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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 20:29

As they departed from Jericho. — Looking back to Matthew 19:1, which speaks of our Lord having departed “beyond Jordan,” we may believe that He crossed the river with His disciples at the ford near Jericho (Joshua 2:7). On this assumption, the imagery of Matthew 20:22 may have been in part suggested by the locality. The river recalled the memory of His first baptism, by water; that led on to the thought of the more awful baptism of agony and blood.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See Mark 10:46, and Luke 18:35; Luke 19:1, where this account of his restoring to sight two blind men is also recorded. “And as they departed from Jericho.” This was a large town about eight miles wes...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    8. THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD. The Healing of the Two Blind Men. CHAPTER 20 1. The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. (Matthew 20:1 .) 2. The Third Prediction of His Death an...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    TWO BLIND MEN HEALED (Mark 10:46 *, Luke 18:35). Mt. gives Bartimæ us (?) a companion (he is fond of doubling, _cf, Matthew 8:28_, Matthew 9:27).

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE MASTER SEEKS HIS WORKERS (Matthew 20:1-16)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    When they were leaving Jericho, a great crowd followed him. And, look you, two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted out, "Lord, have pit...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DEPARTED. not approaching, as in Luke 18:35. or arriving and leaving, as in Mark 10:46. GREAT MULTITUDE. The population was about 100,000, doubtless with many blind about the gates....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Two Men cured of Blindness Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-43. There are remarkable divergences in the Synoptic accounts of this miracle. Some indeed have supposed that different miracles are related by t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _a great multitude_ The caravan of Galilæans and others going up to Jerusalem for the Passover. Their numbers would protect them from attack in the dangerous mountain defiles leading to the capital. _...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    TWO MEN CURED OF BLINDNESS Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-43 There are remarkable divergences in the Synoptic accounts of this miracle. Some indeed have supposed that different miracles are related by the...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ὌΧΛΟΣ ΠΟΛΎΣ. The caravan of Galilæans and others going up to Jerusalem for the Passover. Their numbers would protect them from attack in the dangerous mountain defiles leading to the capital. Jericho...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 29. And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. [p. 698] 30. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, "Ha...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _AT THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY IS COMPASSION MATTHEW 20:29-34:_ As Jesus left Jericho he was met by two blind men. These men, like many that are blind, had sharp ears. They had learned that Jesus was p...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΚΠΟΡΕΥΟΜΈΝΩΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΈΚΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G1607) выходить, уходить; _gen. abs._ ΉΚΟΛΟΎΘΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΛΟΥΘΈΩ (G190) следовать (с _dat._)....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND AS THEY DEPARTED, &C.— St. Luke says, that the blind man was cured as our Lord _drew nigh to Jericho,_ Luke 18:35 and before he passed through the town, ch. Matthew 19:1. The other Evangelists say...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Section 53 JESUS HEALS TWO BLIND MEN AT JERICHO (Parallels: Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-43) TEXT: 20:29-34 29 And as they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 30 And behold, two blin...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 18:35....

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    20 James and John were the sons of Zebedee (Mar_:10:35). Our Lord called them “sons of thunder” (Mar_3:17), to indicate their tempestuous and violent disposition. The gentleness and love of John's wri...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM 1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St. Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes before, and ca...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TWO BLIND MEN AT JERICHO (Mark 10:46; Luke 18:35). Two apparent discrepancies call for notice: (1) St. Mark and St. Luke mention only one blind man; (2) St. Luke says that the map was healed as Jesus...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 20 THE STORY ABOUT THE LAND-OWNER’S WORKERS 20:1-16 V1 ‘Where God rules, it is like this. A man who owned land went out early one mo...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 16 To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17 - Matthew 21:1 I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17 WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey to Jerusalem. From the corresponding passage...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Blind men_ (man) _at Jericho_ (Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-43). The harmonistic problems as to the locality of this incident (leaving Jericho, Mt. and Mk.; entering, Lk.) and the number of persons heal...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἀπὸ Ἰεριχὼ, from Jericho, an important town every way; “the key the ‘ _Chiavenna_ ' of Palestine to any invader from this quarter” (Stanley, _Sinai and Palestine_, p. 305; the whole account there give...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE GREAT HEALER AND THE LOWLY KING Matthew 20:29-34; Matthew 21:1-7 The Lord is always saying: _What will ye that I shall do?_ Let us not ask small things. We honor Him by making great demands. Our...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service, but according to fidelity to opportunities. The Master was now...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (6) And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. (6) Christ by healing these blind men with only one touch, shows that he is the only light of the world....

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE BLIND MEN AT JERICHO Matthew 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43; Mark 10:46-52. “And they are coming into Jericho. And He and His disciples and a great multitude going out from Jericho, blind Bartimeus, the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. (30) And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us,...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE REFORM OF THE IDLER_ ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.’ Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6 This parable is one of the most difficult in the New Te...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 20:29._And while they were departing from Jericho. Osiander _has resolved to display his ingenuity by making four blind men out of one. But nothing can be more frivolous than this supposition....

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We may remark that, when the Lord answers Peter, it was the consequence of having left all for Christ upon His call. The motive was Christ Himself: therefore He says, "Ye which have followed me." He s...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND AS THEY DEPARTED FROM JERICHO,.... Which, was distant about ten parsas, or miles, from Jerusalem i, through which Christ just passed, and had met with Zacchaeus, and called him, and delivered the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. Ver. 29. _And as they departed from Jericho_] Christ cured one blind man as he went into Jericho, Luke 18:35,43, and two as he went...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And as they departed from Jericho As he went out of Jericho with his disciples:_ (Mark,) _behold two blind men_ Mark and Luke mention only one of them, _blind Bartimeus_, who, it seems, was far the m...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    JERICHO; a city about eight miles west of the Jordan, and twenty north-east of Jerusalem....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND AS THEY DEPARTED FROM JERICHO, A GREAT MULTITUDE FOLLOWED HIM....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    HEALING OF TWO BLIND MEN. Matthew 20:29 The cry:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his vineya...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    29-34 It is good for those under the same trial, or infirmity of body or mind, to join in prayer to God for relief, that they may quicken and encourage one another. There is mercy enough in Christ fo...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 20:34"....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 20:29 Now G2532 they G846 out G1607 (G5740) of G575 Jericho G2410 great G4183 multitude G3793 followed...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And as they went out from Jericho, a great crowd followed him.' ‘As they went out from Jericho.' In other words, ‘next stop Jerusalem', after climbing a thousand metres (three thousand feet) up the w...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AMONG THE PILGRIMS ON THE JERICHO ROAD LEADING TO JERUSALEM BLIND MEN DECLARE HIM TO BE THE SON OF DAVID PREPARATORY TO HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (20:29-34). As we have already seen, Matthew's Gospel opened...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Matthew 20:29. AND AT THEY WENT OUT OF JERICHO. Comp. Mark 10:46; Luke 18:35. Probably after the conversation just mentioned our Lora entered Jericho, and meeting a multitude there passed out of the c...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    CHRONOLOGY. The final journey to Jerusalem begins. The approach of His death calls for a third prediction to the Twelve, more specific in its details. The _crucifixion_ is mentioned only in Matthew's...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    FROM JERICHO (απο Ιερειχω). So Mark 10:46. But Luke (Luke 18:35) places the incident as they were drawing near to Jericho (εις Ιερειχω). It is probable that Mark and Matthew refer to the old Jericho...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 20:29. _And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have merc...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Parables of laborers in the vineyard. Jesus' death and resurrection again foretold. Ambitious requests of James and John. Healing of the two blind men. CHARACTERS: Jesus, wife of Zebedee, J...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Matthew 20:1. _A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers_ for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the custom...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    A LARGE CROWD FOLLOWED JESUS. Mark's gospel explains the seeming contradiction between Luke and Matthew. Jesus was ahead of the crowd; went on into Jericho; the noise of the crowd disturbed the blind...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by._ JESUS OF NAZARETH PASSING BY The time of this transaction was critical. He never was to come that way again...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 20:29 JERICHO. Not the ancient OT city (Joshua 5:1), but the new Jericho, about a mile (1.6 km) to the south of the older city. Matthew says the healing

  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS HEALS A BLIND BEGGAR MATTHEW 20:29-34; MARK 10:46-52; LUKE 18:35-43; MATTHEW 20:29 And as they departed from Jericho,

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 20 _The kingdom of heaven is like._ That is, God acts in the kingdom of Heaven like a master hiring labourers into his vineyard; for strictly speaking, the kingdom of Heaven is not like the h...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 20:29. JERICHO.—See p. 480. Matthew 20:30. TWO BLIND MEN.—Here occurs one of the most marked of the apparent discrepancies of the Gospels. According to Matthew, Jesus healed...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MATTHEW 20:1 _Parable of the labourers in the vineyard_._ _(Peculiar to St. Matthew.) MATTHEW 20:1 FOR. The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm at the end of the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty, and continue our book-by-book study through the Word of God? Matthew chapter twenty opens with the parable of the laborers going out into the vineyard...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Luke 18:35; Mark 10:46...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Mark 10:46; Luke 18:35....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    (CF. MARK 10:46-52; LUKE 18:35-43)— Did Jesus heal two blind men orjust one? PROBLEM: Matthew says that Christ healed two men, but Mark refers to only one man being healed (10:46). This appears to be...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    This chapter concludes with. famous miracle, wrought by Christ upon two blind men, in the sight of. great multitude which followed him. Where observe, 1. The blind men's faith in acknowledging Jesus...

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