Matthew 10:2
APOSTLES. those sent forth. See note on Mark 3:14. ZEBEDEE. See note on Matthew 4:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
APOSTLES. those sent forth. See note on Mark 3:14. ZEBEDEE. See note on Matthew 4:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
BARTHOLOMEW, THOMAS, AND MATTHEW... ALPHAEUS... THADDAEUS. These are all Aramaic words. See App-94. THE PUBLICAN. the tax-gatherer. Note the Figure of speech _Ampliatio._ App-6. ALPHAEUS. Hebrew. _halphah._ Same root as Cleophas; and probably the same name, if not the same person, as John 19:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
CANAANITE. The Aramaic word for the Greek _Zelotes_ (Luke 6:15.Acts 1:13; Acts 1:13). Zealot: so called from his _zeal_ for the Law. See App-94. Josephus (_Bell_. _Jud._ Matthew 4:3; Matthew 4:9) says the sect of "Zealots" did not arise till just before the fall of Jerusalem. JUDAS ISCARIOT. The on... [ Continue Reading ]
GO NOT. Go not abroad: i.e. from the land.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. Greek. _pros_. LOST SHEEP. Compare Ezekiel 34:16. and Matthew 15:24; Matthew 18:11.Luke 19:10. THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.. _Hebraism_. the family of Israel. See note on 1 Kings 12:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREACH. herald. Greek. _kerusso._ See App-121. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. See App-114. HEAVEN. the heavens. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. IS AT HAND. is drawn nigh. Compare Matthew 4:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SICK. sick ones. THE LEPERS. leprous ones. THE DEAD. dead people. See App-139. DEVILS. demons. Compare Matthew 10:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOLD... SILVER... BRASS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the money made from them. PURSES. girdles, some of which contain pockets for money and valuables.... [ Continue Reading ]
SCRIP. that which is written: then. small wallet that holds such. writing. Greek. _pera._ Only here, Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; Luke 10:4, and Luke 22:35; Luke 22:36. Not. "purse", because no money: not. "bread bag" because no bread (Luke 9:4. Deissmann quotes an Inscription at _Kefr-Hauar,_ in Syria, in w... [ Continue Reading ]
TOWN. village, as in Matthew 9:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HOUSE. a man's house. SALUTE IT: i.e. make your _salaam_. pronounce "peace".... [ Continue Reading ]
PEACE. Referring to the _salaam_ of Matthew 10:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHAKE OFF, &C. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6. Compare Matthew 18:17. See Acts 13:51.... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY, &C. See note on Matthew 6:18. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. Which the Lord spoke of as imminent, and coming at the end of that dispensation, had the nation repented.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), for emphasis. SHEEP... WOLVES. No Art., for _all_ sheep are _not_ in the midst of wolves. BE YE. become ye. SERPENTS... DOVES. With Art., because all serpents are prudent, and all doves harmless. HARMLESS. guileless.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. away from: i.e. beware [and keep] away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. MEN. Plural of _anthropos._ App-123. YOU. This was true of the Twelve ("them that heard Him": Hebrews 2:3) in the dispensation of the Acts. TO. unto. THE COUNCILS. councils. Courts of justice.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Yea and; or And... kings also. BEFORE. Greek. _epi._ FOR MY SAKE. on account of Me. Greek. _heneken._ FOR. with. view to. AGAINST. unto. GENTILES. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY DELIVER YOU UP. All texts read "they shall have delivered you up". TAKE NO THOUGHT. be not anxious (as in Matthew 6:25; Matthew 6:27; Matthew 6:28; Matthew 6:31; Matthew 6:34). SHALL. should.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SPIRIT. the Spirit (Himself). See App-101.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILD... CHILDREN. Greek plural of _teknon._ App-108. AGAINST. Greek. _epi_. App-104. Not the same as in Matthew 10:18. CAUSE THEM TO BE PUT TO DEATH. will put them to death.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL. will. OF. by. Greek. _hupo._ ALL. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6, for the greater part. FOR. on account of. Greek. _dia_. END. Greek. _telo_. (not _sunteleia)_. See notes on Matthew 24:3, and App-114): i.e. of that dispensation, which would have thus ended had the... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOTHER. into the other: i.e. the next. Greek. _allos_ (App-124.), but all texts read _heteros._ App-124. NOT. by no means; in no wise. Greek. _ou me._ GONE OVER. completed, or finished [going over]. TILL. See the four: Matthew 10:23; Matthew 16:28. Mat 28:39. Matthew 24:34. THE SON OF MAN. See... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DISCIPLE. a pupil. ABOVE. Greek. _huper._ MASTER. teacher. App-98. Matthew 10:4. SERVANT. bondservant. LORD. master.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENOUGH. sufficient. BE. become. HAVE CALLED. All the texts read "have surnamed". BEELZEBUB. Aramaic, _Beelzeboul._ App-94. BEELZEBUB. the lord of flies (2 Kings 1:2), was the god of the Ekronites. It was changed in contempt by the Israelites to Baalzebel. lord of the dunghill, and thence used of... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR... NOT. Ye should not fear. COVERED. concealed.... [ Continue Reading ]
DARKNESS. the darkness. THAT. For this word italics are not needed. LIGHT. the light. HEAR IN THE EAR.. Hebraism. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. Compare Genesis 20:8; Genesis 23:16; Exodus 10:2.Isaiah 5:9; Acts 11:22. IN. into. Greek. _eis._ UPON. Greek. _epi_. App-104. HOUSETOPS. The u... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR NOT. Hebrew. _yare'min._ Deuteronomy 1:29; Deuteronomy 5:5.Psalms 3:6; Psalms 27:1. THEM. [and flee] from them. Greek. _apo._ KILL. Man causes the loss of life, but he cannot kill: i.e. "destroy" it. Only God can do that. THE SOUL. Greek. _psuche._ See App-110. DESTROY. Note the difference.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. FARTHING. Greek. _assarion._ Compare Luke 12:6, "five sold for two _assarions_ " is not the same; but the difference may arise from the market price, which varied from time to time. Deissmann tells us that. fragment of. papyrus was discovered at Aegira (in Achaea, on the Corinthian gulf), in 18... [ Continue Reading ]
HAIRS... NUMBERED. Note the Figure of speech _Parechesis._ App-6. In Aramaic, hairs. _mene_. NUMBERED. _mana._... [ Continue Reading ]
CONFESS ME. Greek confess in (_en_. App-104.) Me. Aramaic idiom. I CONFESS ALSO. I also confess. Compare Matthew 10:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM COME. I came. Compare Matthew 10:6, and Matthew 15:24. SEND. cast, as seed. Compare Mark 4:26. EARTH. Greek. _ge._ See App-129. SWORD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for "war" or "fightings".... [ Continue Reading ]
SET... AT VARIANCE. Greek. _dichazo._ Occurs only here. Quoted from Micah 7:6. THE DAUGHTER, &C. See App-117.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVETH. is fonder of. See App-135. MORE THAN. above. Greek. _huper._... [ Continue Reading ]
CROSS. Greek. _stauros._ See App-162. All criminals bore their own cross (John 19:17). Compare Matthew 16:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT FINDETH. He that has found. Note the _Introversion_ in this verse (find, lose; lose, find). LIFE. soul. See App-110. LOSETH. has lost. FOR MY SAKE. on account of Me. Luke 14:14; Luke 20:35; Luke 20:36; John 5:29; John 11:25. FIND IT. In resurrection. Compare 1 Peter 4:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOU. Those to whom the Lord spoke cannot be excluded. RECEIVETH. Note the Figure of speech _Anadiplosis_ (App-6), in verses: Matthew 10:40; Matthew 10:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
A PROPHET. See App-49. IN THE NAME OF: i.e. because he is.. Hebraism (_b'shem)_. Exodus 5:23.Jeremiah 11:21. IN. Greek. _eis._ As in Matthew 10:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE LITTLE ONES: i.e. the Twelve. Compare Matthew 18:6. OF. full of or containing. Genitive of the contents. App-17. IN NO WISE. See App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]