_In those days, the multitude being very great_ The multitude
mentioned Matthew 15:30; _and having nothing to eat_ They had, as on a
former occasion, consumed all the provision they had brought with
them; _Jesus said I have compassion_, Greek,
σπλαγχνιζομαι, _my bowels yearn_, or, _are moved, toward... [ Continue Reading ]
_He commanded the people to sit down_ The evangelists having, in the
account of the former dinner, described the manner in which the
multitude was set down, thought it needless on this occasion to say
any thing of that particular, probably because they were ranged as
before, in companies by hundreds... [ Continue Reading ]
_He entered into a ship, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha_
Matthew says that, having fed the multitude, he _took ship_, and _came
into the coasts of Magdala:_ but the evangelists may easily be
reconciled, by supposing that Dalmanutha was a city and territory
within the district of Magdala. _The... [ Continue Reading ]
_The disciples had forgotten to take bread_, &c. For an explanation of
this paragraph, see note on Matthew 16:5. _Beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and of Herod_ By the leaven of Herod the doctrine of the
Sadducees is intended, which was, in almost every point, in direct
opposition to that of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he cometh to Bethsaida_ Where he had done many mighty works,
without their producing the desired effect, the people remaining in
impenitence and unbelief, Matthew 11:21. The following miracle, it may
be observed, is recorded by Mark only; a plain proof that he is not to
be considered as a mere... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Jesus went into the towns of Cesarea Philippi_ These verses are
explained at large in the notes on Matthew 16:13. _He charged them
that they should tell no man of him_ He enjoined on them silence for
the present, 1st, That he might not encourage the people to set him up
for a temporal king; 2d,... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer_ The
disciples being now convinced that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of
God, and having made confession of him as such, they were prepared to
receive this further and equally important discovery, which they could
not have borne before, wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_When he had called the people unto him_ To hear a truth of the last
importance, and one that equally concerned them all; _whosoever will
come after_ me And be a disciple of mine, entitled to all the
privileges and blessings which belong to my disciples in this world
and the next; _let him deny hims... [ Continue Reading ]