PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Matthew
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 413,945 words · 384 reading sections
Matthew 1:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Matthew 1:1 INTRODUCTION TO MATTHEW The subject of this book, and indeed of all the writings of the New Testament, is the Gospel. The Greek word euaggelion signifies a joyful message, good news, glad tidings of good things; such as Christ was anointed to preach, the Angels…
2,053 wordsSECTION 2Matthew 1:2
Matthew 1:2 Ver. 2. Abraham begat Isaac,.... The descent of Christ from Abraham is in the line of Isaac; Abraham begat Ishmael before Isaac, and others after him, but they are not mentioned; because the Messiah was not to spring from any of them, but from Isaac, of whom it is said, "in Isaac shall thy seed be called",…
314 wordsSECTION 3Matthew 1:3
Matthew 1:3 Ver. 3. And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar,.... The genealogical account of Christ goes on from Judah in the line of Phares, with whom Zara is mentioned; not because they were twins, for so were Jacob and Esau, and yet the latter is taken no notice of; but it may be because of what happened at their…
328 wordsSECTION 4Matthew 1:4
Matthew 1:4 Ver. 4. And Aram begat Aminadab,.... Which, with what follows in this verse, exactly agrees with the genealogical account in Ru 4:19.…
26 wordsSECTION 5Matthew 1:5
Matthew 1:5 Ver. 5. And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab,.... That Salmon begat Boaz, is affirmed in Ru 4:21 but it is not there said, nor any where else in the Old Testament, as here, that he begat him of Rahab, that is, of Rahab the harlot. This the Evangelist had from tradition, or from the Jewish records. That the Mess…
709 wordsSECTION 6Matthew 1:6
Matthew 1:6 Ver. 6. And Jesse begat David the king,.... The descent of the Messiah runs in the line of David, the youngest of Jesse's sons, who was despised by his brethren, and overlooked and neglected by his father; but God chose him, and anointed him to be king, and set him on the throne of Israel; hence he is call…
216 wordsSECTION 7Matthew 1:7
Matthew 1:7 Ver. 7. And Solomon begat Roboam,.... Called Rehoboam, 1Ki 11:43 of Naamah an Ammonitess, 1Ki 14:21. And Roboam begat Abia, sometimes called Abijam, as in 1Ki 14:31, sometimes Abijah, 2Ch 12:16 and sometimes, as here, Abia, 1Ch 3:10. Him Rehoboam begat of Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom, 1Ki 15:2 calle…
140 wordsSECTION 8Matthew 1:8
Matthew 1:8 Ver. 8. And Asa begat Josaphat,.... Called Jehoshaphat, 1Ki 15:24 whom Asa begat of Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi, 1Ki 22:42. He also was a very good prince. And Josaphat begat Joram; called Jehoram, 1Ki 22:50 to whom his father gave the kingdom, because he was the firstborn, 2Ch 21:3.And Joram begat Ozi…
6,631 wordsSECTION 9Matthew 2:1
Matthew 2:1 Ver. 1. Now when Jesus was born,.... Several things are here related respecting the birth of Christ, as the place where he was born, in Bethlehem of Judea; so called to distinguish it from another Bethlehem in the tribe of Zabulon, Jos 19:15. Here Christ was to be born according to a prophecy hereafter me…
1,861 wordsSECTION 10Matthew 2:2
Matthew 2:2 Ver. 2. Saying, where is he that is born king of the Jews?.... These words were spoken to the Jews, or rather to Herod the king, or his ministers and courtiers, or to each of them, as the wise men had the opportunity of speaking to them; who make no scruple of his being born, of this they were fully assure…
1,436 wordsSECTION 11Matthew 2:3
Matthew 2:3 Ver. 3. When Herod the king had heard these things,.... That is, the report made by the wise men of the appearance of an unusual star, and of the birth of the king of the Jews, which they affirmed with all certainty, without any hesitation, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Herod was troubled, …
263 wordsSECTION 12Matthew 2:4
Matthew 2:4 Ver. 4. And when he had gathered all the chief priests,.... Here we have an account of Herod's conduct at this juncture; he calls a council, assembles the sanhedrim, gathers together the more learned persons in the city to consult with them upon this matter, the chief priests, all of which he gathered tog…
376 wordsSECTION 13Matthew 2:5
Matthew 2:5 Ver. 5. And they said unto him,.... They answer without any hesitation, it being a generally received notion, and a thing well known among them, in Bethlehem of Judea; and give their reason for it; for thus it is written by the prophet, that is, the prophet Micah, in whose prophecy, Mic 5:2 it stands, an…
63 wordsSECTION 14Matthew 2:6
Matthew 2:6 Ver. 6. And thou Bethlehem in the land of Juda,.... This prophecy, which the chief priests and scribes produced, as pointing at the place of Christ's birth, is owned by both ancient and later Jews {y} to be a prophecy of the Messiah. The difference between Micah and Matthew is easily reconciled. Bethlehem …
531 wordsSECTION 15Matthew 2:7
Matthew 2:7 Ver. 7. Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men,.... As soon as he had got the intelligence of the place of the Messiah's birth, he called, or ordered the wise men to be brought into his presence, and that in a very private manner; lest the Jews, who knew his hypocrisy and deceit, should perc…
200 wordsSECTION 16Matthew 2:8
Matthew 2:8 Ver. 8. And he sent them to Bethlehem,.... Having got out of them all that he could, and was for his purpose, he informs them of the place where they might find the person they came to inquire after, according to the account of it which the chief priests and scribes had given him; and then sends them away …
373 wordsSECTION 17Matthew 2:9
Matthew 2:9 Ver. 9. When they had heard the king,.... With great care and attention, what he had told them of the birth place of the young child; the strict charge he had given them to search diligently for him, and then return to him with an account of the whole affair; and his expressions of respect to the new born …
587 wordsSECTION 18Matthew 2:10
Matthew 2:10 Ver. 10. When they saw the star,.... Which by its appearance, size, brightness, &c. they knew to be the same with that which they had seen, when in their own country; they rejoiced with exceeding great joy; a "pleonasm" or a redundancy of expression frequently used by the Hebrews, see Joh 4:6 and the Sep…
223 wordsSECTION 19Matthew 2:11
Matthew 2:11 Ver. 11. And when they were come into the house,.... Which they entered without making any inquiry, being fully assured by the star's standing right over it, that this was the house, and here was the king of the Jews, whom they were come to worship; and having entered in "they saw" some copies read euron,…
4,619 wordsSECTION 20Matthew 3:1
Matthew 3:1 Ver. 1. In those days came John the Baptist,.... The Evangelist having given an account of the genealogy and birth of Christ; of the coming of the wise men from the east to him; of his preservation from Herod's bloody design against him, when all the infants at Bethlehem were slain; of the flight of Joseph…
835 wordsSECTION 21Matthew 3:2
Matthew 3:2 Ver. 2. And saying, repent ye,.... The doctrine which John preached was the doctrine of repentance; which may be understood either of amendment of life and manners; for the state of the Jews was then very corrupt, all sorts of men were grown very wicked; and though there was a generation among them, who we…
875 wordsSECTION 22Matthew 3:3
Matthew 3:3 Ver. 3. For this is he that was spoken of,.... These are not the words of the Baptist himself, as in Joh 1:23 but of the Evangelist, who cites and applies to John a passage in the Prophet Isaiah, Isa 40:3 and that very pertinently, since that "chapter" is a prophecy of the Messiah. The consolations spoken …
427 wordsSECTION 23Matthew 3:4
Matthew 3:4 Ver. 4. The same John had his raiment,.... The Evangelist goes on to describe this excellent person, the forerunner of our Lord, by his raiment; the same John of whom Isaiah prophesied, and who came preaching the doctrine in the place and manner before expressed, had his raiment of camel's hair; not of c…
660 wordsSECTION 24Matthew 3:5
Matthew 3:5 Ver. 5. Then went out to him Jerusalem,.... The uncommon appearance of this person, the oddness of his dress, the austerity of his life, together with the awfulness and importance of his doctrine, and the novelty of the ordinance of baptism he administered, and the Jews having had no prophet for some hundr…
165 wordsSECTION 25Matthew 3:6
Matthew 3:6 Ver. 6. And were baptized of him,.... The place where they were baptized of him was, "in Jordan"; some copies read, "in the river Jordan", as in Mr 1:5. As to the name of this river, and the etymology of it, the Jews say {l} it was so called, Ndm drwyv "because it descended" from Dan, i.e. Leshem Dan, or P…
726 wordsSECTION 26Matthew 3:7
Matthew 3:7 Ver. 7. But when he saw many of the Pharisees,.... This being the first place in which mention is made of the Pharisees and Sadducees, it may not be amiss to give some account of them once for all, and to begin with the Pharisees, and first with their name. Some derive this word from Urp pharatz to "divide…
8,196 wordsSECTION 27Matthew 4:1
Matthew 4:1 Ver. 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit,.... The Evangelist having finished his account of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ; of his ministry and baptism; and particularly of the baptism of Christ; when the Holy Ghost came down upon him in a visible and eminent manner; whereby he was anointed …
757 wordsSECTION 28Matthew 4:2
Matthew 4:2 Ver. 2. And when he had fasted forty days..... As Moses did, when he was about to deliver the law to the Israelites, Ex 34:28 and as Elijah did, when he bore his testimony for the Lord of hosts, 1Ki 19:8 so did Christ, when he was about to publish the Gospel of his grace, and bear witness to the truth. "Fo…
297 wordsSECTION 29Matthew 4:3
Matthew 4:3 Ver. 3. And when the tempter came to him..... By "the tempter", is meant the devil, see 1Th 3:5 so called, because it is his principal work and business, in which he employs himself, to solicit men to sin; and tempt them either to deny, or call in question the being of God, arraign his perfections, murmur …
427 wordsSECTION 30Matthew 4:4
Matthew 4:4 Ver. 4. But he answered and said, it is written,.... The passage referred to, and cited, is in De 8:3 the manner of citing it is what was common and usual with the Jews; and is often to be met with in the Talmudic writings; who, when they produce any passage of scripture, say bytkd, "as it is written". The…
338 wordsSECTION 31Matthew 4:5
Matthew 4:5 Ver. 5. Then the devil taketh him up,.... This was done, not in a visionary way, but really and truly: Satan, by divine permission, and with the consent of Christ, which shows his great humiliation and condescension, had power over his body, to move it from place to place; in some such like manner as the S…
356 wordsSECTION 32Matthew 4:6
Matthew 4:6 Ver. 6. And saith unto him, if thou be the Son of God,.... He addresses him after the same manner as before; if, or seeing, thou art the Son of God, show thyself to be so; give proof of thy sonship before all the priests which are in and about the temple, and before all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; cast…
620 wordsSECTION 33Matthew 4:7
Matthew 4:7 Ver. 7. Jesus saith unto him, it is written again,.... Christ takes no notice of the false and wrong citation of scripture made by the devil, nor of any misapplication of it; but mildly replies, by opposing another passage of scripture to him, De 6:16 ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, thereby tacitly …
232 wordsSECTION 34Matthew 4:8
Matthew 4:8 Ver. 8. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain,.... That is, he took him off from the pinnacle of the temple, and carried him through the air, to one of the mountains which were round about Jerusalem; or to some very high mountain at a greater distance; but what mountain is not cert…
716 wordsSECTION 35Matthew 4:9
Matthew 4:9 Ver. 9. And saith unto him, all these things will I give thee.... This is more fully and strongly expressed by the Evangelist Luke. Lu 4:6. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it--all shall be …
287 wordsSECTION 36Matthew 4:10
Matthew 4:10 Ver. 10. Then saith Jesus to him, get thee hence, Satan..... In Lu 4:8 it is "get thee behind me": and so some copies read here, and is expressive of indignation and abhorrence; see Mt 16:23 rebuking his impudence, and detesting his impiety: he had borne his insults and temptations with great patience; he…
346 wordsSECTION 37Matthew 4:11
Matthew 4:11 Ver. 11. Then the devil leaveth him,.... In Lu 4:13 it says, when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season, or until a season. That is, having tempted him with all sorts of temptations, and tried him every way to no purpose; having gone through, and finished the whole sch…
322 wordsSECTION 38Matthew 4:12
Matthew 4:12 Ver. 12. Now, when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison,.... John was cast into prison by Herod; the reason of it may be seen in Mt 14:3. The prison into which he was cast, according to Josephus {s}, was the castle of Machaeras: here he continued some time before he was put to death; for from he…
120 wordsSECTION 39Matthew 4:13
Matthew 4:13 Ver. 13. And leaving Nazareth,.... Where he was educated, and had lived many years together; and where he preached first to the good liking of the people, who wondered at the gracious words that proceeded out of his mouth: though afterwards they were so much displeased with him, that they thrust him out …
307 wordsSECTION 40Matthew 4:14
Matthew 4:14 Ver. 14, 15. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken,.... Christ's dwelling in Capernaum accomplished a prophecy of the prophet Isa 9:1 and he went and dwelt there, that it might be fulfilled which he had spoken: the meaning of which prophecy is {x}, that as those parts of the land of Israel, there me…
3,949 wordsSECTION 41Matthew 5:1
Matthew 5:1 Ver. 1. And seeing the multitudes,.... The great concourse of people that followed him from the places before mentioned, he went up into a mountain; either to pray alone, which was sometimes his custom to do, or to shun the multitude; or rather, because it was a commodious place for teaching the people: …
327 wordsSECTION 42Matthew 5:2
Matthew 5:2 Ver. 2. And he opened his mouth,.... He spoke with a clear and strong voice, that all the people might hear him; and with great freedom, utterance, and cheerfulness, and things of the greatest moment and importance; and taught them; not his disciples only, but the whole multitude, who heard him with aston…
80 wordsSECTION 43Matthew 5:3
Matthew 5:3 Ver. 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit,.... Not the poor in purse, or who are so with respect to things temporal: for though God has chosen and called many, who are in such a condition of life, yet not all; the kingdom of heaven cannot be said to belong to them all, or only; but such as are poor in a spiri…
409 wordsSECTION 44Matthew 5:4
Matthew 5:4 Ver. 4. Blessed are they that mourn,.... For sin, for their own sins; the sin of their nature, indwelling sin, which is always working in them, and is a continual grief of mind to them; the unbelief of their hearts, notwithstanding the many instances, declarations, promises, and discoveries of grace made u…
363 wordsSECTION 45Matthew 5:5
Matthew 5:5 Ver. 5. Blessed are the meek,.... Who are not easily provoked to anger; who patiently bear, and put up with injuries and affronts; carry themselves courteously, and affably to all; have the meanest thoughts of themselves, and the best of others; do not envy the gifts and graces of other men; are willing to…
507 wordsSECTION 46Matthew 5:6
Matthew 5:6 Ver. 6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst,.... Not after the riches, honours, and pleasures of this world, but after righteousness; by which is meant, not justice and equity, as persons oppressed and injured; nor a moral, legal righteousness, which the generality of the Jewish nation were eagerl…
247 wordsSECTION 47Matthew 5:7
Matthew 5:7 Ver. 7. Blessed are the merciful,.... Who show mercy to the bodies of men, to those that are poor, indigent, and miserable, in their outward circumstances; by both sympathizing with them, and distributing unto them; not only making use of expressions of pity and concern; but communicating with readiness an…
308 wordsSECTION 48Matthew 5:8
Matthew 5:8 Ver. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart,.... Not in the head; for men may have pure notions and impure hearts; not in the hand, or action, or in outward conversation only; so the Pharisees were outwardly righteous before men, but inwardly full of impurity; but "in heart". The heart of man is naturally unclea…
358 wordsSECTION 49Matthew 5:9
Matthew 5:9 Ver. 9. Blessed are the peace makers,.... Not between God and man, for no man can make his own peace with God; nor can any mere creature, angels, or men, make it for him; Christ, in this sense, is the only peace maker: but between men and men; and such are they, who are of peaceable dispositions themselves…
414 wordsSECTION 50Matthew 5:10
Matthew 5:10 Ver. 10. Blessed are they which are persecuted,.... Not for any crimes they have done, for unrighteousness and iniquity, as murderers, thieves, and evildoers, but for righteousness sake: on account of their righteous and godly conversation, which brings upon them the hatred and enmity of the men of the w…
292 wordsSECTION 51Matthew 5:11
Matthew 5:11 Ver. 11. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you,.... These words are particularly directed to the disciples of Christ, and are designed to inform them, that they should not be exempted from reproach and persecution, and to animate and fortify them against it; and are prophetical of what they, and the fi…
439 wordsSECTION 52Matthew 5:12
Matthew 5:12 Ver. 12. Rejoice and be exceeding glad,.... Because of the honour put upon them, the glory they bring to Christ and his cause, by cheerfully suffering for it; and because of the glory and happiness that shall follow upon their sufferings: for great is your reward in heaven; not of debt, but of grace; for…
205 wordsSECTION 53Matthew 5:13
Matthew 5:13 Ver. 13. Ye are the salt of the earth,.... This is to be understood of the disciples and apostles of Christ; who might be compared to "salt", because of the savoury doctrines they preached; as all such are, which are agreeable to the Scriptures, and are of the evangelic kind, which are full of Christ, ser…
492 wordsSECTION 54Matthew 5:14
Matthew 5:14 Ver. 14. Ye are the light of the world,.... What the luminaries, the sun and moon, are in the heavens, with respect to corporal light, that the apostles were in the world with regard to spiritual light; carrying and spreading the light of the Gospel not only in Judea, but all over the world, which was in …
544 wordsSECTION 55Matthew 5:15
Matthew 5:15 Ver. 15. Neither do men light a candle,.... Which may be read impersonally, "a candle is not lighted": and by it may be meant the Gospel, and gifts qualifying men to preach it; which, like a candle, was lighted in the evening of the Jewish dispensation, though not confined to the land of Judea; but has sh…
458 wordsSECTION 56Matthew 5:16
Matthew 5:16 Ver. 16. Let your light so shine before men,.... Here Christ applies the foregoing simile to his disciples, and more fully opens the meaning and design of it. His sense is this; that the light of the Gospel, which he had communicated to them, the spiritual knowledge of the mysteries of grace, which he had…
13,181 wordsSECTION 57Matthew 6:1
Matthew 6:1 Ver. 1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men,.... Some copies read, "take heed that ye do not your righteousness", &c. which is a very good reading: but then, by "righteousness", is not meant righteousness, as comprehending all other righteous acts, as particularly alms, prayer, and fasting, herea…
1,162 wordsSECTION 58Matthew 6:2
Matthew 6:2 Ver. 2. Wherefore, when thou dost thine alms,.... Christ proceeds to give some directions and cautions about giving of alms, that they might be done aright, and answer some valuable purposes for the glory of God, the good of others, and their own: do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, …
503 wordsSECTION 59Matthew 6:3
Matthew 6:3 Ver. 3. But when thou dost alms,.... Do it so privately, and with so much secrecy, that, if it was possible, thou mightest not know it thyself, much less make it known to others: let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth; acquaint not thy nearest and dearest friend with it; let not one that sits…
131 wordsSECTION 60Matthew 6:4
Matthew 6:4 Ver. 4. That thine alms may be in secret,.... May be done in secret, and be kept a secret. The allusion seems to be to the secret chamber, where money was brought privately for the relief of the poor. "There were two chambers in the sanctuary, the one was Myavx tkvl, "the chamber of secrets", and the othe…
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.