Follow thee; in a special sense; become thy disciple and attendant. Persons sometimes express strong resolutions of becoming followers of Christ, without duly considering to what it will expose them, or what they must relinquish for his sake.
Verse Matthew 8:19. _A CERTAIN SCRIBE_] Though εις γραμματευς, ONE _scribe,_ may be considered as a Hebraism, yet it is probable that the _literal_ construction of it was intended, to show that few of...
AND A CERTAIN SCRIBE CAME ... - It is not improbable that this man had seen the miracles of Jesus, and had formed an expectation that by following him he would obtain some considerable worldly advanta...
6. THE KING MANIFESTED BY SIGNS OF DIVINE POWER. Chapter s 8-9. CHAPTER 8 1. The Healing of the Leper. (Matthew 8:1 .) 2. The Healing of the Centurion's Servant. (Matthew 8:5 .) 3. The Healing of P...
ASPIRANTS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Luke 9:57). Mt. here breaks away from Mk.'s order, omitting Mark 1:35, and giving as the sequel to Jesus-' first stay at Capernaum what Mk. (Mark 4:35 to...
CERTAIN SCRIBE SAID... I WILL FOLLOW THEE. Though this scribe belonged to. class which, as. body, rejected Christ he was disposed to be. disciple (see verse 21), but had not counted the cost of giving...
LOVE IN ACTION (Matthew 8:1-34) Of all the gospel writers Matthew is the most orderly. He never sets out his material haphazardly. If in Matthew one thing follows another in a certain sequence, there...
When Jesus saw the great crowds surrounding him, he gave orders to go away, across to the other side. A scribe came to him. "Teacher, he said, "I will follow you wherever you may be going." Jesus said...
A. one.. Hebraism for "a". MASTER. Teacher. App-98. Matthew 8:1. GOEST. mayest go....
Fitness for Discipleship. Luke 9:57-62 St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in Samaria. The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with different charac...
We are not told whether this scribe, thus brought face to face with privation and hardship, was daunted like the young ruler (ch. Matthew 19:16), or persevered like the sons of Zebedee (ch. Matthew 20...
ΕἿΣ. To be taken in connection with ἕτερος δέ, the first in the enumeration. ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΎΣ. The accession of a Scribe to the cause of Christ must have appeared to the people as a great success. Language...
FITNESS FOR DISCIPLESHIP Luke 9:57-62. St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in Samaria. The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with different charact...
Ver 18. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19. And a certain Scribe came, and said unto him, "Master, I will follow thee whithersoever th...
_MIRACLES DEMANDED A FOLLOWING MATTHEW 8:16-22:_ Matthew tells us the Jesus did that which Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would do. (Matthew 8:16-17) "When evening had come, they brought to Him ma...
ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. temp. от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4334) приходить, ΕΊΣ использовано в роли неопр. мест.: некий, один — RWP. ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) י _см._ Matthew 8:8. ΔΙΔΆΣΚΑΛΕ (G...
DISCOURSE: 1336 HOW WE ARE TO FOLLOW CHRIST Matthew 8:19. A certain Scribe came and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes hare holes,...
NOW WHEN JESUS SAW, &C.— _Now Jesus, perceiving the crowd about him, gave orders to depart,_ &c. Though our Saviour had retired into the wilderness after the cure of the leper, mentioned Luke 5:12 the...
SECTION 15 JESUS CALLS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Possible parallel: Luke 9:57-62) TEXT: 8:18-22 18. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19....
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest....
5-13 Compare Luk_7:1-10. 5 This is followed by an intimation that, though rejected by His own, He would be accepted by the nations, as is the case in the book of Acts. The priest was at one end of the...
MASTER] i.e. Rabbi, a title of respect properly belonging only to scribes. It was sometimes accorded by courtesy to our Lord, as here....
SAYINGS TO A SCRIBE AND ANOTHER DISCIPLE (Luke 9:57). St. Luke introduces these sayings much later in our Lord's ministry. Both evangelists apparently borrowed from a common source, which did not spec...
THE LEPER CLEANSED. THE CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED. HEALING OF PETER'S WIFE'S MOTHER AND MANY OTHERS. STILLING OF THE TEMPEST. HEALING OF THE GADARENE DEMONIACS 1-4. Cleansing of the leper (Mark 1:40;...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 8 *MIRACLES WHEN JESUS HEALED PEOPLE 8:1–9:38 Matthew showed Jesus’ authority by what he taught in Chapter s 5-7. Now Matthew shows...
A CERTAIN SCRIBE CAME. — The facts that follow are placed by St. Luke, as we have seen, in quite another stage of our Lord’s ministry. The fact that it was a scribe that came is striking, as showing t...
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...
_Excursion to the eastern shore with its incidents_ (Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:20; Luke 8:22-39). These narratives make a large leap forward in the history. As our evangelist is giving a collection of heali...
Matthew 8:19, εἶς, either “ _one_, a scribe” (Weiss and very decidedly Meyer, who says that εἶς never in N. T. = τὶς), or “a _certain_ scribe,” indefinite reference, so Fritzsche, falling back on Suic...
LEADER OF MEN AND RULER OF NATURE Matthew 8:18-27 Christ winnows men. Before any enter upon His service, He places before them the inevitable trials which they must meet, among which loneliness and h...
The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His power...
(4) And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (4) The true disciples of Christ must prepare themselves for all kinds of miseries....
CHAPTER 28 JESUS HOMELESS Matthew 8:1-22, & Luke 9:57-62. “And it came to pass, they journeying on the way, a certain one said to Him, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou mayest go, Lord; and Jesus...
As this is the first place in the Gospel we meet with the phrase Son of MAN, in reference to the person of CHRIST; and especially as it is a phrase the LORD JESUS was pleased frequently to make use of...
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...
Matthew 8:19._And a scribe approaching. _Two men are here presented to us by Matthew, and three by Luke, all of whom were prepared to become disciples of Christ, but who, having been prevented by a di...
Then, in chapter 8, the Lord begins in the midst of Israel His patient life of testimony, which closed with His rejection by the people whom God had so long preserved for Him, and for their own blessi...
AND A CERTAIN SCRIBE CAME,.... "As they went in the way", Luke 9:57 to go to the sea side, in order to take shipping, and pass to the other shore; AND SAID UNTO HIM, MASTER, OR RABBI, I WILL FOLLOW T...
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. Ver. 19. _Master, I will follow thee, &c._] As Samson followed his parents till he met with a honeyc...
_Now when Jesus saw great multitudes_ When Jesus did the things before mentioned he was in Capernaum, Matthew 8:5, but the multitude pressing him, he gave orders to pass over the sea of Galilee, other...
AND A CERTAIN SCRIBE CAME, AND SAID UNTO HIM, MASTER, I WILL FOLLOW THEE WHITHERSOEVER THOU GOEST....
THE DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST. Preparations for departure:...
Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compas...
18-22 One of the scribes was too hasty in promising; he proffers himself to be a close follower of Christ. He seems to be very resolute. Many resolutions for religion are produced by sudden convictio...
See Poole on "Matthew 8:20"....
Matthew 8:19 Then G2532 certain G1520 scribe G1122 came G4334 (G5631) said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 Teacher...
‘And there came a scribe, and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.' Matthew in his Jewishness takes particular note of the fact that this would-be close disciple was a Scribe. (Fo...
TWO DISCIPLES ARE FACED UP WITH THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS (8:18-22). Jesus' command to His disciples to prepare to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 8:18) sparks off the need for s...
CHRONOLOGY. Matthew inserts this group of events here; Mark and Luke at a later point. We accept the chronology of Mark, who explicitly says that Jesus crossed the sea on the evening of the day the pa...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
Matthew 8:19. AND ONE WHO WAS A SCRIBE. ‘One' is emphatic; either one disciple (Matthew 8:21) who was a scribe, or ‘one scribe,' suggesting that it was are for one of that class to be among his follow...
A SCRIBE (εις γραμματευς). One (εις)="a," indefinite article. Already a disciple as shown by "another of the disciples" (ετερος των μαθητων) in Matthew 8:21. He calls Jesus "Teacher" (διδασκαλε), bu...
Matthew 8:16. _When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits, with his word, and healed all that were sick:_ It was the evening after...
Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper_ You see that particular mention is made of this one special case, and, in any co...
Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him,_ Great multitudes often count for nothing; it is here or ther...
CONTENTS: Jesus heals a leper, the centurion's servant and Peter's wife's mother. Professed disciples tested. Stilling of the waves. Casting-out demons at Gadara. CHARACTERS: Jesus, leper, centurion...
Matthew 8:2. _Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him._ After having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome, an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, thereb...
A TEACHER OF THE LAW. The teachers of the Law rejected Christ, but this one was thinking about becoming a disciple. However, he had not realized it would "cost him something" to do so....
_Master, I will follow Thee._ IMPETUOUS AND HESITATING DISCIPLESHIP I. The significance of Christ’s treatment of the impetuous scribe. He declares his determination to follow Christ, lead where He m...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:19 SCRIBE. An expert in handling written documents. In Israel, scribes’ duties included teaching, interpretation, and regulation of the law....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:1 The Authoritative Power of the Messiah: Kingdom Power Demonstrated. Jesus has shown himself to be the Messiah through his teaching (chs. Matthew 5:1
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE COST OF FOLLOWING HIM MATTHEW 8:18-22; LUKE 9:51-62; MATTHEW 8:18; MATTHEW 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitude
CHAPTER 8 Ver. 2. _And, behold, a leper,_ &c. This same miracle is related by S. Mark (Mar 1:40), and by Luke (Luke 5:12). From a comparison of these it would seem to follow that the miracle was not p...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 8:18. TO DEPART.—Thus Jesus sought repose, and gave to the people time to bear fruit from His teaching, and kindled their interest in Himself for the future (_Bengel_). Matth...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 8:1 MESSIAH'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING. We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs to the Framework (_vide _I...
Let's turn to Matthew's gospel chapter eight. The fifth chapter of Matthew begins "And seeing the multitude, he went into a mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: And he open...
1 Corinthians 1:20; Ezra 7:6; John 13:36; Luke 14:25; Luke 14:33;...
DISCIPLESHIP IN TRAINING Matthew 8:18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let us consider the insincerity of the multitude. The last study closed with the crowds pressing upon Christ that they might be dispossess...
Luke 9:57....