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Verse Matthew 19:21. _IF THOU WILT BE PERFECT_] τελειος
ειναι, To be _complete_, to have the business _finished_, and all
_hinderances_ to thy salvation removed, _go and sell that thou
hast_-go and d...
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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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7. DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE.
Concerning Divorce. Little Children Blessed and the Rich Young Man.
CHAPTER 19
1. The Departure from Galilee. (Matthew 19:1 .) 2. Concerning
Divorce. (Matthew 19:3 .) 3....
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THE GREAT REFUSAL AND THE OBSTACLE OF RICHES (Mark 10:17 *, Luke
18:18). In Matthew 19:16 f. note the changes made by Mt. to avoid the
saying of Jesus, as given by Mk., that only God can be called goo...
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JEWISH MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (Matthew 19:1-9)...
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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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WILT BE. art willing to be. App-102.
THAT THOU HAST. thy property or possession. Same word (but not the
same form) as "is" in Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:20. exists as.
possession.
POOR. App-127....
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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...
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_If thou wilt be perfect_ i. e. "if thou desirest to be perfect."
_go and sell that thou hast_ Jesus does indeed bid him do something,
but to _do_that would be a proof of _being_perfect, it is _the_te...
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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...
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ΤΈΛΕΙΟΣ. Used here in relation to τί ἔτι ὑστερῶ,
‘complete;’ not (1) in the deeper sense which the word sometimes
bears in reference to the ancient mysteries, as 1 Corinthians 2:6,
σοφίαν δὲ λαλοῦμεν...
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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...
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_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...
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IF THOU WILT BE PERFECT, &C.— That is, "If thou wilt prove thyself a
true disciple of mine; if thou wilt enter perfectly and unfeignedly
under my banner, and enlist in my cause." It may not be imprope...
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SECTION 49
JESUS TESTS RICH YOUNG RULER AND ENCOURAGES DISCIPLES (Parallels: Mark
10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30)
TEXT: 19:16-30
A. The Demands of Discipleship
16 And behold, one came to him and said, Tea...
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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....
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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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THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE. THE RICH YOUNG MAN
1, 2. End of the Galilean ministry. The Peræn ministry begins (Mark
10:1; Luke 9:51 cp. Luke 17:11). The time was now late summer of 28
a.d. The Passion was...
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THE RICH YOUNG MAN (Mark 10:17; Luke 18:18). St. Luke calls him a
'ruler,' i.e. either a member of the Sanhedrin, or a ruler of a
synagogue. The incident is a striking example of the seductive power
o...
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IF THOU WILT (RV 'wouldest') BE PERFECT] Jesus, who knew what is in
man, knew that love of wealth was this man's besetting sin. He
therefore urged him to abandon it, according to the precept, 'If thin...
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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...
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JESUS SAID UNTO HIM... — St. Mark (Mark 10:21) adds the striking and
interesting words, “Jesus beholding him” (better, perhaps, _gazing
on him_)_,_ “loved him.” There was something in the young seeker...
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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...
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εἰ θέλες τέλειος εἶναι (on τέλειος _vide_
Matthew 5:48): if you wish to reach your end, the true life and the
rest it brings. ὕπαγε, etc.: go, sell off, distribute to the
poor, and then come, follow m...
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ὁ νεανίσκος, the _youth_; whence known? from a special
tradition (Meyer); an inference from the expression ἐκ
νεότητός μου in Mark 10:20 (Weiss). ἐφύλαξα (-
άμην). Kypke and Elsner take pains to show...
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_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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HOW TO ENTER THE KINGDOM
Matthew 19:13-22
Youth, with all its fervor and impetuosity, is very beautiful in
itself and very dear to Christ. Here youth was combined with station,
wealth, and noble char...
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The Pharisees approached Him with a question concerning divorce. The
force of His reply is in the words "from the beginning." He had no
opinions apart from the will and intention of God. As God willed...
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Jesus said unto him, If (n) thou wilt be perfect, go [and] sell that
thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in
heaven: and come [and] follow me.
(n) The young man did not answe...
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If thou wilt be perfect. This shews there is a difference betwixt
things that are of precept, and those that are of counsel only, which
they aim at, that aspire to the greatest perfection. (Witham) --...
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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...
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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? (17) And he said unto him,
Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that i...
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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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_HINDRANCES TO PERFECTION_
‘If thou wilt be perfect … follow Me.’
Matthew 19:21
Man is an artist, and he is working at himself. When we speak of
perfection in the sense in which our Blessed Master...
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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...
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JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, IF THOU WILT BE PERFECT,.... Wanting nothing,
completely righteous, according to the tenor of the covenant of works,
having no evil, concupiscence, or worldly lusts: our Lord sign...
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Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go _and_ sell that thou
hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven:
and come _and_ follow me.
Ver. 21. _If thou wilt be perfect_]...
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_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....
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BE PERFECT; have a character that is "perfect and entire, wanting
nothing." The Saviour, by this command, lays his hand immediately upon
the faulty spot in his character, and points it out to him....
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JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, IF THOU WILT BE PERFECT, GO AND SELL ALL THAT
THOU HAST, AND GIVE TO THE POOR, AND THOU SHALT HAVE TREASURE IN
HEAVEN; AND COME AND FOLLOW ME....
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The test:...
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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...
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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...
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Mark repeats it thus, MARK 10:21, _Then Jesus beholding him loved him,
and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever
thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treas...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
And for this reason did the Lord, instead of that [commandment], "Thou
shalt not commit adultery," forbid even concupiscence; and instead of
that which runs thus, "T...
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Matthew 19:21 Jesus G2424 said G5346 (G5713) him G846 If G1487 want
G2309 (G5719) be G1511 ...
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A PERIOD OF TESTING - JESUS PREPARES FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER - JOURNEY
TO JERUSALEM - TRIUMPHAL ENTRY - JESUS IS LORD (19:3-22).
Having entered Judaea on the way to Jerusalem for His final visit,
Jesu...
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ANALYSIS OF THE SECTION MATTHEW 19:3 TO MATTHEW 22:46.
This whole Section may be analysed as follows:
a Jesus' testing commences with a question about divorce.
b Jesus questions the Pharisees about...
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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...
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‘Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you
have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and
come, follow me.” '
So Jesus now gives him his answer, the answer...
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Matthew 19:21. IF THOU WOULDEST BE PERFECT. Mark and Luke: ‘one
thing thou lackest.' One duty still remained to make his obedience
complete, judged from his own point of view. Not that he had done all...
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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...
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This incident seems to be in proper chronological position. Luke's
account at this point again becomes parallel to that of Matthew and
Mark....
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IF THOU WOULDEST BE PERFECT
(ε θελεις τελειος εινα). Condition of the first
class, determined as fulfilled. Jesus assumes that the young man
really desires to be perfect (a big adjective that, perf...
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PERFECT
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 5:48). _...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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IF YOU WANT TO BE PERFECT. What Jesus tells him brings out the fact
that this young man has made an "idol" out of his riches. [It is the
_love_ of money which is sin (1 Timothy 6:10).] SELL ALL YOU HA...
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_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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_And, behold, one came and said unto Him, Good Master, what good thing
shall I do?_
FORMAL OBEDIENCE INSUFFICIENT
It is certainly the doctrine of Scripture that moral integrity alone
can never benefi...
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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.
⇐...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 19:21 IF YOU WOULD BE PERFECT. Jesus wants
to turn this man from focusing on external obedience to examining his
heart, revealing that his money is his ruling god. GIVE TO THE...
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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
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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...
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 19:1
_The beginning of the last journey to Jerusalem_._ The question
concerning divorce_._ _(Mark 10:1.)
MATTHEW 19:1...
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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...
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1 Timothy 6:17; Acts 2:45; Acts 4:32; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 6:9;...
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If thou desirest to be perfect — That is, to be a real Christian:
Sell what thou hast — He who reads the heart saw his bosom sin was
love of the world; and knew he could not be saved from this, but by...
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(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...
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That is, "Thou hast been all thy days. Pharisee; if now thou wilt be.
Christian, thou must maintain. readiness and disposition of mind to
part with all that thou hast in this world, at my call and at...