PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Matthew
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 413,945 words · 384 reading sections
Matthew 11:3
Matthew 11:3 Ver. 3. And said unto him,.... By the disciples he sent; this was the message they came with, and this the question they were to ask, and did, art thou he that should come? A "periphrasis" of the Messiah, well known to the Jews; for he had been spoken of frequently in the prophecies of the Old Testament,…
365 wordsSECTION 122Matthew 11:4
Matthew 11:4 Ver. 4. Jesus answered and said unto them,.... Not by an express declaration, that he was the Messiah that was to come, and they were not to look for any other; but he bids them go, and show John again, those things which ye do hear and see. Christ would have them go back to John in prison, and relate to…
136 wordsSECTION 123Matthew 11:5
Matthew 11:5 Ver. 5. The blind receive their sight,.... Our Lord here, has reference to several prophecies concerning the Messiah, in Isa 35:6 and which having their accomplishment in him, John and his disciples might easily and strongly conclude, that he was he that was to come, and that they should not look for anot…
561 wordsSECTION 124Matthew 11:6
Matthew 11:6 Ver. 6. And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. The Jews were offended at Christ's parentage and birth, at the poverty of his parents, and at the manner of his birth, by a virgin; and at the place of his birth, which they thought to be Galilee; at his education, because he had not learnt …
305 wordsSECTION 125Matthew 11:7
Matthew 11:7 Ver. 7. And as they departed,.... That is, the messengers of John, Lu 7:24 when they returned to their master, to give an account to him of what they had heard and seen, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John; he took this opportunity before the whole company, who had heard what passed in…
677 wordsSECTION 126Matthew 11:8
Matthew 11:8 Ver. 8. But what went ye out for to see?.... Since it cannot be thought it was to see the reeds in the wilderness blow to and fro by the wind, or a man like one of them, either in gesture or doctrine; was it to see a man clothed in soft raiment? In raiment made of soft materials, as fine wool, cotton, si…
259 wordsSECTION 127Matthew 11:9
Matthew 11:9 Ver. 9. But what went ye out for to see?.... Since it was not any thing so mean as a shaking reed, or so grand as a man in gay clothing, pray what was it you went out to see? A prophet? This was the truth of the matter, they expected to see a prophet, and they believed he was one; this was the common voi…
263 wordsSECTION 128Matthew 11:10
Matthew 11:10 Ver. 10. For this is he of whom it is written,.... Mal 3:1 Behold I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. That these words belong abh Mlwel, to the world to come, or the times of the Messiah, that is, the Gospel dispensation, the Jews {z} themselves own; but as to t…
344 wordsSECTION 129Matthew 11:11
Matthew 11:11 Ver. 11. Verily I say unto you,.... What Christ had before said, he proved from a testimony of Scripture; what he was about to say depending on his word, he asseverates in the most solemn manner: among them that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist. The phrase, "them t…
443 wordsSECTION 130Matthew 11:12
Matthew 11:12 Ver. 12. And from the days of John the Baptist until now,.... From the time that he began to preach, to the then present time, the kingdom of heaven, the Gospel, and the ministry of it, first by John, then by Christ and his apostles, suffereth violence; or "comes with force", and power upon the souls o…
456 wordsSECTION 131Matthew 11:13
Matthew 11:13 Ver. 13. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. These words are to be considered in connection with Mt 11:11 and are a further proof of John's being greater than any of the prophets; because all the inspired writers and prophets, who were before him, prophesied of the Messiah as to come;…
234 wordsSECTION 132Matthew 11:14
Matthew 11:14 Ver. 14. And if ye will receive it,.... The words carry in them some suspicion of unbelief and hardness of heart, as though they would not receive it: however, whether they would or not, it was a certain truth, that this same person, "John the Baptist", is Elias, which was for to come; who was appointe…
431 wordsSECTION 133Matthew 11:15
Matthew 11:15 Ver. 15. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. A way of speaking used by Christ, when anything serious, and of great importance, was delivered; and which required attention, and was not easily understood: and such were the several things he had mentioned in this context; as that John was more than a p…
189 wordsSECTION 134Matthew 11:16
Matthew 11:16 Ver. 16. But whereunto shall I liken this generation? The men of that age, the stubborn and perverse Jews; who were pleased with nothing, with no man's ministry, neither with John's, nor with Christ's, but found fault with whatever they heard, or saw done: it is like unto children sitting in the markets…
211 wordsSECTION 135Matthew 11:17
Matthew 11:17 Ver. 17. And saying, we have piped unto you, and ye have not danced,.... The allusion is to Jewish children, who having seen their parents and friends at their festivals and weddings, some play upon the pipe, and others dance to them, mimicked the same in their diversions; and also having observed, at fu…
587 wordsSECTION 136Matthew 11:18
Matthew 11:18 Ver. 18. For John came neither eating nor drinking,.... This and the following verse are an explanation of the foregoing "parable"; and this shows, that John and his disciples are the persons that mourned, of which his austere life was a proof: for when he "came", being sent of God, and appeared as a pub…
5,520 wordsSECTION 137Matthew 12:1
Matthew 12:1 Ver. 1. At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn,.... That is, the corn fields, as the other evangelists express it. It being on a sabbath day, it is very probable, that Christ and his disciples were going to some public place of worship, the way to which lay through some fields of corn…
267 wordsSECTION 138Matthew 12:2
Matthew 12:2 Ver. 2. But when the Pharisees saw it,.... Who went along with him, or followed him, being employed to make observation on his words and actions, they said unto him; Luke says, "unto them", the disciples: it seems, they took notice of this action both to Christ and his disciples, and first spoke of it to…
536 wordsSECTION 139Matthew 12:3
Matthew 12:3 Ver. 3. But he said unto them, have ye not read,.... If they had not read the Scriptures, they were very unfit persons either to be teachers, or censurers of others, and must have been very slothful and negligent; and if they had, they could not but have observed the case of David, which Christ produces i…
378 wordsSECTION 140Matthew 12:4
Matthew 12:4 Ver. 4. How he entered into the house of God,.... Not the temple, which was not then built; but the tabernacle, which was then at Nob, the city of the priests, and which probably adjoined to Abimelech's house: and did eat the shewbread; for that this is meant by the hallowed bread, in 1Sa 21:6 is certain…
542 wordsSECTION 141Matthew 12:5
Matthew 12:5 Ver. 5. Or have ye not read in the law,.... Nu 28:9 by which law the priests were obliged, every sabbath day, to offer up two lambs for a burnt offering; to which were annexed many servile works, as killing the sacrifice, flaying it, cutting it in pieces, and laying it on the altar, cutting of wood, and p…
358 wordsSECTION 142Matthew 12:6
Matthew 12:6 Ver. 6. But I say unto you,.... Who Christ knew would be ready to object, as above, and therefore prevents them, by saying, that in this place is one greater than the temple; meaning himself, who was the Lord and Proprietor of the temple, and in his human nature the antitype of it; see Joh 2:19 and was i…
229 wordsSECTION 143Matthew 12:7
Matthew 12:7 Ver. 7. But if ye had known what this meaneth, &c,] The passage of Scripture in Hos 6:6 I will have mercy, and not sacrifice; of the sense of which, see Gill "Mt 9:13" ye would not have condemned the guiltless. Our Lord taxes the Pharisees both with ignorance of the Scriptures, in which they pretended t…
147 wordsSECTION 144Matthew 12:8
Matthew 12:8 Ver. 8. For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. By "the Son of man" is meant, not any man, as some have thought; for no mere man is lord of any law, moral or ritual, natural or positive; or has a power of disposing of it, and dispensing with it at pleasure; but Christ himself; which is the con…
328 wordsSECTION 145Matthew 12:9
Matthew 12:9 Ver. 9. And when he was departed thence,.... From the corn fields, where the disciples had plucked the ears of corn, and this conversation passed between Christ and the Pharisees about the violation of the sabbath, he went into their synagogue; not on the same sabbath day, as one might be led to conclude …
154 wordsSECTION 146Matthew 12:10
Matthew 12:10 Ver. 10. And behold, there was a man which had his hand withered,.... Or dry; the juices were dried up, the nerves and sinews contracted, so that it was of no manner of use to him: Luke says, it was his right hand, which was so much the worse; and means not only his hand, but the whole arm. Such a case i…
699 wordsSECTION 147Matthew 12:11
Matthew 12:11 Ver. 11. And he said unto them,.... Well knowing their intentions, and also their usages and customs, which he was able to produce and object to them; in which, through covetousness, they showed more regard to their beasts, than they did humanity to their fellow creatures: what man shall there be among …
260 wordsSECTION 148Matthew 12:12
Matthew 12:12 Ver. 12. How much then is a man better than a sheep?.... As a rational creature must be better, and more excellent, than an irrational one, more care is to be taken of, and more mercy shown unto, the one, than the other: even the health of a man is preferable to the life of a beast; and if it is lawful t…
581 wordsSECTION 149Matthew 12:13
Matthew 12:13 Ver. 13. Then saith he to the man,.... That is, after he had looked round about upon them, to observe their countenances; and what answer they would make to his arguments; and with anger for their inhumanity and cruelty; being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, i.e. their unmercifulness to their f…
244 wordsSECTION 150Matthew 12:14
Matthew 12:14 Ver. 14. Then the Pharisees went out,.... Of the synagogue, being, as Luke says, filled with madness, at the unanswerableness of his arguments; and because of the violation of the sabbath, as they thought; and most of all, because of the miracle wrought by him; and which was so glaringly a proof of his b…
185 wordsSECTION 151Matthew 12:15
Matthew 12:15 Ver. 15. But when Jesus knew it,.... Their consultation against him, as he did, not by any discovery made to him by men, but as the omniscient God; he withdrew himself from thence; from the synagogue and city, where he was, to the sea of Galilee, and his disciples with him, as Mark observes; not through …
198 wordsSECTION 152Matthew 12:16
Matthew 12:16 Ver. 16. And charged them that they should not make him known. This charge was given, either to the multitude that followed him, and were healed by him, that when they returned to the respective places from whence they came, they would not make it known to his enemies where he was, and what he had done t…
155 wordsSECTION 153Matthew 12:17
Matthew 12:17 Ver. 17. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying. Isa 42:1 not that Christ gave the above charge with this view, that this passage in Isaiah might have its accomplishment: but this is an observation of the evangelist, that what was now done by Christ, by his private depa…
181 wordsSECTION 154Matthew 12:18
Matthew 12:18 Ver. 18. Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,.... These are the words of God the Father, speaking to the church, concerning Christ, as mediator; who, as such, is God's servant, employed by him, and obedient to him, in the work of man's salvation; and is a righteous, faithful, prudent, and diligent one;…
379 wordsSECTION 155Matthew 12:19
Matthew 12:19 Ver. 19. He shall not strive,.... Or contend in a wrangling way, as the disputers of this world do about words to no profit, and for the sake of victory only, and popular applause, but shall choose rather to withdraw, than to carry on a controversy to a great length, to little purpose; or, as men litigat…
12,398 wordsSECTION 156Matthew 13:1
Matthew 13:1 Ver. 1. The same day Jesus went out of the house,.... Where he had been preaching, and working miracles: where this house was, is not certain; it seems to have been in one of the cities of Galilee, probably Capernaum, since that was by the sea coast: the reason of his going out of the house was, either to…
212 wordsSECTION 157Matthew 13:2
Matthew 13:2 Ver. 2. And great multitudes were gathered unto him,.... Some on one account, and some on another; some to see his person, others his miracles; some healing for their bodies, and others for their souls; some for the loaves, and others to hear him preach; and of these there were several sorts, as the follo…
185 wordsSECTION 158Matthew 13:3
Matthew 13:3 Ver. 3. And he spake many things unto them in parables,.... For the parables of the sower, and the different sorts of ground the seed fell in, of the wheat and tares, of the grain of mustard seed, of the leaven in three measures of meal, of the treasure hid in a field, of the pearl of great price, of the …
825 wordsSECTION 159Matthew 13:4
Matthew 13:4 Ver. 4. And when he sowed,.... Or, "as he sowed", as the other evangelists; that is, "whilst he was sowing", some seeds fell; either out of his hand, or out of the cart drawn by oxen; hence the {c} Talmudists distinguish between dy tlwpm, "the falling of the hand", or what falls out of the hand; and Myrw…
324 wordsSECTION 160Matthew 13:5
Matthew 13:5 Ver. 5. Some fell upon stony places,.... Such a place as the Jews call tyolwx, a barren, stony place, a place from whence, they say, they take stones, and elo tyb, and which heyrzl ywar wnya, "is not fit for sowing" {d}; and such were those places and spots of ground, that some of these seeds fell upon; a…
624 wordsSECTION 161Matthew 13:6
Matthew 13:6 Ver. 6. And when the sun was up,.... Some time, and its heat was increasing, and it began to shine out hot, and beat with some vehemency and strength; which may denote some sore temptation, or severe affliction, or fiery trial of persecution and tribulation; see Mt 13:21 for this is not to be understood o…
578 wordsSECTION 162Matthew 13:7
Matthew 13:7 Ver. 7. And some fell among thorns,.... On a spot of ground which was full of the roots of thorns, and briars, which was not cleared of them as it should be. We often read {e} of huwqtnv hdv, "a field cleared of thorns"; but such was not this piece of ground, it was overrun with them, not on the surface o…
405 wordsSECTION 163Matthew 13:8
Matthew 13:8 Ver. 8. But others fell into good ground,.... Not beaten and trodden by the feet of men, nor stony, nor thorny, but well broke up, manured, and tilled; which designs good, honest hearted hearers who become so by the Spirit and grace of God; who with a spiritual understanding, experience, savour, and relis…
60 wordsSECTION 164Mt 13:23
Mt 13:23 and brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold: some seeds produced an hundred, others sixty, and others thirty. The first of these especially was a large increase, but what was sometimes had, and which Isaac received in Gerar, in the land of the Philistines, Ge 26:12 and is …
205 wordsSECTION 165Matthew 13:9
Matthew 13:9 Ver. 9. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Not externally only, but internally; he that has ears given him to hear, so as to understand, let him make use of them, and seriously consider of, and diligently attend to the use and importance of this parable. It is a way of speaking used by Christ, when anyt…
105 wordsSECTION 166Matthew 13:10
Matthew 13:10 Ver. 10. And the disciples came, and said unto him,.... Not the twelve only, but others that were about him, as Mark says, who also were his disciples, and believed in him: these, when he was alone, came nearer to him, who, whilst he was preaching to the people, were at some little distance from him, eit…
158 wordsSECTION 167Matthew 13:11
Matthew 13:11 Ver. 11. He answered, and said unto them,.... Christ was always ready to give an answer to his inquiring disciples, concerning his ministry, and his conduct in it; which shows great respect to them, and condescension in him: because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: by t…
451 wordsSECTION 168Matthew 13:12
Matthew 13:12 Ver. 12. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given,.... Whoever has the true grace of God implanted in him, has a saving knowledge of Christ, and a spiritual acquaintance with the doctrines of the Gospel, shall have more grace given him; he shall grow in the knowledge of Christ, and the Spirit of truth s…
256 wordsSECTION 169Matthew 13:13
Matthew 13:13 Ver. 13. Therefore speak I to them in parables,.... Because it was the will and pleasure of his Father to give the knowledge of divine mysteries to some, and not to others; and because even the outward good things they had, being wrongly used or abused by them, would be taken away from them: and because…
248 wordsSECTION 170Matthew 13:14
Matthew 13:14 Ver. 14. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,.... In Isa 6:9 which saith, which runs, or may be read thus, by hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive. The words are a prophecy concerning the people of the Jews, which began to be accomplishe…
13,997 wordsSECTION 171Matthew 14:1
Matthew 14:1 Ver. 1. At that time Herod the tetrarch,.... Not Herod the Great, in whose reign Christ was born, and who slew the infants of Bethlehem, but his son; this was, as the Jewish chronologer {c} rightly observes, "Herod Antipater, whom they call yqrtyj, "the tetrarch"; the son of Herod the First, and brother …
346 wordsSECTION 172Matthew 14:2
Matthew 14:2 Ver. 2. And said unto his servants,.... Those of his household, his courtiers, with whom he more familiarly conversed; to these he expressed his fears, that it might be true what was suggested by the people, and he was ready to believe it himself; this is John the Baptist: some copies add, "whom I have b…
265 wordsSECTION 173Matthew 14:3
Matthew 14:3 Ver. 3. For Herod had laid hold on John,.... By his servants, whom he sent to apprehend him: and bound him; laid him in chains, as if he was a malefactor; and put him in prison, in the castle of Machaerus {d}, for Herodias's sake; who was angry with him, had a bitter quarrel against him, and by whose i…
282 wordsSECTION 174Matthew 14:4
Matthew 14:4 Ver. 4. For John said unto him,.... John having heard of this incestuous marriage, went to Herod, and reproved him to his face for it; and, as Luke says, "for all the evils he had done", Lu 3:19 for he was a very wicked man, and guilty of many flagitious crimes: John, in so doing, showed his zeal for holi…
446 wordsSECTION 175Matthew 14:5
Matthew 14:5 Ver. 5. And when he would have put him to death,.... As soon as he apprehended him, and put him into prison; being provoked by his reproving him, and being stirred up by Herodias, who was greatly incensed and enraged, and would have killed him herself, but could not, being hindered by Herod: who, though h…
320 wordsSECTION 176Matthew 14:6
Matthew 14:6 Ver. 6. But when Herod's birthday was kept,.... The birthdays of princes, both of their coming into the world, and accession to the throne of government, were kept by the Gentiles; as by the Egyptians, Ge 40:20 and by the {n} Persians, and Romans {o}, and other nations, but not by the Jews; who reckon the…
602 wordsSECTION 177Matthew 14:7
Matthew 14:7 Ver. 7. Whereupon he promised with an oath,.... On account of her fine dancing, and being extremely pleased with it himself; and the more, that it gave such pleasure to the whole court: he first promised her, to give her whatsoever she would ask; and then repeating it, he confirmed it with an oath; addin…
231 wordsSECTION 178Matthew 14:8
Matthew 14:8 Ver. 8. And she being before instructed of her mother,.... What request to make; for as Mark says, "she went forth" to her mother immediately, as soon as she had received the king's promise, and took advice of her, what she should ask; who bid her ask for the head of John the Baptist; and accordingly she …
293 wordsSECTION 179Matthew 14:9
Matthew 14:9 Ver. 9. And the king was sorry,.... As he might be upon many accounts; partly on account of John, whom, notwithstanding his freedom in reproving him, he had a respect; and partly on his own account, his conscience dictating to him that it was an evil action, and would leave a brand of perpetual infamy upo…
344 wordsSECTION 180Matthew 14:10
Matthew 14:10 Ver. 10. And he sent,.... "An executioner", as in Mr 6:27 where the Latin word "speculator", or as it is sometimes written "spiculator", is used; and is the name of an officer concerned in executions, and particularly in beheading of persons; and so is used by Latin writers. "In a civil war (says {x} Se…
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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.