PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Matthew
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 413,945 words · 384 reading sections
Matthew 6:5
Matthew 6:5 Ver. 5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites,.... As the Scribes and Pharisees; whose posture in prayer, the places they chose to pray in, and the view they had therein, are particularly taken notice of: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the stre…
914 wordsSECTION 62Matthew 6:6
Matthew 6:6 Ver. 6. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,.... Or "chamber", a secret place, fit for private retirement, meditation, and prayer. And when thou hast shut thy door; see some such like phrases in Isa 26:20 where they are used to express security, here secrecy. Our Lord does not mean to exclu…
303 wordsSECTION 63Matthew 6:7
Matthew 6:7 Ver. 7. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions,.... Saying the same things over and over again, as the Heathens do, as the worshippers of Baal, from morning till noon, 1Ki 18:26. This our Lord observes, to dissuade from such practices, because the Gentiles, who were odious to the Jews, used them, and …
193 wordsSECTION 64Matthew 6:8
Matthew 6:8 Ver. 8. Be not ye therefore like unto them,..... Do not be imitators of them, and follow their ways, who have only the dim light of nature to guide them; it would be shameful in you to do as they do, when you have a divine revelation for your direction; and especially, because your Father knoweth what thi…
136 wordsSECTION 65Matthew 6:9
Matthew 6:9 Ver. 9. After this manner therefore pray ye,.... That is, in such a concise and short way, without much speaking and vain repetitions; making use of such like words and expressions as the following: not that Christ meant to pin down his disciples to these express words, and no other; for this prayer is not…
982 wordsSECTION 66Matthew 6:10
Matthew 6:10 Ver. 10. Thy kingdom come,.... The form of expression used by the ancient Jews, relating to this article, before the coming of Christ, doubtless was, as it now stands in their prayers {r}, aby Kxyvm twklm, "the kingdom of thy Messiah come". Christ alters the expression, leaves out the word "Messiah", and …
10,435 wordsSECTION 67Matthew 7:1
Matthew 7:1 Ver. 1. Judge not, that ye be not judged. This is not to be understood of any sort of judgment; not of judgment in the civil courts of judicature, by proper magistrates, which ought to be made and pass, according to the nature of the case; nor of judgment in the churches of Christ, where offenders are to b…
298 wordsSECTION 68Matthew 7:2
Matthew 7:2 Ver. 2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged,.... Both by God and men; to which agree those proverbial sentences used by the Jews; "He that judgeth his neighbour according to the balance of righteousness, or innocence, they judge him according to righteousness.'' {w} And a little after, "…
539 wordsSECTION 69Matthew 7:3
Matthew 7:3 Ver. 3. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye?.... By "mote" is meant, any little bit of straw, or small splinter of wood, that flies into the eye, and does it damage, hinders its sight, and gives it pain; and designs little sins, comparatively speaking, such as youthful follies, hum…
223 wordsSECTION 70Matthew 7:4
Matthew 7:4 Ver. 4. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother?.... This is not so much an interrogation, as an expression of admiration, at the front and impudence of such censorious remarkers, and rigid observators; who not content to point at the faults of others, take upon them to reprove them in a very magisterial way: …
192 wordsSECTION 71Matthew 7:5
Matthew 7:5 Ver. 5. Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye,.... Very rightly does our Lord call such a man an hypocrite, who is very free in remarking and reproving other men's sins, and covering his own; and indeed, one end of his critical observations, rigid censures, and rash judgments is, tha…
564 wordsSECTION 72Matthew 7:6
Matthew 7:6 Ver. 6. Give not that which is holy to the dogs,.... Dogs were unclean creatures by the law; the price of one might not be brought into the house of the Lord, for a vow, De 23:18 yea, these creatures were not admitted into several temples of the Heathens {h}. Things profane and unclean, as flesh torn by be…
409 wordsSECTION 73Matthew 7:7
Matthew 7:7 Ver. 7. Ask and it shall be given you,.... This is to be understood of asking of God in prayer, for such things as are wanting; whether of a temporal nature, as food and raiment, which Christ, in the former chapter, had warned against an immoderate and anxious concern for; or of a spiritual nature, as grac…
245 wordsSECTION 74Matthew 7:8
Matthew 7:8 Ver. 8. For everyone that asketh receiveth,.... For God is no respecter of persons; whoever makes application, be he a Jew, or a Gentile, rich or poor, bond or free, a man of great gifts, or mean parts, provided he asks aright, from right principles, and with right views, shall not lose his labour; but sha…
177 wordsSECTION 75Matthew 7:9
Matthew 7:9 Ver. 9. Or what man is there of you,.... "That is a father", as in Lu 11:11 that is, is in the relation, and has the affections of a father; and indeed is a man, and has the nature and passions of a man; unless he is become a mere brute, and devoid of all humanity, whom if his son ask bread, will he give …
132 wordsSECTION 76Matthew 7:10
Matthew 7:10 Ver. 10. Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?] Which is somewhat like a fish, especially an eel. Fish and bread are mentioned, because these were common food; see Mr 6:41 Joh 21:13 and particularly in Galilee, a fish country, where Christ now was, and from whence he had called his disciples, w…
120 wordsSECTION 77Matthew 7:11
Matthew 7:11 Ver. 11. If ye then being evil,.... As all mankind in general are, both by nature and practice: they are conceived in sin, shapen in iniquity; are evil from their youth, and transgressors from the womb; are corrupt, and do abominable things; and such these Jews were Christ speaks unto; and who, very likel…
283 wordsSECTION 78Matthew 7:12
Matthew 7:12 Ver. 12. Therefore all things whatsoever,.... These words are the epilogue, or conclusion of our Lord's discourse; the sum of what he had delivered in the two preceding chapters, and in this hitherto, is contained in these words; for they not only respect the exhortation about judging and reproving; but e…
434 wordsSECTION 79Matthew 7:13
Matthew 7:13 Ver. 13. Enter ye in at the strait gate,.... By the "strait gate" is meant Christ himself; who elsewhere calls himself "the door", Joh 10:7 as he is into the church below, and into all the ordinances and privileges of it; as also to the Father, by whom we have access unto him, and are let into communion w…
383 wordsSECTION 80Matthew 7:14
Matthew 7:14 Ver. 14. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way,.... And so, difficult to enter in at; and when entered, the way is unpleasant to the flesh to walk in, being hedged up on each side with afflictions and tribulations; and moreover, is like the "narrow place", or stenov topov, "the strait place", …
382 wordsSECTION 81Matthew 7:15
Matthew 7:15 Ver. 15. Beware of false prophets,.... Or false teachers; for not such who pretended to foretell things to come, but such who set up themselves to be teachers of others, are here meant; see 2Pe 2:1. It may be queried, whether our Lord has not respect to the Scribes and Pharisees, who sat in Moses's chair,…
6,292 wordsSECTION 82Matthew 8:1
Matthew 8:1 Ver. 1. When he was come down from the mountain,.... Into which he went up, and preached the sermon recorded in the "three" preceding chapters: great multitudes followed him: which is mentioned, partly to shew, that the people which came from several parts, still continued with him, being affected with hi…
94 wordsSECTION 83Matthew 8:2
Matthew 8:2 Ver. 2. And behold there came a leper,.... As soon as he came down from the mountain, and whilst he was in the way; though Luke says, Lu 5:12 "when he was in a certain city"; in one of the cities of Galilee; one of their large towns, or unwalled cities, into which a leper might come: he might not come into…
605 wordsSECTION 84Matthew 8:3
Matthew 8:3 Ver. 3. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him,.... This is a wonderful instance both of the grace, and goodness of Christ, in touching this loathsome creature; and of his unspotted purity and holiness, which could not be defiled by it; and of his mighty power in healing by a touch, and with a word …
356 wordsSECTION 85Matthew 8:4
Matthew 8:4 Ver. 4. And Jesus saith unto him, see thou tell no man, &c] Not that this fact could be concealed, if it was done publicly, before the multitude; nor was it Christ's design that it should be; only it was his counsel to this man, that whilst he was on the road to Jerusalem, and when he was come there, that …
1,224 wordsSECTION 86Matthew 8:5
Matthew 8:5 Ver. 5. And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum,.... Was returned from his journey through Galilee, to the place where he before dwelt, and is called his own city, Mt 9:1 there came unto him a centurion, a Roman officer, ham rv, "a commander of an hundred men", as the Hebrew Gospel by Munster reads it: …
200 wordsSECTION 87Matthew 8:6
Matthew 8:6 Ver. 6. And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home,.... It would be a difficulty whether it was a son or a servant he was so concerned for; since paiv, the word here used, more commonly signifies a "son" or "child"; but that Luke, supposing it to be the same case he relates, expressly calls him doulov, "a …
491 wordsSECTION 88Matthew 8:7
Matthew 8:7 Ver. 7. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. This answer of Christ's, which is short and full, not only shows the readiness of Christ to do good, how soon and easily he complied with the centurion's request, it being a prayer of faith, and so effectual, and was heard as soon as delivered; bu…
174 wordsSECTION 89Matthew 8:8
Matthew 8:8 Ver. 8. The centurion answered, and said,.... This, according to Lu 7:6 was said by his friends in his name, when he understood that Christ had agreed to come to his house, with the elders of the Jews, he first sent to him; and after he was actually set out with them, and was in the way to his house; who, …
392 wordsSECTION 90Matthew 8:9
Matthew 8:9 Ver. 9. For I am a man under authority,.... Of Caesar the Roman emperor, and of superior officers under him, as a tribune, &c. having soldiers under me; an hundred of them at least, for military service, and some of them were used by him as his domestics: and I say unto this man go, and he goeth, and to …
373 wordsSECTION 91Matthew 8:10
Matthew 8:10 Ver. 10. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled,.... Which must be understood of him as man; for as God, nothing could present itself unto him at unawares, unthought of, and not known before; and so could not raise admiration in him, and which cannot properly fall on a divine person: or he behaved, both by wor…
550 wordsSECTION 92Matthew 8:11
Matthew 8:11 Ver. 11. And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and west,.... On occasion of the faith of the centurion, who was a Gentile, our Lord makes a short digression, concerning the call of the Gentiles; and suggests, that what was seen in that man now, would be fulfilled in great numbers of them …
422 wordsSECTION 93Matthew 8:12
Matthew 8:12 Ver. 12. But the children of the kingdom,.... The Jews, who were subjects of the kingdom, and commonwealth of Israel, from which the Gentiles were aliens; and who were also in the church of God, which is his kingdom on earth; and besides, had the promise of the Gospel dispensation, sometimes called the ki…
529 wordsSECTION 94Matthew 8:13
Matthew 8:13 Ver. 13. And Jesus said unto the centurion,.... Christ having finished the digression, returns an answer to the centurion, agreeably to his desire, saying to him, go thy way; not as displeased with him, but as granting his request: for it follows, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. As h…
225 wordsSECTION 95Matthew 8:14
Matthew 8:14 Ver. 14. And when Jesus was come into Peter's house,.... And which was also Andrew's, Mr 1:29 for these two brothers lived together, and this was in Capernaum, as appears from the context. Though Andrew and Peter were originally of Bethsaida, a place not far from this, but had removed hither since their c…
8,718 wordsSECTION 96Matthew 9:1
Matthew 9:1 Ver. 1. And he entered into a ship,.... Or "the ship", the selfsame ship he came over in, with his disciples. The Gergesenes, or Gadarenes, or both, having desired him to depart their coasts, showing an unwillingness to receive him, and an uneasiness at his company, he immediately turned his back upon them…
329 wordsSECTION 97Matthew 9:2
Matthew 9:2 Ver. 2. And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy,.... That is, some of the inhabitants of Capernaum, four men of that city particularly; for Mark says, Mr 2:3 he "was borne of four": these brought him to Jesus, lying on a bed, or couch, he being so enfeebled by the disease upon him, his ner…
472 wordsSECTION 98Matthew 9:3
Matthew 9:3 Ver. 3. And behold, certain of the Scribes said within themselves,.... And of the Pharisees also, as Luke says; for there were at this time Pharisees and doctors of the law, who were come out of every town of Galilee and Judea, and out of Jerusalem, sitting and hearing him teach, and observing what he said…
131 wordsSECTION 99Matthew 9:4
Matthew 9:4 Ver. 4. And Jesus knowing their thoughts,.... Which was a clear evidence, and full demonstration of his deity; for none knows the thoughts of the heart but God; and since he knew the thoughts of men's hearts, it could be no blasphemy in him to take that to himself which belonged to God, even to forgive sin…
287 wordsSECTION 100Matthew 9:5
Matthew 9:5 Ver. 5. For whether is easier to say,..... Christ proceeds to clear himself of the charge of blasphemy, and to prove his power to forgive sins, by putting a case to them, of which he makes themselves Judges, and is this: which is easiest to be said, thy sins are forgiven thee? or to say, arise and walk? N…
240 wordsSECTION 101Matthew 9:6
Matthew 9:6 Ver. 6. But that ye may know that the son of man,.... That they might have a visible proof, an ocular demonstration, that though he was the son of man, truly and really man, yet not a mere man; but also as truly and properly God, God and man in one person, and so hath power on earth to forgive sins: not o…
244 wordsSECTION 102Matthew 9:7
Matthew 9:7 Ver. 7. And he arose, and departed to his house. Immediately, at the command of Christ, believing he was able to heal him by a word speaking; and, upon his attempt to arise, found himself perfectly healed of his disease, and endued with such strength, that he could, not only with the greatest ease, arise f…
112 wordsSECTION 103Matthew 9:8
Matthew 9:8 Ver. 8. But when the multitude saw it,.... The miracle that was wrought; when they saw the man take up his bed, and carry it home, which was done by Christ, as a proof of his having power to forgive sin, they marvelled, and glorified God: they were struck with amazement and astonishment at the sight, it b…
148 wordsSECTION 104Matthew 9:9
Matthew 9:9 Ver. 9. And as Jesus passed forth from thence,.... That is, from Capernaum to the sea side; where, as Mark says, the multitude resorted, and he taught them; he saw a man named Matthew; the writer of this Gospel. The other evangelists call him Levi, who was the son of Alphaeus: he went by two names; Mark a…
231 wordsSECTION 105Isa 61:8
Isa 61:8 "it is like, (say the doctors,) to a king of flesh and blood, who passing by okmh tyb, "the toll booth", or "publican's house", says to his servants, give "toll to the publicans": they reply to him, is not all the toll thine? he says to them, all that pass by the ways will learn of me, and will not avoid the …
424 wordsSECTION 106Matthew 9:10
Matthew 9:10 Ver. 10. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house,.... That is, as the Arabic version reads it, in the house of Matthew, not in the toll house, but in his own house; for he immediately quitted the toll booth, and his office there, and followed Christ, and had him to his own house, where he m…
253 wordsSECTION 107Matthew 9:11
Matthew 9:11 Ver. 11. And when the Pharisees saw it,.... The feast Matthew made, the guests that were invited, and particularly that Christ sat down to meat with such vile and wicked company; they and the Scribes, as Mark and Luke add, who generally were together, of the same complexion, equally enemies to Christ, and…
788 wordsSECTION 108Matthew 9:12
Matthew 9:12 Ver. 12. But when Jesus heard that,.... The charge the Pharisees brought against him, and the insinuations they had made of him to his disciples; which he either overheard himself, or his disciples related to him, he said unto them; the Pharisees, with an audible voice, not only to confute and convince t…
643 wordsSECTION 109Matthew 9:13
Matthew 9:13 Ver. 13. But go ye and learn what that meaneth,.... dmlw au, "go and learn", is a phrase used by the Jews {a}, when they are about to explain a passage of Scripture, and fetch an argument from the connection of the text. So the phrase ti estin, "what that is", or "what that meaneth", is Talmudic, as, yhm,…
1,016 wordsSECTION 110Matthew 9:14
Matthew 9:14 Ver. 14. Then came to him the disciples of John,.... Of John the Baptist, to whom they had addicted themselves, and by whom they abode: though their master was in prison, and the Messiah was known to be come, yet still they were attached to John, and particularly imitated him in the austerities of his lif…
9,664 wordsSECTION 111Matthew 10:1
Matthew 10:1 Ver. 1. And when he had called to him his twelve disciples,.... These persons had been for some time called by the grace of God, and were already the disciples of Christ, and such as were more familiar and intimate with him, than others, that went by that name. They had sat down at his feet, and had recei…
640 wordsSECTION 112Matthew 10:2
Matthew 10:2 Ver. 2. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these,.... This is the first time these disciples are called "apostles", they were learners before; now being instructed, they are sent forth to preach publicly, and therefore are called apostles, or messengers, persons that were sent: so the elders of the …
460 wordsSECTION 113Matthew 10:3
Matthew 10:3 Ver. 3. Philip and Bartholomew,.... The first of these was called next; his name is a Greek one, which his parents, though Jews, might take from the Greeks that dwelt among them, see Joh 12:20 mention is made of one R. Phelipi, and Phulipa, in the Jewish writings {q}. The latter of these, Bartholomew, is …
736 wordsSECTION 114Matthew 10:4
Matthew 10:4 Ver. 4. Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot,.... This is the last couple, for they are all mentioned by pairs, because they were sent forth "by two and two", as the Evangelist Mark says, Mr 6:7. The former of these is called Simon the Canaanite, to distinguish him from Simon Peter, before mentioned; n…
759 wordsSECTION 115Matthew 10:5
Matthew 10:5 Ver. 5. These twelve Jesus sent forth,.... And no other but them, under the character of apostles. These had been with him a considerable time, to whom he had been gradually communicating spiritual knowledge; and by the benefit of private conference with him, and the observation they had made upon his doc…
582 wordsSECTION 116Matthew 10:6
Matthew 10:6 Ver. 6. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. To whom he himself was sent, Mt 15:24. By "the house of Israel" is meant the whole Jewish nation; for though this phrase, when distinguished from the house of Judah, designs only the ten tribes; yet here it intends all the Jews, then living i…
276 wordsSECTION 117Matthew 10:7
Matthew 10:7 Ver. 7. And as ye go,.... Through the cities of Judea, and the streets thereof, from one city to another, from place to place; for these were itinerant preachers, who were not to abide long in any place, but to move about, that the Gospel might be spread all over the land, and the lost sheep in every corn…
149 wordsSECTION 118Matthew 10:8
Matthew 10:8 Ver. 8. Heal the sick,.... For so he had given them power to do, and this both for the confirmation of their doctrine, and the recommendation of them to men; for nothing could more evidently prove their mission to be divine, and their doctrine from heaven, or be more acceptable to men, than to "heal" thei…
15,175 wordsSECTION 119Matthew 11:1
Matthew 11:1 Ver. 1. And it came to pass,.... In the course of things, and as before determined and resolved on, that when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples; when he had given them a commission to preach the Gospel, had finished all his instructions he thought fit to give them, and orders he en…
206 wordsSECTION 120Matthew 11:2
Matthew 11:2 Ver. 2. Now when John had heard in the prison,.... The person here spoken of is John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, who was now in the prison of Machaerus; being put there by Herod, for his reproving him for taking Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; and whilst he was there, an account was brough…
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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.