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Occupy--"negotiate," "do business," with the resources entrusted.
whereon, &c.--(See on Joh 19:41).
tribute--(See on Mt 17:24).
For nothing, &c.--(See on Lu 12:2).
He that, &c.--(See on Mt 10:40).
dumb--blind also (Mt 12:22).
continual coming--coming for ever.
for a testimony--an opportunity of bearing testimony.
(See on Joh 13:21, &c.).
Joanna--(See on Lu 8:1-3).
honeycomb--common frugal fare, anciently.
witnesses--(Compare Ac 1:8, 22).
Matthew was in his calling, as the rest of those whom Christ called. As Satan comes with his temptations to the idle, so Christ comes with his calls to those who are employed. We are all...
made signs--showing he was deaf, as well as dumb.
See on Mt 7:1, 2; but this is much fuller and more graphic.
no kiss--of salutation. How much love was here? Any at all?
my beloved Son...hear him--reverentially, implicitly, alone.
of doubtful, &c.--unsettled mind; put off your balance.
unto us or even to all?--us the Twelve, or all this vast audience?
(See on Mt 18:15-17; Mt 18:21, 22).
through the midst of Samaria and Galilee--probably on the confines of both.
son of David, &c.--(See on Mt 12:23).
were very attentive to hear him--hung upon His words.
we know, &c.--hoping by flattery to throw Him off His guard.
in Galilee--to which these women themselves belonged (Lu 23:55).
This evangelist passes over other appearances of Christ, recorded by Luke and John, and hastens to the most solemn; one appointed before his death, and after his resurrection. All that see the...
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn--after the Sabbath, as it grew toward daylight. toward the first day of the week--Luke (Lu 24:1) has it, "very early in the morning"--properly, "at...
from the beginning--that is, of His public ministry, as is plain from what follows.
The angel purposely conforms his language to Isaiah's famous prophecy (Isa 7:14) [Calvin].