The (1) Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and (a) tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. (1) The wicked who otherwise disagree with one another, agree well together against Christ, but do what they can, Christ is victorious, and triumphs over them. (a) To see whethe... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O [ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the (b) face of the sky; but can ye not [discern] the signs of the times? (b) The outward show and countenance, as it were, of all things, is called in the Hebrew language, a face... [ Continue Reading ]
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but (c) the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. (c) The article shows how notable the sign is.... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. (2) False teachers must be taken warning of.... [ Continue Reading ]
[Which] when Jesus (d) perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? (d) Not by others, but by virtue of his divinity.... [ Continue Reading ]
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the (e) five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? (e) That five thousand men were filled with so many loaves?... [ Continue Reading ]
How is it that ye do not (f) understand that I (g) spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? (f) A demand or question joined with wonder. (g) "Spake" for commanded.... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) When Jesus came into the coasts of (h) Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? (3) There are many judgments and opinions of Christ, nevertheless he is known by his followers alone. (h) There were two Caesareas, the one called Stratonis upon... [ Continue Reading ]
And they said, Some [say that thou art] (i) John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. (i) As Herod thought.... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for (k) flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. (4) Faith is of grace, not of nature. (k) By this kind of speech is meant man's natural procreation upon the earth, the one who was... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) And I say also unto thee, That thou art (l) Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the (m) gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (5) That is true faith, which confesses Christ, the virtue of which is invincible. (l) Christ spoke in the Syrian tongue, and therefore did not... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) And I will give unto thee the (n) keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt (o) bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. (6) The authority of the Church is from God. (n) A metaphor taken from stewards who carry t... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. (7) Men must first learn, and then teach.... [ Continue Reading ]
(8) From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the (p) elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. (8) The minds of men are at this time to be prepared and made ready against... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Peter (q) took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. (q) Took him by the hand and led him aside, as they used to do, which meant to talk familiarly with one.... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, (r) Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou (s) savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. (9) Against a preposterous zeal. (r) The Hebrews call him Satan, that is to say an adversary, whom the Greeks call dia... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (10) No men do more harm to themselves, than they that love themselves more than God.... [ Continue Reading ]
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall (t) find it. (t) Shall gain himself: And this is his meaning, they that deny Christ to save themselves, not only not gain that which they look for, but also lose the thing they would have kept, that i... [ Continue Reading ]
For the Son of man shall come (u) in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. (u) Like a King, as (Matthew 6:29).... [ Continue Reading ]
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his (x) kingdom. (x) By his kingdom is understood the glory of his ascension, and what follows after that, (Ephesians 4:10), or the preaching of the gospel, (Mark 9:1).... [ Continue Reading ]