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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).
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).
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].
The Spirit guided him to the temple at the very moment when the Virgin was about to present Him to the Lord.
two coats--directed against the reigning avarice. (Also see on Mt3:10.)
(See on Mt 12:1-8 and Mr 2:23-28.)
(See on Mt 7:3-5, Mt 7:16-27.)
they departed--Ah! bright manifestations in this vale of tears are always "departing" manifestations.
Son of man...Holy Ghost--(See on Mt 12:31, 32).
how...not discern, &c.--unable to perceive what a critical period that was for the Jewish Church.
call the poor--"Such God Himself calls" (Lu 14:21) [Bengel].