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Ask a QuestionBut so, &c.--(See Mr 1:45). (See on Mt 9:1-8).
Thou shalt, &c.--the answer Christ Himself gave to another lawyer. (See on Mr 12:29-33).
two pence--equal to two day's wages of a laborer, and enough for several days' support.
the finger of God--"the Spirit of God" (Mt 12:28); the former figuratively denoting the power of God, the latter the living Personal Agent in every exercise of it.
I trow not--or, as we say, when much more is meant, "I should think not."
the Lord--a name expressive of the authoritative style in which He interprets His own parable.
easier for a camel, &c.--a proverbial expression denoting literally a thing impossible, but figuratively, very difficult.
cast him out of the vineyard--(Compare Heb 13:11-13; 1Ki 21:13; Joh19:17).
two swords...enough--they thinking He referred to present defense, while His answer showed He meant something else.
The time of this miracle seems too definitely fixed here to admit of our placing it where it stands in Mark and Luke, in whose Gospels no such precise note of time is given.
holpen--Compare Ps 89:19, "I have laid help on One that is mighty."
down to Capernaum--It lay on the Sea of Galilee (Mt 4:13), whereas Nazareth lay high.
rebuked them, &c.--(See on Lu 4:41). thrown him, &c.--See on Mr 9:20.
Can the blind, &c.--not in the Sermon on the Mount, but recorded by Matthew in another and very striking connection (Mt 15:14).
Who touched me?--"Askest Thou, Lord, who touched Thee? Rather ask who touched Thee not in such a throng."
the lowest--not a lower merely [Bengel]. with shame--"To be lowest is only ignominious to him who affects the highest" [Bengel].
supper-time...all now ready--pointing undoubtedly to the now ripening preparations for the great Gospel call. (See on Mt 22:4.)
If any man, &c.--(See on Mt 10:34-36, and Mr 8:34, 35).
Father, I have sinned, &c.--"This confession is uttered after the kiss of reconciliation" (Eze 16:63) [Trench].
set Jesus on--He allowing this, as befitting the state He was for the first and only time assuming.
two mites--"which make a farthing" (Mr 12:42), the smallest Jewish coin. "She might have kept one" [Bengel].
This generation--not "this nation," as some interpret it, which, though admissible in itself, seems very unnatural here. It is rather as in Lu 9:27.
eat and drink, &c.--(See Lu 22:16 and see on Lu 18:28, &c.).
(See on Mr 15:1-5; and Joh 18:28-19:22.) (See Mr 15:6.)
made as though, &c.--(Compare Mr 6:48; Ge 18:3, 5; 32:24-26).
believed not for joy, &c.--They did believe, else they had not rejoiced [Bengel]. But it seemed too good to be true (Ps 126:1, 2).
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