PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Matthew
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 413,945 words · 384 reading sections
Matthew 26:11
Matthew 26:11 Ver. 11. For ye have the poor always with you,.... This is said in answer to the objection of the disciples, that the ointment might have been sold, and the money given to the poor. Christ seems to have respect to De 15:11, and which, agreeably to the sense of the Jews, refers to the times of the Messiah…
308 wordsSECTION 362Matthew 26:12
Matthew 26:12 Ver. 12. For in that she hath poured this ointment,.... Which was so very precious, and cost so much, upon my body: for being poured on his head, it ran down all over his body. She did it for my burial; not for the interment of his body, but for the embalming of it, previous to it: the Jews used to emb…
338 wordsSECTION 363Matthew 26:13
Matthew 26:13 Ver. 13. Verily I say unto you,.... The following words are prefaced in this manner, to excite attention, and command belief: wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world. The Syriac version reads it, ytrbo, "my Gospel"; and so the Persic version; and has respect chiefly to the doctrine …
402 wordsSECTION 364Matthew 26:14
Matthew 26:14 Ver. 14. Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot,.... Who was provoked and exasperated, to the last degree, by this action of the woman, and Christ's defence of it, and because the ointment was not sold, and the money put into his hand; and being instigated by Satan, who had now entered into him, f…
13,529 wordsSECTION 365Matthew 27:1
Matthew 27:1 Ver. 1. When the morning was come,.... Or, as soon as it was day, as Luke says, Lu 22:66. The sanhedrim had been up all night, which, after eating the passover, they had spent in apprehending, trying, and examining Jesus, and the witnesses against him; and had come to an unanimous vote, that he was guilty…
771 wordsSECTION 366Matthew 27:2
Matthew 27:2 Ver. 2. And when they had bound him,.... The captain, and officers, bound him when they first took him, and brought him to Annas, and Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, Joh 18:12. Perhaps he might be unloosed whilst he was examining before the high priest, under a show of freedom to speak for himself; or t…
438 wordsSECTION 367Matthew 27:3
Matthew 27:3 Ver. 3. Then Judas, which had betrayed him,.... Before, he is described as he that shall, or should, or doth betray him; but now having perpetrated the horrid sin, as he that had done it. When he saw that he was condemned; that is, that Jesus was condemned, as the Syriac and Persic versions read, either …
654 wordsSECTION 368Matthew 27:4
Matthew 27:4 Ver. 4. Saying, I have sinned,.... Here was a confession, and yet no true repentance; for he confessed, but not to the right persons; not to God, nor Christ, but to the chief priests and elders; nor over the head of the antitypical scape goat, not seeking to Christ for pardon and cleansing, nor did he con…
413 wordsSECTION 369Matthew 27:5
Matthew 27:5 Ver. 5. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple,.... Upon the ground, in that part of the temple where they were sitting; in their council chamber, tyzgh tkvl, "the paved chamber", where the sanhedrim used to meet {m}: for it seems they would not take the money of him; and he was determined no…
621 wordsSECTION 370Matthew 27:6
Matthew 27:6 Ver. 6. And the chief priests took the silver pieces,.... Off of the ground, after Judas was gone, no other daring to meddle with them; for in any other it would have been deemed sacrilege; and they being the proper persons to take care and dispose of money brought into the temple: and if not, their covet…
324 wordsSECTION 371Matthew 27:7
Matthew 27:7 Ver. 7. And they took counsel,.... With one another, considered of the matter, and deliberated about it a while; and at last came to a resolution, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in: a field of no great value, or it could not have been bought so near Jerusalem for so small a su…
228 wordsSECTION 372Matthew 27:8
Matthew 27:8 Ver. 8. Wherefore that field was called,.... Not by the priests and elders, but by the common people, who knew by what money it was purchased, the field of blood; or "Aceldama", which so signifies, as in Ac 1:19, not called the field of the priests, the purchasers; nor the field of the strangers, for who…
122 wordsSECTION 373Matthew 27:9
Matthew 27:9 Ver. 9. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,.... Through the purchasing of the potter's field with the thirty pieces of silver, the price that Christ was valued at, a prophecy in the writings of the Old Testament had its accomplishment: but about this there is some difficulty. T…
1,558 wordsSECTION 374Matthew 27:10
Matthew 27:10 Ver. 10. And gave them for the potter's field,.... In the prophet it is, "and I cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord", Zec 11:13; whereas here it is, "they gave them"; but the word Matthew uses may be rendered, "I gave", as it is by the Syriac; and as the last words require it should, "as the…
13,406 wordsSECTION 375Matthew 28:1
Matthew 28:1 Ver. 1. In the end of the sabbath,.... This clause is by some joined to the last verse of the preceding chapter, but stands better here, as appears from Mr 16:1, and intends not what the Jews call the sabbath eve, for that began the sabbath; but what they call tbv yauwm, "the goings out of the sabbath"; a…
750 wordsSECTION 376Matthew 28:2
Matthew 28:2 Ver. 2. And behold there was a great earthquake,.... Or "there had been one"; which, how far it reached, and whether further than the spot of ground in which the sepulchre was, is not certain: it was an emblem of the shaking of the earth by the preaching of the Gospel, the sound of which was now to go aft…
751 wordsSECTION 377Matthew 28:3
Matthew 28:3 Ver. 3. His countenance was like lightning,.... There was such a lustre and brightness in his face, that it glittered like lightning: such a description is in Da 10:6, and his raiment white as snow: the word "white" is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and in Munster's Hebrew Gospel: the angel appeared clad…
321 wordsSECTION 378Matthew 28:4
Matthew 28:4 Ver. 4. And for fear of him the keepers did shake,.... Though they were soldiers, Roman soldiers and veterans, who had been used to terrible sights in the field of battle; were men of courage, and fearless of danger; and yet were seized with a panic, and every limb of them shook and trembled at the sight …
164 wordsSECTION 379Matthew 28:5
Matthew 28:5 Ver. 5. And the angel answered and said unto the women,.... Who being come up, were also affrighted at the sight of the angel. The Arabic version leaves out the first part, "and the angel answered": which is a Jewish way of speaking, when nothing goes before, to which it is a reply; and renders the other …
555 wordsSECTION 380Matthew 28:6
Matthew 28:6 Ver. 6. He is not here,.... In the grave, where he was laid, and these women saw him laid: he was dead, but is now alive; he was laid in the grave, but God would not leave him there, nor suffer him to see corruption: for he is risen, as he said; not stolen away, as the chief priests hired the soldiers to…
466 wordsSECTION 381Matthew 28:7
Matthew 28:7 Ver. 7. And go quickly and tell his disciples,.... Who were mourning and weeping for the death of Christ; despairing of his resurrection, of which, at least, they had but little hope, nor indeed much thought, though Christ had so often told them of it; and therefore a quick dispatch was necessary to remov…
532 wordsSECTION 382Matthew 28:8
Matthew 28:8 Ver. 8. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre,.... Or "they went out from it", as it may be rendered, and as it is in Mr 16:8, which shows, that they went into the sepulchre upon the invitation of the angel, and saw the place where the Lord lay; and here it was the angel gave them their instruction…
256 wordsSECTION 383Matthew 28:9
Matthew 28:9 Ver. 9. And as they went to tell his disciples,.... This clause is wanting in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions, and in Beza's most ancient copy; but it stands in the Ethiopic version, and in Munster's Hebrew Gospel, behold, Jesus met them: that they might be confirmed in what the an…
343 wordsSECTION 384Matthew 28:10
Matthew 28:10 Ver. 10. Then said Jesus unto them, be not afraid,.... Of me, or what you have seen; or lest there should be any deception in the case. In other respects the saints are subject to fears; as lest they should have no share in the love of God, nor interest in Christ, or the work of God is not begun in their…
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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.