_When he had ended all his sayings_ Namely, those contained in the
preceding chapter; _in the audience of the people_ For though his
discourse was immediately addressed to his disciples, he delivered it
in the hearing of the people who stood round him in the plain; _he
entered into Capernaum_ Near w... [ Continue Reading ]
_He went into a city called Nain_ A town situated about a mile or two
south of Tabor, and near Endor. _And many of his disciples went with
him_ Among these, doubtless, were the twelve appointed to be apostles:
for, “it is not to be imagined that he would suffer the chosen
witnesses of his miracles t... [ Continue Reading ]
_When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her_, &c. Jesus, whose
tenderness made him susceptible of the strongest impressions from
occurrences of this kind, knowing that the mother's affliction was
bitter, and the occasion of it real, was greatly moved with compassion
at the sorrowful scene. Here... [ Continue Reading ]
_And there came a fear on all_ All the people present, being sensible
that Jesus showed, in this instance, not only the greatness of his
power, but the truth of his mission from God, were seized with a
religious awe and reverence, which had him for its object. _And they
glorified God_ For _the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the disciples of John showed him these things_ All this while
John the Baptist was in prison; Herod having confined him for the
freedom which he took in reproving his adulterous commerce with
Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. But his confinement was not of
the closest kind, for his disciples... [ Continue Reading ]
_And John, calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus_,
&c. See this whole paragraph explained in the notes on Matthew 11:2.
_To the poor the gospel is preached_ Which is the greatest mercy and
the greatest miracle of all.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And all the people_ That were present, and _the publicans_ in
particular, _when they heard_ this discourse, having been formerly
_baptized with the baptism of John, justified God_ Owned his wisdom
and mercy, in having called them to repentance by John's ministry, and
prepared them for him that was... [ Continue Reading ]
_And one of the Pharisees_, &c. When Jesus had finished the preceding
observations on the ministry of John, the obstinacy of the scribes and
Pharisees, and the conduct of all the true lovers of wisdom, a
Pharisee named Simon, who, it seems, was a man of a better disposition
than the generality of hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now when the Pharisee saw it_ When Simon observed what was done, that
Jesus permitted such a notorious sinner to approach, nay, and to touch
him; _he spake within himself_ He thought in his heart; _This man, if
he were a prophet_ As he pretends to be; _would have known what manner
of woman_ What a... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jesus answering_ What Simon spake within himself; _said, Simon, I
have somewhat to say to thee_ Though he was kindly entertained at his
table, yet even there he judged it proper to reprove him for what he
saw amiss in him, and not to suffer sin upon him. This he does,
however, in a most tender and... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he turned to the woman_ That had been a scandalous, notorious
sinner, and was the greater, the five hundred pence debtor. The
Pharisee, however, though the less, the fifty pence debtor, yet was a
debtor too; which was more than he thought himself to be, judging
rather that God was his debtor, L... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they that sat at meat began to say_ Not indeed openly, but
_within themselves, Who is this_, &c. “They were exceedingly
offended at the power which he claimed. But Jesus, contemning all
their malicious murmurings, repeated his assurance by telling the
woman that her faith had saved her from the... [ Continue Reading ]