has φωλάδες ἄρκτοι, I. 115, and
κνώδαλα φωλεύοντα, XXIV. 83, a heteroclite plural
φωλεὰ is found.
ΚΑΤΑΣΚΗΝΏΣΕΙΣ. Cp.
‘In which all...
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Ver 18. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave
commandment to depart unto the other side. 19. And a certain Scribe
came, and said unto him, "Master, I will follow thee whithersoever
th...
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_MIRACLES DEMANDED A FOLLOWING MATTHEW 8:16-22:_ Matthew tells us the
Jesus did that which Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would do.
(Matthew 8:16-17) "When evening had come, they brought to Him ma...
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ΆΛΏΠΕΚΕΣ _пот. pl. от_ ΆΛΏΠΗΞ (G258) лиса,
ΦΩΛΕΌΣ (G5454) логово, нора зверя,
КАΤΑΣΚΉΝΩΣΙΣ (G2682) место обитания,
гнездо,
ΚΛΊΝΗ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΚΛΊΝΩ (G2827)
прислоняться, прилечь. По повод...
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DISCOURSE: 1336
HOW WE ARE TO FOLLOW CHRIST
Matthew 8:19. A certain Scribe came and said unto him, Master, I will
follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The
foxes hare holes,...
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NOW WHEN JESUS SAW, &C.— _Now Jesus, perceiving the crowd about him,
gave orders to depart,_ &c. Though our Saviour had retired into the
wilderness after the cure of the leper, mentioned Luke 5:12 the...
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SECTION 15
JESUS CALLS TO DISCIPLESHIP
(Possible parallel: Luke 9:57-62)
TEXT: 8:18-22
18.
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to
depart unto the other side.
19....
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And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the
air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
AND JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, THE FOXES HAVE HOLES, AND THE BIRDS...
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5-13 Compare Luk_7:1-10.
5 This is followed by an intimation that, though rejected by His own,
He would be accepted by the nations, as is the case in the book of
Acts. The priest was at one end of the...
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THE LEPER CLEANSED. THE CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED. HEALING OF PETER'S
WIFE'S MOTHER AND MANY OTHERS. STILLING OF THE TEMPEST. HEALING OF THE
GADARENE DEMONIACS
1-4. Cleansing of the leper (Mark 1:40;...
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SAYINGS TO A SCRIBE AND ANOTHER DISCIPLE (Luke 9:57). St. Luke
introduces these sayings much later in our Lord's ministry. Both
evangelists apparently borrowed from a common source, which did not
spec...
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THE SON OF MAN] This title of Christ is found only in the Gospels and
Acts 7:56, and (except in Acts 7:56) is found only in the mouth of our
Lord Himself. It corresponds in Aramaic, which our Lord hab...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 8
*MIRACLES WHEN JESUS HEALED PEOPLE 8:1–9:38
Matthew showed Jesus’ authority by what he taught in Chapter s 5-7.
Now Matthew shows...
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THE FOXES HAVE HOLES. — Our Lord’s answer seems to indicate that
it was hardly more than the show. The scribe had not counted the cost,
and, like the young ruler that had great possessions, needed to...
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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...
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LEADER OF MEN AND RULER OF NATURE
Matthew 8:18-27
Christ winnows men. Before any enter upon His service, He places
before them the inevitable trials which they must meet, among which
loneliness and h...
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The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that
He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them
examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His power...
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And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the
air [have] (e) nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his]
head.
(e) Literally, "shades made with boughs"....
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By the fox is meant craft and cunning, by the birds pride. Thus then
our blessed Lord answered him; pride and deceit dwell in your heart,
but you have left no place for the Son of Man to rest his head...
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CHAPTER 28
JESUS HOMELESS
Matthew 8:1-22, & Luke 9:57-62. “And it came to pass, they
journeying on the way, a certain one said to Him, I will follow Thee
whithersoever Thou mayest go, Lord; and Jesus...
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As this is the first place in the Gospel we meet with the phrase Son
of MAN, in reference to the person of CHRIST; and especially as it is
a phrase the LORD JESUS was pleased frequently to make use of...
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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...
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20._Foxes have holes. _The Son of God describes by these words what
was his condition while he lived on the earth, but, at the same time,
informs his disciples what sort of life they must be prepared...
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Then, in chapter 8, the Lord begins in the midst of Israel His patient
life of testimony, which closed with His rejection by the people whom
God had so long preserved for Him, and for their own blessi...
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AND JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM,.... Knowing his heart, and the carnal and
worldly views with which he acted;
THE FOXES HAVE HOLES in the earth, where they hide themselves from
danger, take their rest, and...
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And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the
air _have_ nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay _his_ head.
Ver. 20. _The foxes have holes, &c._] _q.d._ _Exigua mihi s...
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_Now when Jesus saw great multitudes_ When Jesus did the things before
mentioned he was in Capernaum, Matthew 8:5, but the multitude pressing
him, he gave orders to pass over the sea of Galilee, other...
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THE SON OF MAN; the Son of man in a preeminent sense. Had Jesus been a
mere man, this title, which he commonly applied to himself, could have
had no significancy. But now, being God, he described hims...
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AND JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, THE FOXES HAVE HOLES, AND THE BIRDS OF THE
AIR HAVE NESTS, BUT THE SON OF MAN HATH NOT WHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD.
There were others besides His disciples in His immediate vicinit...
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THE DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST.
Preparations for departure:...
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Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He
had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He
will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compas...
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18-22 One of the scribes was too hasty in promising; he proffers
himself to be a close follower of Christ. He seems to be very
resolute. Many resolutions for religion are produced by sudden
convictio...
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Ver. 19,20. We have the same story in LUKE 9:57,58; only Luke saith it
was _as they went in the way; _ and saith, _a certain man thus said
unto him._ Matthew more particularly describeth the man from...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
This, I think, is signified by the utterance of the Saviour, "The
foxes have holes, but the Son of man hath not where to lay His
head."[44]
Tertullian On Idolat...
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Matthew 8:20 And G2532 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5719) him G846 Foxes
G258 have G2192 (G5719) holes...
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TWO DISCIPLES ARE FACED UP WITH THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS (8:18-22).
Jesus' command to His disciples to prepare to go to the other side of
the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 8:18) sparks off the need for s...
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‘And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of
the heaven have nesting places, but the Son of man has not where to
lay his head.” '
Jesus' reply is to point out that while even the lo...
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CHRONOLOGY. Matthew inserts this group of events here; Mark and Luke
at a later point. We accept the chronology of Mark, who explicitly
says that Jesus crossed the sea on the evening of the day the pa...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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Matthew 8:20. AND JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM. The answer alone reveals an
improper motive in the proposal.
FOXES HAVE HOLES, etc., caves, dens.
BIRDS OF THE HEAVEN HAVE NESTS, more literally, ‘lodging p...
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HOLES
(φωλεους). A lurking hole, burrow.NESTS
(κατασκηνωσεις). "Roosts, i.e. leafy, σκηνα for
settling at night (_tabernacula, habitacula_), not nests" (McNeile).
In the Septuagint it is used of...
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SON OF MAN
(_ See Scofield) - (Ezekiel 2:1). _
Our Lord thus designates Himself about eighty times. It is His racial
name as the representative Man, in the sense of (1 Corinthians 15:45)
as Son of D...
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Matthew 8:16. _When the even was come, they brought unto him many that
were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits, with his
word, and healed all that were sick:_
It was the evening after...
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Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great
multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper_
You see that particular mention is made of this one special case, and,
in any co...
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Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great
multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and
worshipped him,_
Great multitudes often count for nothing; it is here or ther...
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CONTENTS: Jesus heals a leper, the centurion's servant and Peter's
wife's mother. Professed disciples tested. Stilling of the waves.
Casting-out demons at Gadara.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, leper, centurion...
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Matthew 8:2. _Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him._ After
having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome,
an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, thereb...
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JESUS ANSWERED HIM. Jesus does not reject this man nor send him away.
He only points out the cost of discipleship. THE SON of MAN. One title
of the Messiah emphasizing his kinship with humanity. But s...
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_Master, I will follow Thee._
IMPETUOUS AND HESITATING DISCIPLESHIP
I. The significance of Christ’s treatment of the impetuous scribe.
He declares his determination to follow Christ, lead where He m...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:1 The Authoritative Power of the Messiah:
Kingdom Power Demonstrated. Jesus has shown himself to be the Messiah
through his teaching (chs. Matthew 5:1
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:20 SON OF MAN (see note on John 1:51; see
Daniel 7:13) is Jesus’ favorite way of describing himself. It shows
th
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JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE COST OF FOLLOWING HIM MATTHEW 8:18-22; LUKE
9:51-62; MATTHEW 8:18; MATTHEW 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitude
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CHAPTER 8 Ver. 2. _And, behold, a leper,_ &c. This same miracle is
related by S. Mark (Mar 1:40), and by Luke (Luke 5:12). From a
comparison of these it would seem to follow that the miracle was not
p...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 8:18. TO DEPART.—Thus Jesus sought repose, and gave to the
people time to bear fruit from His teaching, and kindled their
interest in Himself for the future (_Bengel_).
Matth...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 8:1
MESSIAH'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING. We return in this
section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and
undoubtedly belongs to the Framework (_vide _I...
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Let's turn to Matthew's gospel chapter eight. The fifth chapter of
Matthew begins "And seeing the multitude, he went into a mountain: and
when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: And he open...
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2 Corinthians 8:9; Isaiah 53:2; Isaiah 53:3; Luke 2:12; Luke 2:16;...
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Holes [φ ω λ ε ο υ ς]. Wyc. has ditches, with burrows in
explanation.
Nests [κ α τ α σ κ η ν ω σ ε ι ς]. Only here and in the
parallel, Luke 9:58. Nests is too limited. The word, derived from
skhnh, a...
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DISCIPLESHIP IN TRAINING
Matthew 8:18
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Let us consider the insincerity of the multitude. The last study
closed with the crowds pressing upon Christ that they might be
dispossess...
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The Son of man — The expression is borrowed from Daniel 7:13, and is
the appellation which Christ generally gives himself: which he seems
to do out of humility, as having some relation to his mean app...
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(CF. MATTHEW 20:18; MATTHEW 24:30; ETC.)— If Jesus was the Son of
God, why did He call Himself the Son of Man?
PROBLEM: Jesus referred to Himself most often as the Son of Man. This
seems to point to H...