Have I kept; only in outward appearance, not in heart, as the sequel showed. A man may think he has always been good, and yet be entirely mistaken and totally unfit for heaven. He may sometimes feel uneasy, and be anxious to know what he must do to be saved; yet when told, he may not be willing to do it.
MATTHEW 19:20 evfu,laxa {A} Despite Matthew’s identification of the speaker as neani,skoj (verses Matthew 19:20 and...
Verse Matthew 19:20. _ALL THESE HAVE I KEPT_] I have made these precepts the rule of my life. There is a difference worthy of notice between this and our Lord's word. He says, Matthew 19:17, τηρησον,...
This account is found also in Mark 10:17; Luke 18:18. Matthew 19:16 ONE CAME - This was a young man,...
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....
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...
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...
JEWISH MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (Matthew 19:1-9)...
ALL THESE. Yes, but not the tenth. Hence the Lord's answer "go and sell", which brought conviction....
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...
_All these things have I kept_ Like St Paul he was "touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless." Philippians 3:6. _from my youth up_ These words which seem unsuitable to the "young man...
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...
ἘΦΎΛΑΞΑ (א B D L) for ἐφυλαξάμην (C and later uncials). The latter perhaps influenced by Mark; in Luke ἐφόλαξα should be read. ἐκ νεότητός μου omitted in א B L. (D omits μου.) The insertion supported...
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...
_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...
ΝΕΑΝΊΣΚΟΣ (G3495) молодой человек, используется для обозначения человека возрастом примерно до 40 лет (EDNT; Филон Александрийский пишет, что до 28: Philo, On Creation, 105). ΈΦΎΛΑΞΑ _aor. ind. act....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
ALL THESE THINGS, etc.] The answer showed how little the young man knew his own heart, but he was only repeating the vainglorious boasting of his teachers. The Talmud represents God as speaking of 'My...
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...
ALL THESE THINGS HAVE I KEPT. — There is obviously a tone of impatient surprise in the questioner’s reply. He had come seeking some great thing to satisfy his lofty aspirations after eternal life. He...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
THE YOUNG MAN SAITH UNTO HIM,.... For though he was so very rich and in such an exalted station in life, as to be a ruler, it seems he was but a young man; and to be so early serious and religious, am...
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? Ver. 20. _All these things have I kept_] Lie and all; as now the Popish Pharisees dream and brag that the...
_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....
THE YOUNG MAN SAITH UNTO HIM, ALL THESE THINGS HAVE I KEPT FROM MY YOUTH UP; WHAT LACK I YET?...
The test:...
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...
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...
Those words, WHAT LACK I YET? are not in Mark or Luke. The young man understood these commandments according to the Pharisees interpretation of them, who, as we heard, MATTHEW 5:1, interpreted them on...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II Now, just Lot (for I pass over at present the account of the economy of regeneration[185]...
Matthew 19:20 man G3495 said G3004 (G5719) Him G846 All G3956 things G5023 kept G5442 (G5668) from...
‘The young man says to him, “All these things have I observed. What do I still lack?” ' However, the young man is now disappointed. He had had such high hopes. But all that Jesus had told him was what...
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...
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...
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...
Matthew 19:20. ALL THESE HAVE I KEPT. Externally moral, perhaps self-righteous, he yet felt that he lacked something. Peace of conscience had not been attained by his keeping of ‘all these.' He had ye...
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...
This incident seems to be in proper chronological position. Luke's account at this point again becomes parallel to that of Matthew and Mark....
WHAT LACK I YET? (τ ετ υστερω?) Here is a psychological paradox. He claims to have kept all these commandments and yet he was not satisfied. He had an uneasy conscience and Jesus called him to some...
KEPT FROM MY YOUTH See (Philippians 3:6); (Philippians 3:7). Contrast (Philippians 3:7)....
Matthew 19:20 "What lack I yet?" This question is asked by various distinct classes of men. I. The first class ask the question, but they understand it wrongly. Do we not all ask, What lack I yet? Wh...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I HAVE OBEYED ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS. This young man was not a hypocrite. He had kept these commandments. Mark says: _"Jesus looked straight at him with love."_ WHAT ELSE DO I NEED? He still felt an ...
_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...
_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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 19:20 ALL THESE I HAVE KEPT. The man implies he has kept not only these, but the entire law, which they represent. Yet he still senses that something is lacking....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 19:1 The Galilean ministry has now ended. Jesus and his disciples begin the journey to Jerusalem. ⇐...
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
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...
_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...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 19:1 _The beginning of the last journey to Jerusalem_._ The question concerning divorce_._ _(Mark 10:1.) MATTHEW 19:1...
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...
Galatians 3:24; John 8:7; Luke 15:29; Luke 15:7; Luke 18:11;...
The young man saith, All these have I kept from my childhood — So he imagined; and perhaps he had, as to the letter; but not as to the spirit, which our Lord immediately shows....
(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...