PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Matthew
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 413,945 words · 384 reading sections
Matthew 14:11
Matthew 14:11 Ver. 11 And his head was brought in a charger,.... By the executioner that cut it off, to Herod, whilst he and his guests were at table; by which it should seem, that the prison was very near; and it is not improbable, that it was the castle of Macheerus that Herod made this entertainment in: and given …
242 wordsSECTION 182Matthew 14:12
Matthew 14:12 Ver. 12. And his disciples came,.... To the prison where his body was left, and to which they had liberty of recourse before; see Mt 11:2 and very probably, upon hearing what was done, might apply to Herod, as Joseph of Arimathea did to Pilate, for the body of Jesus; who might, as he did, give them leave…
233 wordsSECTION 183Matthew 14:13
Matthew 14:13 Ver. 13. When Jesus heard of it,.... Of the death of John, and of the cruel usage he had met with; and particularly, that his fame had reached the court of Herod, and that he was talked of there, and said by Herod himself to be John the Baptist, that was risen from the dead; he departed thence by ship, …
421 wordsSECTION 184Matthew 14:14
Matthew 14:14 Ver. 14. And Jesus went forth,.... Either from the mountain where he sat with his disciples, Joh 6:3 or out of the desert, where he had retired for secrecy; or out of the ship, which seems best, the company having got thither before his landing: and saw a great multitude; for, there were about five thou…
240 wordsSECTION 185Matthew 14:15
Matthew 14:15 Ver. 15. And when it was evening,.... Mark says, "when the day was now far spent"; and Luke, "when the day began to wear away"; it was upon the decline of the day. The Jews, as Grotius rightly observes, had two evenings; the one began when the sun declined at noon, and the other at sun setting: now it wa…
511 wordsSECTION 186Matthew 14:16
Matthew 14:16 Ver. 16. But Jesus said unto them,.... the disciples, they need not depart; meaning so long as he was with them, who had power enough to provide a sufficient meal for them, as well as by a word speaking, to heal their diseases; however, to try their faith, and make way for the working of the following m…
5,422 wordsSECTION 187Matthew 15:1
Matthew 15:1 Ver. 1. Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees,.... After he had wrought so many miracles, particularly that of feeding five thousand men; besides women and children, with five loaves and two fishes: the fame of which had reached Jerusalem, and occasioned much talk there about him: the Scribes and Phari…
155 wordsSECTION 188Matthew 15:2
Matthew 15:2 Ver. 2. Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?.... Having observed, for some little time, the conduct of Christ and his disciples, they thought proper to take no notice of him as yet, but of them; and of them, not as transgressing any command of God, but of men; not being able to cha…
920 wordsSECTION 189Matthew 15:3
Matthew 15:3 Ver. 3. But he answered and said unto them,.... Taking no notice of the tradition about eating bread without washing the hands, whether it was right or wrong; it being at most but an human tradition, of no moment and importance, whether it was broke or kept; he makes a very just recrimination, by putting …
204 wordsSECTION 190Matthew 15:4
Matthew 15:4 Ver. 4. For God commanded, saying,.... That he might not be thought to suggest this without any foundation, he gives them an instance, wherein a command of God was transgressed, by the observance of their tradition: the command he refers to, stands in Ex 20:12 and is this; Honour thy father and mother. T…
432 wordsSECTION 191Matthew 15:5
Matthew 15:5 Ver. 5 & 6. But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or mother,.... That is, it was a tradition of their's, that if a man should say to his father and mother, when poor and in distress, and made application to him for sustenance, it is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, and honou…
1,431 wordsSECTION 192Matthew 15:7
Matthew 15:7 Ver. 7. Ye hypocrites,.... After our Lord had given so full a proof of their making void the commandments of God by their traditions, he might very justly, as he does, call them hypocrites; who pretended to so much religion and holiness, and yet scrupled not, upon occasion, to set aside a divine command; …
311 wordsSECTION 193Matthew 15:8
Matthew 15:8 Ver. 8. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,.... The preface to these words, or the form in which they are introduced by the prophet; "wherefore the Lord said", is left out in this citation, being unnecessary here, though of the greatest importance there; partly to show, that what was about …
386 wordsSECTION 194Matthew 15:9
Matthew 15:9 Ver. 9. But in vain do they worship me,.... In the Hebrew text it is, "their fear towards me": which is rightly expressed here by "worship"; for the fear of God often intends the whole worship of God, both external and internal: here it only signifies external worship, which these men only attended to. Th…
502 wordsSECTION 195Matthew 15:10
Matthew 15:10 Ver. 10. And he called the multitude,.... Having silenced the Scribes and Pharisees, and judging it not worth his while to say any more to men so obstinate and perverse; who were not open to conviction, nor would attend to any argument or reason, though ever so clear and strong, against their darling not…
245 wordsSECTION 196Matthew 15:11
Matthew 15:11 Ver. 11. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth the man,.... No sorts of meats, or drinks, or whatever is proper food for men, or manner of eating and drinking them, when moderately used, defile a man, or render him loathsome and odious in the sight God. This is directly opposite to the notions of …
578 wordsSECTION 197Matthew 15:12
Matthew 15:12 Ver. 12. Then came his disciples, and said unto him,.... That is, after he had dismissed the people, and was come into a private house; see Mr 7:17 his disciples came to him, being alone, full of concern, for what he had said to the Pharisees, and before all the people; and not so well understanding it t…
255 wordsSECTION 198Matthew 15:13
Matthew 15:13 Ver. 13. But he answered, and said,.... As being unconcerned at their rage, and having nothing to fear from them; and being well satisfied, that what he had said was right, and would produce proper effects, he gave his disciples this for answer: every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, sha…
536 wordsSECTION 199Matthew 15:14
Matthew 15:14 Ver. 14. Let them alone,.... Have nothing to say, or do with them; do not mind their anger and resentment, their reproaches and reflections, nor trouble yourselves at the offence they have taken; if they will go, let them go; they are a worthless generation of men, who are not to be regarded, hearkened t…
374 wordsSECTION 200Matthew 15:15
Matthew 15:15 Ver. 15. Then answered Peter,.... Mark says, "his disciples asked him concerning the parable"; which might be by the mouth of Peter; who, probably, being the eldest man, and very forward to speak, was generally their spokesman: and who, at this time, might be requested, by the rest, to ask the meaning of…
160 wordsSECTION 201Matthew 15:16
Matthew 15:16 Ver. 16. And Jesus said,.... As wondering at, and as being displeased with, and as reproving them for their dulness and ignorance: are ye also yet without understanding? you, my disciples, as well as the Scribes and Pharisees; you, who have been with me so long, who have heard so many discourses from me…
99 wordsSECTION 202Matthew 15:17
Matthew 15:17 Ver. 17. Do not ye understand,.... You must understand, you cannot be so ignorant,that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? that is, that whatsoever food a man takes in at his mouth, he swallows down, and it is received into his stomach; which, havi…
5,845 wordsSECTION 203Matthew 16:1
Matthew 16:1 Ver. 1. The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, &c] Not from Jerusalem, as in Mt 15:1 but from the neighbouring places: these were Galilean Sadducees and Pharisees, of whom mention is made in the Misna {w}; "says ylylg yqwdu, "a Galilean Sadducee", (i.e. one that was of the land of Galilee, as Barten…
378 wordsSECTION 204Matthew 16:2
Matthew 16:2 Ver. 2. He answered and said unto them,.... Knowing full well their views, and having wrought sufficient miracles to confirm his Messiahship, he thought fit to give them no other answer than this: when it is evening, ye say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red; when the sun is setting, it is a co…
129 wordsSECTION 205Matthew 16:3
Matthew 16:3 Ver. 3. And in the morning, it will be foul weather today,.... When you rise in the morning, and take a survey of the heavens, it is a very usual thing with you to say, it is like to be windy or rainy weather today, for the sky is red and lowring; which shows, that the clouds are so thick that the sun ca…
390 wordsSECTION 206Matthew 16:4
Matthew 16:4 Ver. 4. A wicked and adulterous generation,.... He says the same things here, as he did to the Pharisees on a like occasion, in Mt 12:39. And he left them; as persons hardened, perverse, and incurable, and as unworthy to be conversed with: and departed: to the ship which brought him thither, and went in…
73 wordsSECTION 207Matthew 16:5
Matthew 16:5 Ver. 5. When his disciples were come to the other side,.... Of the sea, as Munster's Hebrew Gospel adds, to Bethsaida, Mr 8:22 as they were either in the ship, or going from the shore to the said place, they recollected themselves, that they had forgotten to take bread: having but one loaf, as Mark says,…
151 wordsSECTION 208Matthew 16:6
Matthew 16:6 Ver. 6. Then Jesus said unto them,.... Either taking occasion from the disciples observing that they had forgot to take bread with them, or on account of what passed between him and the Pharisees and Sadducees, he gave the following advice to his disciples; take heed and beware of the leaven of the Phari…
243 wordsSECTION 209Matthew 16:7
Matthew 16:7 Ver. 7 And they reasoned among themselves,.... Either what should be the meaning of this caution of Christ's, and upon what account he should say this to them; or they were anxiously concerned what they should do for provision: saying, because we have taken no bread; for the phrase, "it is", is a supplem…
93 wordsSECTION 210Matthew 16:8
Matthew 16:8 Ver. 8. Which when Jesus perceived,.... Without hearing any of their debates, but by his omniscience; for he knew the doubts and unbelief, and anxious solicitude of their minds, as well as their private reasonings one with another: he said unto them, O ye of little faith; a phrase used upon a like occasi…
128 wordsSECTION 211Matthew 16:9
Matthew 16:9 Ver. 9. Do ye not understand,.... Meaning either the sense of the advice he had now given; or rather his almighty power displayed in the two miracles of feeding five thousand at one time, and four thousand at another, with a very small quantity of provision; for to this the word "understand" refers, as we…
167 wordsSECTION 212Matthew 16:10
Matthew 16:10 Ver. 10. Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand,.... Have you forgot the other miracle done but a very little while ago, when I fed four thousand men, beside women and children, with seven loaves and a few small fishes; and how many baskets ye took up? no less than seven large baskets; and am I n…
84 wordsSECTION 213Matthew 16:11
Matthew 16:11 Ver. 11. How is it that ye do not understand,.... That you should be so senseless and void of thought, after such instances, as to imagine, that I concerned myself about what bread you brought with you; one would think you could not but know, that I spake it not to you concerning bread, taken in a liter…
123 wordsSECTION 214Matthew 16:12
Matthew 16:12 Ver. 12. Then understood they,.... Without any further explication of his sense and meaning, how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread: which sense they first took him in; imagining, because the Pharisees were very particular and precise what sort of leaven they made use of {z}, that Chris…
211 wordsSECTION 215Matthew 16:13
Matthew 16:13 Ver. 13. When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi,.... The towns that were in the neighbourhood of this city; which city went by several names before, as Leshem, Jos 19:47 which being taken by the Danites, they called it Dan; hence we read of Nwyroyqd Nd, "Dan, which is Caesarea" {b}. It was …
557 wordsSECTION 216Matthew 16:14
Matthew 16:14 Ver. 14. And they said, some say that thou art John the Baptist,.... It was the opinion of some of the Jews, that he was John the Baptist risen from the dead. This notion was spread, and prevailed in Herod's court, and he himself, at last, gave into it. Some Elias; the Tishbite, because an extraordinary…
845 wordsSECTION 217Matthew 16:15
Matthew 16:15 Ver. 15. He saith unto them, but whom say ye that I am?] Without taking any further notice, or making any reflections on the different sentiments of men concerning him, he put this question to his disciples, and which is what he had chiefly in view, that he might have their sense of him; and which he put…
353 wordsSECTION 218Matthew 16:16
Matthew 16:16 Ver. 16. And Simon Peter answered and said,.... Either of his own accord, and for himself, being a warm, zealous, and forward man; one that dearly loved Christ, truly believed in him, and was ready to make a confession of him; or, as the mouth of the rest, in their name, and with their consent; or, at le…
444 wordsSECTION 219Matthew 16:17
Matthew 16:17 Ver. 17. And Jesus answered and said unto him,.... Not waiting for any other declaration from them; but taking this to be the sense of them all, he said, blessed art thou Simon Bar Jona, or son of Jona, or Jonas, as in Joh 1:42. His father's name was Jonah, whence he was so called: so we read {i} of R. …
1,030 wordsSECTION 220Matthew 16:18
Matthew 16:18 Ver. 18. And I say also unto thee,.... Either besides what he had already said concerning his happiness; or, as the father had revealed something great and valuable, so likewise would he; or inasmuch as he had freely said and declared who, and what he was, in like manner he also would say what Peter was,…
7,334 wordsSECTION 221Matthew 17:1
Matthew 17:1 Ver. 1 And after six days,.... That is, so long after Christ's conversation with his disciples at Caesarea Philippi, Peter's confession of him, and the reproof he gave him, upon his intimating that he should suffer and die, and Christ's resentment of it; after he had discoursed about his disciples taking …
495 wordsSECTION 222Matthew 17:2
Matthew 17:2 Ver. 2. And was transfigured before them,.... Peter, James, and John, before whom he was metamorphosed, or changed into another form; for not the substance of his body was changed, nor even the shape of it altered, only it received a more glorious form; that whereas before he appeared in the form of a ser…
454 wordsSECTION 223Matthew 17:3
Matthew 17:3 Ver. 3. And behold there appeared unto them,.... The disciples: Moses and Elias; Moses the giver of the law, and Elias one of the chief of the prophets: one of them had been dead near a thousand and five hundred years, and the other had been caught up to heaven, about nine hundred years before this. The …
743 wordsSECTION 224Matthew 17:4
Matthew 17:4 Ver. 4. Then answered Peter and said unto Jesus,.... Which was, as Luke informs us, after he, and James, and John, awoke out of sleep; for it being night when Christ was transfigured, and they weary, were overpressed, and fell asleep on the mount, as they afterwards did in the garden with him: but when th…
509 wordsSECTION 225Matthew 17:5
Matthew 17:5 Ver. 5. While he yet spake,.... That is, while Peter was proposing the above to Christ, before an answer could be given by him, and which was unworthy of one, another scene of things presents, and a full answer is returned him by a voice from the Father; directing him and his fellow disciples, to attend t…
973 wordsSECTION 226Matthew 17:6
Matthew 17:6 Ver. 6. And when the disciples heard it,.... The voice out of the cloud, and which they apprehended came from God, and was uttered with so much majesty: they fell on their face: not so much out of reverence, or for the sake of adoration, but as persons struck with astonishment and fear, and were as half …
209 wordsSECTION 227Matthew 17:7
Matthew 17:7 Ver. 7. And Jesus came and touched them,.... The disciples were at some little distance from Christ, but he observing the fear and surprise they were in, came to their relief and assistance; which he did not disdain to give, notwithstanding the glory he was covered with; but acts the part of a mediator be…
166 wordsSECTION 228Matthew 17:8
Matthew 17:8 Ver. 8. And when they had lift up their eyes,.... And "looked round about", as Mark says, to see whether the same objects still continued, as Moses and Elias; and the bright cloud: they saw no man; neither Moses nor Elias, who were both gone: signifying, that though the law and the prophets were till thi…
207 wordsSECTION 229Matthew 17:9
Matthew 17:9 Ver. 9. And as they came down from the mountain,.... Where all these things had been transacted, Jesus charged them, saying, tell the vision to no man: by the "vision" is meant, as it is explained in Mark, "what things they had seen"; as Moses and Elias, and the bright cloud that overshadowed them, and C…
365 wordsSECTION 230Matthew 17:10
Matthew 17:10 Ver. 10. And his disciples asked him, saying,.... That is, these three, Peter, James, and John, before they came to the rest; whilst they were going down the mountain, or from it, to the place where the others were; for the rest knew nothing of the appearance of Elias, and so cannot be thought to join in…
714 wordsSECTION 231Matthew 17:11
Matthew 17:11 Ver. 11. And Jesus answered and said unto them,.... By way of concession, Elias truly shall first come: this is indeed a tenet of the Scribes, and it is also certain, that there is a prophecy in Mal 4:5 of the coming of Elias; of one that goes under that name, not of Elias the Tishbite, in person, but o…
467 wordsSECTION 232Matthew 17:12
Matthew 17:12 Ver. 12. But I say unto you,.... A way of speaking used by Christ, when he opposes and contradicts any of the tenets of the Scribes and Pharisees; see Mt 5:22 "that Elias is come already"; the person that was signified by, and prophesied of, under the name of Elias: for Christ refers not to the late appe…
340 wordsSECTION 233Matthew 17:13
Matthew 17:13 Ver. 13. Then the disciples understood,.... By his saying that Elias was come, and by the account he gave of his ill usage, it was clear to them, that he spake unto them of John the Baptist; and that he was the Elias that was to come, and was come: so that this observation, that according to prophecy El…
106 wordsSECTION 234Matthew 17:14
Matthew 17:14 Ver. 14. And when they were come to the multitude,.... Which was on the next day, as in Lu 9:37 when Christ and his three disciples, Peter, James, and John, came down from the mount to the other nine, with whom the multitude of the people were; during their stay on the mountain, there came to him a cert…
147 wordsSECTION 235Matthew 17:15
Matthew 17:15 Ver. 15. Lord, have mercy on my son,.... He addressed him with great marks of honour and respect, not only by gesture, but by words; he craves mercy, pity, and compassion; for the case he had to present, was a miserable one; and his earnestness and importunity he hoped might be excused, since it was for …
5,802 wordsSECTION 236Matthew 18:1
Matthew 18:1 Ver. 1. At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus,.... When the receivers of the half shekel had spoke to Peter about his master's paying it, and Christ and he had conversed about it, by whose orders he had taken up a fish out of the sea, and from it a piece of money, which he had paid for them both;…
585 wordsSECTION 237Matthew 18:2
Matthew 18:2 Ver. 2. And Jesus called a little child unto him,.... One, very likely, that was in the house, and might belong to the master of it, and which was big enough to come to him at his call. Some have thought that this was Ignatius the martyr, but without any foundation. His own words, in his epistle to the ch…
283 wordsSECTION 238Matthew 18:3
Matthew 18:3 Ver. 3. And said, verily I say unto you,.... You may take it for a certain truth, and what may be depended upon, that except ye be converted or turned; from that gross notion of a temporal kingdom, and of enjoying great grandeur, and outward felicity in this world; and from all your vain views of honour,…
306 wordsSECTION 239Matthew 18:4
Matthew 18:4 Ver. 4. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself,.... Whoever shall entertain mean thoughts of himself, and prefer others to himself, shall behave in a modest humble manner, not affecting dominion over others, or treating his brethren and Christians in a haughty and supercilious manner, with scorn and con…
252 wordsSECTION 240Matthew 18:5
Matthew 18:5 Ver. 5. And whoso shall receive one such little child,.... Which is to be understood, not literally but metaphorically; meaning not such an one in age, but one, as the Syriac renders it, and aylj Kya, "that is as this child": like unto it for modesty and humility; one, that is as that, free from pride, am…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.