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Ask a Questionblessed--acting from disinterested, god-like compassion for the wretched.
cannot dig...to beg, ashamed--therefore, when dismissed, shall be in utter want.
it is easier, &c.--(See on Mt 5:17, 18)
benefactors--a title which the vanity of princes eagerly coveted.
And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter--(Also see on Mr 14:72.)
So with Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Elkanah and Hannah, Manoah and his wife.
speechless--dumb, and deaf also (see Lu 1:62).
saluted Elisabeth--now returned from her seclusion (Lu 1:24).
No man, &c.--(see on Mt 5:15, of which this is nearly a repetition).
As our Lord's end approaches, the preparations for the establishment of the coming Kingdom are quickened and extended.
O Jerusalem, &c.--(See on Mt 23:37; Mt 23:39).
fifty...fourscore--deducting a half from the debt of the one, and a fifth from that of the other.
sycamine--mulberry. (See on Mr 11:22-24.)
stood afar off--(Compare Le 13:45, 46).
Whosoever, &c.--(See on Lu 9:23-27).
baptism of John--his whole ministry and mission, of which baptism was the seal.
even Moses--whom they had just quoted to entangle Him.
brought before, &c.--The book of Acts verifies all this.
communications, &c.--The words imply the earnest discussion that had appeared in their manner.
set forth in order--more simply, to draw up a narrative.
taught...out of the ship--(See on Mt 13:2).
give her meat--(See on Mr 5:43).
marvelled, &c.--(See Mr 7:2-4).
(See Mt 8:11, 12). Also see on Mt 13:42.
fear--religious awe; under the impression that God's hand was specially in these events (compare Lu 5:26; 7:16; 8:37).
espoused wife--now, without doubt, taken home to him, as related in Mt 1:18; 25:6.
I must, &c.--but duty only could move Him to deny entreaties so grateful to His spirit.
housetop--the flat roof. through the tiling...before Jesus--(See on Mr 2:2).
healed--kept healing, denoting successive acts of mercy till it went over "all" that needed. There is something unusually grand and pictorial in this touch of description.
laugh--How charming is the liveliness of this word, to express what in Matthew is called being "comforted!"