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Verse Matthew 20:24. _WHEN THE TEN HEARD IT, THEY WERE MOVED_] The
_ambition_ which leads to _spiritual lordship_ is one great cause of
murmurings and animosities in religious societies, and has prove...
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See also Mark 10:35.
Matthew 20:20
THEN CAME TO HIM GIVE MOTHER OF ZEBEDEE’S CHILDREN ... - This was
probably Salome, Mark 15:40;...
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8. THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD.
The Healing of the Two Blind Men.
CHAPTER 20
1. The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. (Matthew 20:1 .) 2.
The Third Prediction of His Death an...
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THE REQUEST OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE. THE CHRISTIAN STANDARD OF
GREATNESS (Mark 10:35 *, Luke 22:24). Mt. makes the mother of James
and John ask the boon, but Jesus replies to them, not to her. For
Mk.'...
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THE MASTER SEEKS HIS WORKERS (Matthew 20:1-16)...
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At that time the mother of Zebedee's sons came to him with her sons,
kneeling before him, and asking something from him. He said to her,
"What do you wish?" She said to him, "Speak the word that these...
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MOVED WITH INDIGNATION. took great umbrage.
AGAINST. about, or with respect to. Greek. _peri._...
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Salome's Prayer for her sons, and the Answer of Jesus
Mark 10:35-41. St Mark begins "And James and John the sons of Zebedee
came unto him, saying, &c." For once St Matthew is more graphic and
true to...
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_they were moved with indignation_ The indignation of the "Ten"
displayed the same spirit and motive as the request of the sons of
Zebedee. It seemed as if the jealousies and intrigues of an earthly
c...
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ΟἹ ΔΈΚΑ ἨΓΑΝΆΚΤΗΣΑΝ. _In his ingenuus
Evangelistes_. Bengel. The indignation of the ‘Ten’ displayed the
same spirit and motive as the request of the sons of Zebedee. It
seemed as if the jealousies and...
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SALOME’S PRAYER FOR HER SONS, AND THE ANSWER OF JESUS
Mark 10:35-45. St Mark begins ‘And James and John the sons of
Zebedee came unto him, saying, &c.’ For once St Matthew is more
graphic and true to...
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Ver24. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation
against the two brethren. 25. But Jesus called them unto him, and
said, "Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion o...
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_AT THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY IS THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE MATTHEW
20:20-28:_ On at least three occasions there was a discussion among
the apostles concerning greatness in the kingdom. (Matthew 18:1-4;
Ma...
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Section 52
JESUS REFUSES TO ESTABLISH HIERARCHY
(Parallel: Mark 10:35-45)
TEXT: 20:20-28
20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons,
worshipping _him,_ and asking a certain...
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And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in
the way, and said unto them,
For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 10:32....
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20 James and John were the sons of Zebedee (Mar_:10:35). Our Lord
called them “sons of thunder” (Mar_3:17), to indicate their
tempestuous and violent disposition. The gentleness and love of John's
wri...
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THE AMBITION OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE (Mark 10:35). The special promise
to Peter (Matthew 16:18) had aroused the jealousy of the other two
most intimate disciples, who now came to claim the two most pro...
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THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM
1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St.
Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes
before, and ca...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 20
THE STORY ABOUT THE LAND-OWNER’S WORKERS 20:1-16
V1 ‘Where God rules, it is like this. A man who owned land went out
early one mo...
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AGAINST THE TWO BRETHREN. — Literally, _concerning,_ or _about._ The
context shows that it was not a righteous indignation, as against that
which was unworthy of true followers of Jesus, but rather th...
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CHAPTER 16
To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17 - Matthew 21:1
I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17
WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey
to Jerusalem. From the corresponding passage...
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_Commotion in the disciple-circle_....
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οἱ δέκα : the Twelve were all on one moral level, not one
superior to ambitious passion, or jealousy of it in another. Therefore
the conduct of the _two_ greatly provoked the ten.
ἠγανάκτησαν Passow d...
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_The two sons of Zebedee_ (Mark 10:35-45)....
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SERVING NOBLER THAN SELF-SEEKING
Matthew 20:17-28
For the third time our Lord foretells His death. In Matthew 16:21, He
dwelt especially on the shame of His rejection; in Matthew 17:23, He
told how t...
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One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is
that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service,
but according to fidelity to opportunities.
The Master was now...
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The ten... were moved with indignation against the two brothers, who
had petitioned for the first and chief places. (Witham) --- The
disciples understood from our Lord's answer, that the request came...
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AMBITION OF JAMES AND JOHN
Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 1:35-45. “James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, come to Him, saying, Teacher, we wish that You may do to us
whatsoever we may ask. And He said to them,...
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"And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against
the two brethren. (25) But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye
know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over th...
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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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_THE REFORM OF THE IDLER_
‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no
man hath hired us.’
Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6
This parable is one of the most difficult in the New Te...
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Matthew 20:24._And when the ten heard it. _(660) Luke appears to refer
this dispute to a different time. But any one who shall carefully
examine that twenty-second chapter will plainly see that discou...
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We may remark that, when the Lord answers Peter, it was the
consequence of having left all for Christ upon His call. The motive
was Christ Himself: therefore He says, "Ye which have followed me." He
s...
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AND WHEN THEY TEN HEARD IT,.... The other ten apostles, who either
were within hearing the request made, and Christ's answer, or had by
some means information of it:
THEY WERE MOVED WITH INDIGNATION...
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And when the ten heard _it_, they were moved with indignation against
the two brethren.
Ver. 24. _They were moved_] They were angry at that ambition in their
fellows, that themselves were deeply guil...
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_And when the ten heard it_ It is likely they overheard the
conversation; _they were moved with indignation_ Being not only
equally desirous, but in their opinion equally deserving of the
principal po...
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THE TEN; the other apostles were offended that some should seek to be
placed above the rest....
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AND WHEN THE TEN HEARD IT, THEY WERE MOVED WITH INDIGNATION AGAINST
THE TWO BRETHREN....
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A lesson in humility:...
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The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most
penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out
early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his vineya...
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20-28 The sons of Zebedee abused what Christ said to comfort the
disciples. Some cannot have comforts but they turn them to a wrong
purpose. Pride is a sin that most easily besets us; it is sinful
am...
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MARK 10:41. Here is not yet a word of Peter's primacy, or any claim he
put in for it; nor, it seemeth, had the others any apprehension of
such an establishment, for then neither would James and John h...
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Matthew 20:24 And G2532 ten G1176 heard G191 (G5660) displeased G23
(G5656) with G4012 two G1417 brothers...
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‘And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation
concerning the two brothers.'
When news reached the ears of the ten about this attempt to pre-empt
the allocation of the most important pos...
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THOSE WHO FOLLOW JESUS ARE NOT TO BE SELF-SEEKING BUT SELFLESSLY
SEEKING TO SERVE ALL, IN THE SAME WAY AS HE AS THE SERVANT IS DOING
AMONG THEM, SOMETHING ESPECIALLY REVEALED IN HIS GIVING OF HIS LIFE...
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Matthew 20:24. THE TEN, including Matthew who writes the account. A
proof of humility and truthfulness.
THEY WERE SORE DISPLEASED CONCERNING. This displeasure was no more
praiseworthy than the ambit...
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CHRONOLOGY. The final journey to Jerusalem begins. The approach of His
death calls for a third prediction to the Twelve, more specific in its
details. The _crucifixion_ is mentioned only in Matthew's...
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MOVED WITH INDIGNATION
(ηγανακτησαν). A strong word for angry resentment. In the
papyri. The ten felt that James and John had taken advantage of their
relation to Jesus....
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Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an
householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers
into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...
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CONTENTS: Parables of laborers in the vineyard. Jesus' death and
resurrection again foretold. Ambitious requests of James and John.
Healing of the two blind men.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, wife of Zebedee, J...
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Matthew 20:1. _A householder, which went out early in the morning to
hire labourers_ for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most
important time of the vintage being understood. It was the custom...
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WHEN THE OTHER TEN DISCIPLES. By doing this, they showed the same
worldly attitude the brothers had shown. We often condemn others for
the very things we do ourselves....
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_Then came to Him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons._
NEAREST TO CHRIST
Christ does not put aside the granting of places at His right and left
hand as not being within His province, but...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 20:24 INDIGNANT. They were probably upset by
the brothers’ attempt to use their family relationship to gain an
unfair advantage in getting what the other disciples also wanted....
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JESUS TEACHES ABOUT SERVING OTHERS MATTHEW 20:20-28; MARK 10:35-45;
MATTHEW 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with
her sons, worshipping [_him_], and desiring a certain thing of...
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CHAPTER 20
_The kingdom of heaven is like._ That is, God acts in the kingdom of
Heaven like a master hiring labourers into his vineyard; for strictly
speaking, the kingdom of Heaven is not like the h...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 20:17. JESUS GOING UP TO JERUSALEM.—The narrative is not
continuous, and in the interval between Matthew 20:16 we may probably
place our Lord’s “abode beyond Jordan” (John 10:...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 20:1
_Parable of the labourers in the vineyard_._ _(Peculiar to St.
Matthew.)
MATTHEW 20:1
FOR. The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm
at the end of the...
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Shall we turn to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty, and continue our
book-by-book study through the Word of God? Matthew chapter twenty
opens with the parable of the laborers going out into the vineyard...
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1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Peter 5:5; James 3:14; James 4:1; James 4:5;...
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Note here, 1. That Christ by these words doth not forbid the exercise
of civil dominion and lawful magistracy; for then all order, all
defence of good men, and punishment of evil doers, would be taken...