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Verse 40. _THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS_] Our Lord rose from the grave
on the day but _one_ after his crucifixion: so that, in the
computation in this verse, the part of the day on which he was
crucif...
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WE WOULD SEE A SIGN FROM THEE - See Luke 11:16, Luke 11:29. A
“sign” commonly signifies a miracle - that is, a sign that God was
with the person or had sent him. Compare the notes at Isaiah 7:11.
Luke...
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9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP.
CHAPTER 12
1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .)
2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3...
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JESUS-' ANSWER TO THE VERDICT OF THE JERUSALEM SCRIBES, AND THE
INTERVENTION OF HIS FAMILY (Mark 3:20 *, Luke 11:14; Luke 11:29; Luke
12:10; Luke 8:19). For the painful statement in Mark 3:20 f. Mt. ...
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CRISIS (Matthew 12:1-50)
In Matthew 12:1-50 we read the history of a series of crucial events
in the life of Jesus. In every man's life there are decisive moments,
times and events on which the whole...
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AS. just as. The Lord was dead, therefore Jonah must have been.
Nothing is said about his being "preserved alive". That "sign" would
have had no relation to what is here _signified._ See notes on Jona...
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The Pharisees ask for a Sign
St Luke 11:16; Luke 11:29-32. St Luke omits, or at least does not
state explicitly, the special application of the sign given in Matthew
12:40, to understand which requir...
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THE PHARISEES ASK FOR A SIGN
St Luke 11:16; Luke 11:29-32. St Luke omits, or at least does not
state explicitly, the special application of the sign given in Matthew
12:40, to understand which requir...
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VER 38. THEN CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES AND OF THE PHARISEES ANSWERED,
SAYING, "MASTER, WE WOULD SEE A SIGN FROM THEE." 39. BUT HE ANSWERED
AND SAID UNTO THEM, "AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION SEEKETH A...
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_THE CLAIMS OF THE SAVIOR MATTHEW 12:38-45:_ Jesus had every right to
call on people to repent and to be righteous, (1) He is greater than
the temple (Matthew 12:6), (2) He is greater that Jonah (Matt...
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ΏΣΠΕΡ (G5618) как.
ΚΉΤΟΥΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΚΉΤΟΣ (G2785) морское
чудище, громадная рыба. Об Ионе в
иудаизме _см._ SB, 1:642-49; DJG, 754-56.
ΗΜΈΡΑΣ _асс. pl. от_ ΗΜΈΡΑ (G2250) _асс._
времени: "в тече...
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DISCOURSE: 1357
JONAH A TYPE OF CHRIST
Matthew 12:39. _But he answered and said unto them, An evil and
adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be
given to it, but the sign...
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FOR AS JONAS WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS— See the note on Jonah
1:17. Instead of _the whale's,_ we should read _the fish's belly._ It
is no where in the Old Testament said that it was a _whale,_ a...
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Section 29
JESUS GIVES THE SIGN OF JONAH
(Possible Parallel: Luke 11:16; Luke 11:24; Luke 11:26; Luke 11:29-32)
TEXT: 12:38-45
38.
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying,
T...
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For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so
shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of
the earth.
FOR AS JONAS WAS - "a sign unto the Ninevites,...
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24 It is usual to associate this chief of the demons with the god of
Ekron, called Baalzebub, _ Owner _ or _ Lord of Flies _ (2Ki_1:2).
This the Septuagint renders _ Baal muian, Baal fly_. But all the...
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PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST
1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath (Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). This
chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees. It is...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 12
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE GOD’S REST DAY 12:1-14
Matthew gives two examples of the ‘*yoke’ of the *Jewish law:
1. The *disciples...
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AS JONAS WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS. — To understand the words
rightly, we have to remember the prominence which our Lord gives to
the history of Jonah, and to the repentance of the men of Nineve...
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Chapter 10
The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1
I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1
HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our
Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
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_A sign asked and refused, with relative discourse_ (Luke 11:16; Luke
11:29-36). Both Matt.'s and Luke's reports convey the impression that
the demand for a sign, and the enunciation of the Satanic th...
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OPPOSING OR DOING GOD'S WILL
Matthew 12:38-50
It was an evil and adulterous age. It had no spiritual appreciation,
and was intent on getting an outward and sensible sign. Nineveh itself
would have c...
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This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty
and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to
His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabba...
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In the whale's belly. [4] The word signifies a great fish, and was not
perhaps that which we commonly call a whale. In the prophet Jonas, it
is called, a great fish. --- Three days and three nights; n...
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CHAPTER 24
THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES SEEK A SIGN FROM HEAVEN
Matthew 12:38-45; Luke 11:16-36. _“Then certain ones of the scribes
and Pharisees responded, saying, Master, we wish to see a sign from
Th...
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"Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying,
Master, we would see a sign from thee. (39) But he answered and said
unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a si...
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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...
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At length the rejection of the nation, in consequence of their
contempt of the Lord, is plainly shewn, as well as the cessation of
all His relations with them as such, in order to bring out on God's
p...
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FOR AS JONAS WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE WHALE'S BELLY,....
Or "in the belly of a great fish", as is said, Jonah 1:17 for that it
was a whale, is not there said, nor is it certain it was; n...
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For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so
shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of
the earth.
Ver. 40. _For as Jonas was three days, &c._] In th...
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_Then certain of the scribes_, &c. Now present, upon hearing how
plainly Christ admonished, and how severely he rebuked them,
_answered_ Probably with a view to divert the discourse to another
topic,...
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IN THE WHALE'S BELLY; in which he was a type of Christ's burial.
THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS; that is, parts of three days and nights.
The burial of Christ took place on Friday. That was reckoned,
ac...
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The refusal:...
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We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in
view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state
of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that t...
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38-45 Though Christ is always ready to hear and answer holy desires
and prayers, yet those who ask amiss, ask and have not. Signs were
granted to those who desired them to confirm their faith, as Abr...
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OLBGrk;
Ver. 39,40. AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION; either called
adulterous for that specific sin, which reigned amongst them, and
indeed their polygamy was hardly better; or else because of their...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
At the dawning of the Lord's day He arose from the dead, according to
what was spoken by Himself, "As Jonah was three days and three nights
in the whale's belly,...
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Matthew 12:40 For G1063 as G5618 Jonah G2495 was G2258 (G5713) three
G5140 days G2250 and G2532 three G5140 nights G3571 in G1722 belly
G2836 fish G2785 so G3779 Son G5207 Man G444 be G2071 (G5704) th...
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“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the
large fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in
the heart of the earth.”
His first sign is typical of Scripture,...
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE. These occurrences seem to have followed each other
in immediate succession. Luke places the last one (Matthew 12:46-50)
after the parable of the sower, but Mark gives the same order...
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THE WHALE
(του κητους). Sea-monster, huge fish. In Jonah 2:1 the LXX
has κητε μεγαλω. "Three days and three nights" may simply
mean three days in popular speech. Jesus rose "on the third day"
(Matt...
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Matthew 12:38
Truth through and by life.
Consider in what respects Christ was greater than Solomon.
I. The Proverbs could not well be spared from the Bible nor dropped
out of the life of the world....
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Matthew 12:38. _Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees
answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he
answered and said unto them, an evil and adulterous generation seeketh...
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CONTENTS: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath, Controversy with
Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The
unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of
sel...
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Matthew 12:2. _Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon
the sabbath- day._ The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few
ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their fea...
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IN THE SAME WAY THAT JONAH. _See_ Jonah 1:17. (Note there is no
"whale" there. It was a "big fish," possibly a white shark which is
reported to be able to swallow a horse whole. God prepared it
specia...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 12:40 THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS means the
combination of any part of three separate days. Jesus was raised “in
three days,” since he was buried Friday afternoon (day one),
re...
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1-50
CHAPTER XII.
_At that time Jesus went through the corn fields_ (Through the crops
of corn becoming white, or ripe), &c. Luke adds that this Sabbath was
the first from the second (_Vulg_.); whic...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 12:38. A SIGN.—See Luke 11:16. They wanted something of an
immediate and decisive nature, to show, not that His miracles were
real—that they seemed willing to concede—but tha...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 12:1
The opposition that our Lord met with
(1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1);
(2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-40); ,and the manner in which he
dealt with it.
MATTHEW 12...
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Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew?
Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in
the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law...
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John 2:19; Jonah 1:17; Jonah 2:2; Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:23;
Matthew 27:40; Matthew 27:63; Matthew 27:64; Psalms 63:9...
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The whale [τ ο υ κ η τ ο υ ς]. A general term for a sea -
monster....
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Three days and three nights — It was customary with the eastern
nations to reckon any part of a natural day of twenty — four hours,
for the whole day. Accordingly they used to say a thing was done aft...
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(CF. JOHN 19:14)— If Jesus was crucified on Friday, how could He
have been in the grave three days and nights?
PROBLEM: Christ rose on Sunday (Matthew 28:1), but He stated that He
would be “three day...