PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Matthew
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 413,945 words · 384 reading sections
Matthew 18:6
Matthew 18:6 Ver. 6. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones,.... Not in age, but are little and mean in their own eyes, and contemptible in the esteem of the world; though otherwise men of great grace, gifts, and usefulness; who may be said to be offended, when they are not received; their persons despised, t…
774 wordsSECTION 242Matthew 18:7
Matthew 18:7 Ver. 7. Woe unto the world because of offences!.... By which are meant, not sins, as sometimes, but rather temptations to sin; and so the Ethiopic version renders this word by "temptation" in every clause, as the Arabic does in the next; and may design all the contempt and reproach cast upon the doctrines…
362 wordsSECTION 243Matthew 18:8
Matthew 18:8 Ver. 8, 9. Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot,.... The same words are repeated here on occasion of offences, as are spoken by Christ, Mt 5:29 on account of unchaste looks, desires and lusts: giving offence to Christ's disciples, or endeavouring, by any means whatever, to cause them to stumble and fall, is …
86 wordsSECTION 244Matthew 18:10
Matthew 18:10 Ver. 10. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones,.... That is, one of those little ones that believed in Christ; for he is not speaking of infants in age, but of those who might be compared to such, for their humility and modesty; who were little in their own eyes, and mean and despicable …
730 wordsSECTION 245Matthew 18:11
Matthew 18:11 Ver. 11. For the Son of man is come to seek that which was lost. This is another, and stronger reason, why these little ones should not be despised; because Christ, who is here meant by the Son of man, came into this world to save these persons; who were lost in Adam, and had destroyed themselves by thei…
232 wordsSECTION 246Matthew 18:12
Matthew 18:12 Ver. 12. How think ye,.... Or, as the Arabic, "what do you think?" what is your opinion of this matter? what is your sense of it? how does it appear to you? It is a Talmudic way of speaking, the same with Nyrwbo Mta hm "what do you think?" what is your judgment? So the Rabbins, after they have discussed …
983 wordsSECTION 247Matthew 18:13
Matthew 18:13 Ver. 13. And if so be that he find it,.... Which is a casual and uncertain thing with the shepherd, but not so with Christ, who certainly finds all those he goes after, and seeks: for, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep; at the finding of it, whose loss greatly affected him, than of…
204 wordsSECTION 248Matthew 18:14
Matthew 18:14 Ver. 14. Even so it is not the will of your father which is in heaven,.... This is the accommodation, or application of the parable of the lost sheep to the present purpose, and is the top of the climax or gradation here made use of. First, Christ observes, in order to deter any from despising and offend…
471 wordsSECTION 249Matthew 18:15
Matthew 18:15 Ver. 15. Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee,.... This is said to show, that as on the one hand, if any of those that believe in Christ, should commit a trespass against his fellow Christian, his sin is not to be connived at, for fear of offending him; for what Christ has before said, is…
8,026 wordsSECTION 250Matthew 19:1
Matthew 19:1 Ver 1. And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings,.... Concerning humility, avoiding offences, the methods to be taken in reproving offenders, and the forgiveness that is to be exercised towards them: he departed from Galilee; where he had chiefly preached and wrought his miracles, n…
141 wordsSECTION 251Matthew 19:2
Matthew 19:2 Ver. 2. And great multitudes followed him,.... The Persic version adds, "of the sick and diseased"; but all that followed him were not such, though some were: these came not only from Galilee, but from the adjacent parts, from the country beyond Jordan, and the coasts of Judea, where he had been formerly;…
108 wordsSECTION 252Matthew 19:3
Matthew 19:3 Ver. 3. The Pharisees also came unto him,.... Either from the places round about, or from Jerusalem: these came unto him, not for the sake of learning, or to be instructed by him; but as spies upon him, to observe what he said and did, and watch every opportunity to expose him to the contempt and hatred o…
447 wordsSECTION 253Matthew 19:4
Matthew 19:4 Ver. 4. And he answered and said unto them,.... Not by replying directly to the question, but by referring them to the original creation of man, and to the first institution of marriage, previous to the law of Moses; have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female? T…
274 wordsSECTION 254Matthew 19:5
Matthew 19:5 Ver. 5. And said,.... Ge 2:24 where they seem to be the words of Adam, though here they are ascribed to God, who made Adam and Eve; and as if they were spoken by him, when he brought them together; and which is easily reconciled by observing, that these words were spoken by Adam, under the direction of a …
499 wordsSECTION 255Matthew 19:6
Matthew 19:6 Ver. 6. Wherefore they are no more twain,.... They were two before marriage, but now no more so; not but that they remain two distinct persons, but one flesh; or, as the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "one body": hence the wife is to beloved by the husband as his own body, as himself…
259 wordsSECTION 256Matthew 19:7
Matthew 19:7 Ver. 7. They say unto him,.... That is the Pharisees, who object the law of Moses to him, hoping hereby to ensnare him, and expose him to the resentment of the people, should he reject that, as they supposed he would; why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and put her away? referrin…
133 wordsSECTION 257Matthew 19:8
Matthew 19:8 Ver. 8. He saith unto them,.... In answer to their objection; Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives: in which may be observed, that, though it was by direction that Moses, in his system of laws, allowed of divorces; yet not God, but he is said to do it, becaus…
482 wordsSECTION 258Matthew 19:9
Matthew 19:9 Ver. 9. And I say unto you,.... To his disciples, when they were with him alone in the house, and asked him more particularly about the subject, concerning which he had been discoursing with the Pharisees, as Mark observes, Mr 10:10 when he said to them much the same things, he had delivered before in Mt …
247 wordsSECTION 259Matthew 19:10
Matthew 19:10 Ver. 10. His disciples say unto him,.... Being surprised at this account of things, it being quite contrary to what they had been taught, and very different from the general practice and usage of their nation: if the case of a man be so with his wife; if they are so closely joined together in marriage; …
284 wordsSECTION 260Matthew 19:11
Matthew 19:11 Ver. 11. But he said unto them,.... With respect to the inference or conclusion, the disciples formed from what he had asserted: all men cannot receive this saying; of their's, that it is not good to marry, but it is more proper and expedient to live a single life! every man, as the Syriac version rende…
165 wordsSECTION 261Matthew 19:12
Matthew 19:12 Ver. 12. For there are some eunuchs,.... Our Lord here distinguishes the various sorts of persons, that can and do live in a single state with content: some by nature, and others by violence offered to them, are rendered incapable of entering into a marriage state; and others, through the gift of God, an…
862 wordsSECTION 262Matthew 19:13
Matthew 19:13 Ver. 13. Then were there brought unto him little children,.... It does not appear that they were new born babes; the words used by either of the evangelists do not always signify such, but are sometimes used of such as are capable of going alone; yea, of receiving instructions, of understanding the Scrip…
543 wordsSECTION 263Matthew 19:14
Matthew 19:14 Ver. 14. But Jesus said, suffer little children.... This he said to show his humility, that he was not above taking notice of any; and to teach his disciples to regard the weakest believers, and such as were but children in knowledge; and to inform them what all ought to be, who expect the kingdom of hea…
6,502 wordsSECTION 264Matthew 20:1
Matthew 20:1 Ver. 1. For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man,.... That is, the Gospel dispensation, or times of the Messiah, may fitly be represented by a man that is an householder, or master of a family, as Christ is; See Gill "Mt 10:25" He is master of the whole family of God, in heaven, and in earth, of all …
1,007 wordsSECTION 265Matthew 20:2
Matthew 20:2 Ver. 2. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day,.... These labourers were of that sort that were called Mwy rykv, "hired for a day"; concerning whom is the following rule {q}: "he that is hired for a day, may demand it all the night; and he that is hired for a night may demand it all …
397 wordsSECTION 266Matthew 20:3
Matthew 20:3 Ver. 3. And he went out about the third hour,.... About nine o'clock in the morning, and saw others standing idle in the market place: the place where labourers used to be hired: and may design the world, because a place full of people, and of great wickedness, for the whole world lies in it; a place of …
216 wordsSECTION 267Matthew 20:4
Matthew 20:4 Ver. 4. And said unto them, go ye also into the vineyard,.... Expressive of a call of divine grace out of the world, into the church; and which arises from mere grace, and good will, without any merit in, or motive from man, as the case here shows: for the householder went out to these men, not they to hi…
333 wordsSECTION 268Matthew 20:5
Matthew 20:5 Ver. 5. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour,.... About twelve o'clock, or at noon, and three o'clock in the afternoon. These three last mentioned seasons of the day, were the hours of prayer; see Ac 2:15 and did likewise: seeing others in the same place, and posture, he called them, and sent …
76 wordsSECTION 269Matthew 20:6
Matthew 20:6 Ver. 6. And about the eleventh hour he went out,.... About five o'clock in the afternoon. The Persic version reads it, "the twelfth hour", which was six o'clock in the afternoon, the last hour of the day. The Jews divided their day into twelve hours, Joh 11:9 and these twelve hours into four parts; Ne 9:3…
336 wordsSECTION 270Matthew 20:7
Matthew 20:7 Ver. 7. They say unto him, because no man hath hired us,.... This may be fitly applied to the Gentiles, who hundreds of years were neglected by God; he overlooked the times of their ignorance, took no notice of them in their state of stupidity, blindness, and irreligion; but suffered them to walk in their…
245 wordsSECTION 271Matthew 20:8
Matthew 20:8 Ver. 8. So when even was come,.... At six o'clock, or when the sun was set, which was the time of paying labourers their wages: thus in the parable of the Jews, before referred to, which bears some resemblance to this, it is said, "bre tel, {s} that "at evening time" the labourers came to take their wage…
935 wordsSECTION 272Matthew 20:9
Matthew 20:9 Ver. 9. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour,.... Who were the last that were hired; and signify either such, as are called in their last days, in old age; or Gentile sinners; or the last of God's elect, that will be called by grace, in the end of the world: they received every man …
571 wordsSECTION 273Matthew 20:10
Matthew 20:10 Ver. 10. But when the first came,.... Who were early hired into the vineyard; and design either the first saints that were in the world; or the Jews that first believed in Christ, either really or nominally; or such, who were called by grace in their early days: they supposed, or "hoped", as the Syriac …
155 wordsSECTION 274Matthew 20:11
Matthew 20:11 Ver. 11. And when they had received it,.... The external privileges of the Gospel dispensation, an inheritance among them that are sanctified, and a right unto it, on the foot of free grace, they murmured against the good man of the house; who had been so kind and liberal, to those who came last into th…
166 wordsSECTION 275Matthew 20:12
Matthew 20:12 Ver. 12. Saying, these last have wrought but one hour,.... Thinking it hard, that they should have the same reward for the service of one hour, others had for the service of many. This is grudged by the Jews {x}; ""Bath Kol", a voice from heaven, went out and said, "Ketiah bar Shallum", is prepared for …
829 wordsSECTION 276Matthew 20:13
Matthew 20:13 Ver. 13. But he answered one of them,.... Who was the forwardest and loudest in his complaints, and represented the rest; and said, friend, I do thee no wrong; by giving all alike, the same privileges and blessings to the last, as to the first, since nothing was withheld from him. And indeed the Lord do…
576 wordsSECTION 277Matthew 20:14
Matthew 20:14 Ver. 14. Take that thine is,.... By agreement, and go thy way; out of my sight, give me no more trouble on this head; which looks like a dismissal from his service, and after privileges; and was true of many among the Jews, who were only nominal professors, and from whom the Gospel and ordinances of it w…
100 wordsSECTION 278Matthew 20:15
Matthew 20:15 Ver. 15. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?.... External gifts and outward privileges, such as enjoying the word and ordinances, are God's own; and he may, as he does, bestow them on whom he will, and when and where he pleases; as he gave them to the Jews, and continued them many hu…
577 wordsSECTION 279Matthew 20:16
Matthew 20:16 Ver. 16. So the last shall be first, and the first last,.... As he had asserted in Mt 19:30 and which is clearly illustrated by this parable, as it may be applied to Jews or Gentiles, or to nominal and real Christians: for many be called; externally, under the ministration of the Gospel, as the Jews in …
226 wordsSECTION 280Matthew 20:17
Matthew 20:17 Ver. 17. And Jesus going up to Jerusalem,.... Which was situated {f} in the highest part of the land of Israel: the land of Israel, is said to be higher than any other land whatever; and the temple at Jerusalem, higher than any part of the land of Israel; wherefore Christ's going to Jerusalem, is express…
6,307 wordsSECTION 281Matthew 21:1
Matthew 21:1 Ver. 1. And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem,.... The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "when he drew nigh, or was near"; but not alone, his disciples were with him, and a multitude of people also; as is evident from the following account. They might well be said to be near to Jerusalem, since…
566 wordsSECTION 282Matthew 21:2
Matthew 21:2 Ver. 2. Saying unto them, go into the village over against you,.... Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads, "before you"; not Jerusalem, as some have thought, for that would never be called a village; though the Ethiopic version reads it, "the city"; but rather Bethany, which was near to Bethphage, and is mentione…
404 wordsSECTION 283Matthew 21:3
Matthew 21:3 Ver. 3. And if any man say ought unto you,.... As, what business have you with the ass and colt? why do you loose them? as certain persons, the owners of them did, as Mark and Luke relate; ye shall say, the Lord hath need of them: he that is our Lord, and your Lord, and the Lord of these creatures, and o…
297 wordsSECTION 284Matthew 21:4
Matthew 21:4 Ver. 4. All this was done,.... The disciples were sent to the neighbouring village for the ass and colt, and they brought them, and Christ rode upon them; not because of the distance of the place from Jerusalem, for he was just at it; or because he was weary, or it would be very fatiguing to him to walk t…
151 wordsSECTION 285Matthew 21:5
Matthew 21:5 Ver. 5. Tell ye the daughter of Zion,.... These words seem to be taken out of Isa 62:11 where it is said, "say ye to the daughter of Zion, behold thy salvation cometh", or "thy Saviour cometh"; meaning, without doubt, the Messiah: by the daughter of Zion is meant, not the city of Jerusalem, but the inhabi…
584 wordsSECTION 286Matthew 21:6
Matthew 21:6 Ver. 6. And the disciples went,.... The two disciples, as the Arabic version reads, to the village over against them; and, as Mark says, "found the colt tied to the door without, in a place where two ways met": the house was just at the entrance of the village, at the door of which, on the outside in the …
241 wordsSECTION 287Matthew 21:7
Matthew 21:7 Ver. 7. And brought the ass and the colt,.... To Jesus, as Mark and Luke add, and who only make mention of the colt: both were undoubtedly brought; the colt being unloosed and taken away, the ass, its dam, followed after: and put on them their clothes; their loose upper garments, to be instead of saddles…
238 wordsSECTION 288Matthew 21:8
Matthew 21:8 Ver. 8. And a very great multitude,.... Which consisted partly of the great multitude which followed Christ from Jericho, and partly of the much people that were come up to the feast of the passover from divers parts, and met him from Jerusalem; see Joh 12:12. These, many of them, for it cannot be thought…
866 wordsSECTION 289Matthew 21:9
Matthew 21:9 Ver. 9. And the multitudes that went before,.... That is, that went before Christ; accordingly the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel, read, "that went before him": these seem to be the much people that met him from Jerusalem, and that followed him; which were perh…
15,244 wordsSECTION 290Matthew 22:1
Matthew 22:1 Ver. 1. And Jesus answered and spake unto them again,.... Not to the multitude only, but to the chief priests, elders, Scribes, and Pharisees: for though Mark seems to intimate, that upon the delivery of the last parable of the vineyard, they left him, and went their way; yet since he does not relate the …
135 wordsSECTION 291Matthew 22:2
Matthew 22:2 Ver. 2. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king,.... The Gospel dispensation which had now taken place, the methods of divine grace in it, and the behaviour of men under it, may be fitly illustrated by the following simile, or parable; the design of which is to express the great love of God the …
911 wordsSECTION 292Matthew 22:3
Matthew 22:3 Ver. 3. And sent forth his servants,.... The ministers of the Gospel, who are the servants of the most high God, of his choosing and ordaining, of his calling and sending, and of his qualifying and employing, and who voluntarily and cheerfully serve him; and may intend John the Baptist, and the twelve apo…
808 wordsSECTION 293Matthew 22:4
Matthew 22:4 Ver. 4. Again he sent forth other servants,.... The seventy disciples, and other ministers of the Gospel, as Barnabas and Saul, and others that were joined to, and were helpers of the apostles, who were sent, and preached to the Jews, any time before the destruction of Jerusalem: saying, tell them which …
1,195 wordsSECTION 294Matthew 22:5
Matthew 22:5 Ver. 5. But they made light of it,.... The invitation. They neglected the ministry of the Gospel; they did not care for it, nor showed any regard to it: and this is the ease, when either it is not attended on, though there is an opportunity, yet having no heart to embrace it, and no value for it, neglect …
771 wordsSECTION 295Matthew 22:6
Matthew 22:6 Ver. 6. And the remnant took his servants,.... They that went to their several worldly callings and occupations of life, troubled themselves no further about the Messiah, his doctrines and ordinances; but others of them were more spiteful and injurious: they not only slighted the message, and took no noti…
211 wordsSECTION 296Matthew 22:7
Matthew 22:7 Ver. 7. But when the king heard thereof,.... Of this maltreatment, and barbarous usage of his servants, their cries coming up into his ears, and their blood calling for vengeance at his hands; and he full well knowing what they did unto them, and upon what account, being the omniscient God; and observing …
708 wordsSECTION 297Matthew 22:8
Matthew 22:8 Ver. 8. Then saith he to his servants,.... That were preserved from their rage and malice, and outlived their implacable enemies, and saw their utter ruin and destruction: the wedding is ready; meaning not the marriage contract, which was secretly performed in eternity; or the calling of God's elect amon…
340 wordsSECTION 298Matthew 22:9
Matthew 22:9 Ver. 9. Go ye therefore into the highways,.... Either of the city, which were open and public, and where much people were passing to and fro; or of the fields, the high roads, where many passengers were travelling; and may design the Gentile world, and Gentile sinners, who, in respect of the Jews, were fa…
169 wordsSECTION 299Matthew 22:10
Matthew 22:10 Ver. 10. So these servants went out into the highways,.... Turned from the Jews, and went among the Gentiles, preaching the Gospel to them; particularly the Apostle Paul, with Barnabas, and others: and gathered together all, as many as they found, both good and bad: the Persic version reads it, "known o…
331 wordsSECTION 300Matthew 22:11
Matthew 22:11 Ver. 11. And when the king came in to see the guests,.... Professors of religion, members of churches, whom God takes particular notice of; he is an omniscient being, and his eyes are upon all men and their actions, and especially on such as are called by his name: he takes notice how they behave in the …
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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.