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Ask a QuestionLo, &c.--in the simplicity of his heart (as is evident from the reply), conscious that the required surrender had been made, and generously taking in his brethren with him--"we"; not in the spirit...
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish--They are not distinguished into good and bad, as Trench observes, but into "wise" and "foolish"--just as in Mt 7:25-27 those who reared their...
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure--by a Roman guard. until the third day--after which, if He still lay in the grave, the imposture of His claims would be manifest to all. and say...
Cast it unto the potter--proverbial: Throw it to the temple potter, the most suitable person to whom to cast the despicable sum, plying his trade as he did in the polluted valley (2Ki 23:10) of...
And led him away--"In that hour," says Matthew (Mt 26:55, 56), and probably now, on the way to judgment, when the crowds were pressing upon Him, "said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as...
And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?--The form of the interrogative requires this to be rendered, "Is this the Son of David?" And as questions put in this form...
And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus--The sense here would be better brought out by the use of the pluperfect, "which had followed Jesus." from Galilee, ministering...
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone--which Mark (Mr 16:4) says was "very great." and setting a watch--to guard it. What more could man do? But while they are trying to...
Now when the centurion--the military superintendent of the execution. and they that were with him watching Jesus, saw the earthquake--or felt it and witnessed its effects. and those things that...
The light--rather, "the lamp." of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single--simple, clear. As applied to the outward eye, this means general soundness; particularly, not looking two...
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice--(Ho 6:6; Mic 6:6-8, &c.). See on Mt 9:13. ye would not have condemned the guiltless--that is, Had ye understood the...
And he cast down the pieces of silver--The sarcastic, diabolical reply which he had got, in place of the sympathy which perhaps he expected, would deepen his remorse into an agony. in the temple...
Refuting the Jews' reliance on their external privileges as God's elect people, as if God could never cast them off. But if the potter, a mere creature, has power to throw away a marred vessel and...
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying--(Zec 11:12, 13). Never was a complicated prophecy, otherwise hopelessly dark, more marvellously fulfilled. Various...
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek)--rather, "pursue." Knowing nothing definitely beyond the present life to kindle their aspirations and engage their supreme attention, the heathen...
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city--for possibly a whole town might not furnish one "worthy." shake off the dust of your feet--"for a...
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here--"some of those standing here." which shall not taste of death, fill they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom--or, as in Mark (Mr 9:1), "till...
Lay not up for ourselves treasures upon earth--hoard not. where moth--a "clothes-moth." Eastern treasures, consisting partly in costly dresses stored up (Job 27:16), were liable to be consumed by...
And if the house be worthy--showing this by giving you a welcome. let your peace come upon it--This is best explained by the injunction to the Seventy, "And into whatsoever house ye enter, first...
And go quickly, and tell his disciples--For a precious addition to this, see on Mr 16:7. that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee--to which those women belonged...
When Jesus came into the coasts--"the parts," that is, the territory or region. In Mark (Mr 8:27) it is "the towns" or "villages." of Caesarea Philippi--It lay at the foot of Mount Lebanon, near...
The book of the generation--an expression purely Jewish; meaning, "table of the genealogy." In Ge 5:1 the same expression occurs in this sense. We have here, then, the title, not of this whole...
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...
(Compare Pr 2:18, 19; 7:27).
(De 27:26; Ga 3:10).
(Job 21:18; 15:2; Ps 58:9).
On the terms (Ps 27:9; 74:1; 77:7).
(Compare Ps 37:3, 9, 22, 27).
(Jer 52:17, 20, 21).
(Jer 2:27; 7:13).