Verse 31. _BUT THEY - SPREAD ABROAD HIS FAME_] They should have held their peace; for to _obey_ is better than _sacrifice_, 1 Samuel 15:22; but man must always be wiser than God, however, it may be pr...
BUT THEY, WHEN THEY WERE DEPARTED, SPREAD ABROAD HIS FAME - The report of what he had done. This was not unnatural for them. They were so filled with joy that they could not repress their feelings. In...
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. ...
TWO BLIND MEN HEALED. Mt. only; perhaps a doublet of Matthew 20:20, with reminiscences (in Matthew 9:30 f.) of Mark 1:43. See M-' Neile, 128f. Son of David first appears as a Messianic title in Ps. So...
BUT THEY... SPREAD ABROAD HIS FAME IN ALL THAT COUNTRY. This was wrong. It was their duty to obey whether they understood _why_ or not. Christ had not commanded silence without good reasons. Loud-mou...
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...
And, as he passed on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting. "Have pity on us, they said, "you Son of David." When he came into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, " Do...
WHEN THEY WERE DEPARTED... (32) As they went out. when they had gone out... but as they were leaving. SPREAD... FAME. made Him known....
A Cure of two Blind Men Peculiar to St Matthew. Archbp. Trench alludes to the fact that cases of blindness are far more numerous in the East than in Western countries. "The dust and flying sand enter...
A CURE OF TWO BLIND MEN Peculiar to St Matthew. Archbp. Trench alludes to the fact that cases of blindness are far more numerous in the East than in Western countries. ‘The dust and flying sand enter...
Ver 27. And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, "Thou Son of David, have mercy on us." 28. And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and J...
_COMPASSION HEALED THE BLIND, MUTE AND CALLED FOR LABORERS MATTHEW 9:27-38:_ The request of the blind men was, "have pity and mercy on us." In compassion Jesus touched their eyes and gave them sight....
SECTION 21 JESUS GIVES SIGHT TO TWO BLIND MEN AND FREES A DUMB DEMONIAC TEXT: 9:27-34 27. And as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us,...
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. BUT THEY, WHEN THEY WERE DEPARTED, SPREAD ABROAD HIS FAME IN ALL THAT COUNTRY. See the note at , and Remark 4 on that...
14 It is a most difficult lesson for the saints to learn, that God's dealings with His creatures change, and that their conduct should change accordingly, John's disciples thought that the Lord's foll...
9:31 name (a-10) Or 'fame' -- translated in ch. 28.15 'is current' and in Mark 1:45 'spread abroad.'...
HEALING OF TWO BLIND MEN IN THE HOUSE (peculiar to St. Matthew). Blindness, chiefly as the result of ophthalmia, is exceedingly common in the East, and several miracles of restoring sight to the blind...
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...
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...
THEY... SPREAD ABROAD HIS FAME. — As in other cases, so in this, the command was not obeyed. The question has been raised, whether the zeal which thus showed itself was or not praiseworthy; and, curio...
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...
ἐν ὅλῃ τ. γ. ἐκ. (_vide_ remarks on Matthew 9:26)....
_Two blind men_. This miracle-narrative and the next paratively colourless and uninteresting. They bring under notice two new types of disease, blindness and possession accompanied with dumbness. The...
THE MERCIFUL DELIVERER Matthew 9:27-34 It is thus that the Master speaks to us: _Believe ye_ that I am able to make you happy, though you are cut off from the light and gladness of the world? _Believ...
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...
_Spread him fame abroad. Unable to confine their gratitude within the narrow limits of humility prescribed them by Jesus Christ. (Haydock)_...
THE BLIND MEN HEALED Matthew 9:27-31. “And two blind men followed Him coming out from thence [i.e., from Jairus's house], saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David! And the two blind men came to Him, h...
Concerning this miracle, I beg the Reader particularly to observe, that the cry of those men was evidently the cry of faith: for the name by which they distinguished Christ, Thou SON of David! was the...
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...
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 THEY, WHEN THEY WERE DEPARTED,.... That is, out of the house where they received their cure, and out of the city; for it appears, by what follows, they went into other parts, where it is probable...
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. Ver. 31. _Spread abroad his fame_] Wherein they sinned, no doubt, though of never so good an intention. God's commandmen...
The healing and its effect:...
BUT THEY, WHEN THEY WERE DEPARTED, SPREAD ABROAD HIS FAME IN ALL THAT COUNTRY. Jesus had taken no notice of the cries of the men on the street, either for fear of awakening false expectations, or in o...
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...
27-31 At this time the Jews expected Messiah would appear; these blind men knew and proclaimed in the streets of Capernaum that he was come, and that Jesus was he. Those who, by the providence of God...
Ver. 27-31. This miracle is reported only by St. Matthew, though the other evangelists tell us of some others of the same kind. They FOLLOWED HIM in the way, CRYING, AND SAYING, THOU SON OF DAVID, HAV...
Matthew 9:31 But G1161 departed G1831 (G5631) news G1310 (G5656) Him G846 in G1722 all G3650 that...
‘But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.' But His words fell on ‘deaf' ears. They went out and told everywhere what had happened to them and how Jesus had healed them And so...
THE RESTORING OF SIGHT TO TWO BLIND MEN. The raising of the Ruler's daughter from the dead is now followed by a further Messianic sign, the opening of the eyes of the blind (see Matthew 11:5). In this...
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...
Matthew 9:31. Their disobedience was undoubtedly _wrong._ They brought Him no glory (His fame was already spread abroad, Matthew 9:26), but tarnished their faith. Zeal which is not according to knowle...
The four miracles mentioned in this section seem to have occurred in immediate succession. On the way to the house of the ruler, the woman with an issue of blood is cured; the ruler's daughter is rais...
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 9:27. _And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, thou son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was come into the house,_ I suppose the house at Capern...
Matthew 9:27. _And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us._ No sooner does Jesus move than fresh candidates for his bounty app...
Matthew 9:18. _While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall li...
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...
30-31. DON'T TELL THIS TO ANYONE. The fact that they could now see, would attract attention. But they do not obey Jesus' order. Note three things about Jesus: (1) He is the Life. He wakes the dead, a...
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 9:27. TWO BLIND MEN.—This miracle narrated by St. Matthew only. Blindness is a far more frequent calamity in Palestine and the adjoining countries than with us. Its frequency...
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...
Mark 1:44; Mark 1:45; Mark 7:36...