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Ask a Questionmany other things, &c.--such as we read in Joh 1:29, 33, 34;3:27-36. (Also see on Mt 3:12.)
Added yet, &c.--(Also see on Mt 3:12). (See on Mt 3:13-17.)
power and authority--He both qualified and authorized them. (See on Mr 6:14-30).
gathereth...scattereth--referring probably to gleaners. The meaning seems to be, Whatever in religion is disconnected from Christ comes to nothing.
that which is without, &c.--that is, He to whom belongs the outer life, and right to demand its subjection to Himself--is the inner man less His?
return from the wedding--not come to it, as in the parable of the virgins. Both have their spiritual significance; but preparedness for Christ's coming is the prominent idea.
Were there not ten cleansed--rather, were not the ten cleansed? that is, the whole of them--an example (by the way) of Christ's omniscience [Bengel].
always--Compare Lu 18:7, "night and day." faint--lose heart, or slacken.
For, &c.--"At that rate none can be saved": "Well, it does pass human power, but not divine."
who he was--what sort of person. Curiosity then was his only motive, though his determination not to be baulked was overruled for more than he sought.
in the daytime--of this His last week. abode in the mount--that is, at Bethany (Mt 21:17).
the hour--about six P.M. Between three and this hour the lamb was killed (Ex 12:6, Margin)
were continually in the temple--that is, every day at the regular hours of prayer till the day of Pentecost.
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).