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13:14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: ‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
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 · Isaiah a son of Amoz; a prophet active in Judah from about 740 to 701 B.C.,son of Amoz; a major prophet in the time of Hezekiah


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Wicked | Unbelief | Sermon | Seed | Reprobacy | Quotations and Allusions | QUOTATIONS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT | Parable | NUMBER | Matthew, Gospel according to | MYSTERY | MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 | KING, CHRIST AS | Jesus, The Christ | JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 | JESUS CHRIST, 3 | Hearers | Fishing, the art of | Church | Blindness | more
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Robertson: Mat 13:14 - -- Is fulfilled ( anaplēroutai ). Aoristic present passive indicative. Here Jesus points out the fulfilment and not with Matthew’ s usual formula...

Is fulfilled ( anaplēroutai ).

Aoristic present passive indicative. Here Jesus points out the fulfilment and not with Matthew’ s usual formula (hina or hopōs plōrēthēi to rhēthen (See note on Mat 1:22). The verb anaplēroō occurs nowhere else in the Gospels, but occurs in the Pauline Epistles. It means to fill up like a cup, to fill another’ s place (1Co 14:16), to fill up what is lacking (Phi 2:30). Here it means that the prophecy of Isaiah is fully satisfied in the conduct of the Pharisees and Jesus himself points it out. Note two ways of reproducing the Hebrew idiom (infinitive absolute), one by akoēi the other by blepontes . Note also the strong negative ou mē with aorist subjunctive.

Vincent: Mat 13:14 - -- Is fulfilled ( ἀναπληροῦται ) Rather of something in progress: is being fulfilled or in process of fulfilment.

Is fulfilled ( ἀναπληροῦται )

Rather of something in progress: is being fulfilled or in process of fulfilment.

Wesley: Mat 13:14 - -- That is, Ye will surely hear. All possible means will be given you: yet they will profit you nothing; because your heart is sensual, stupid, and insen...

That is, Ye will surely hear. All possible means will be given you: yet they will profit you nothing; because your heart is sensual, stupid, and insensible; your spiritual senses are shut up; yea, you have closed your eyes against the light; as being unwilling to understand the things of God, and afraid, not desirous that he should heal you. Isa 6:9; Joh 12:40; Act 28:26.

JFB: Mat 13:14 - -- Rather, "is fulfilling," or "is receiving its fulfilment."

Rather, "is fulfilling," or "is receiving its fulfilment."

JFB: Mat 13:14 - -- (Isa 6:9-10 --here quoted according to the Septuagint).

(Isa 6:9-10 --here quoted according to the Septuagint).

JFB: Mat 13:14 - -- They were thus judicially sealed up under the darkness and obduracy which they deliberately preferred to the light and healing which Jesus brought nig...

They were thus judicially sealed up under the darkness and obduracy which they deliberately preferred to the light and healing which Jesus brought nigh to them.

Clarke: Mat 13:14 - -- In them is fulfilled - Αναπληρουται, Is Again fulfilled: this proper meaning of the Greek word has been generally overlooked. The evang...

In them is fulfilled - Αναπληρουται, Is Again fulfilled: this proper meaning of the Greek word has been generally overlooked. The evangelist means, that as these words were fulfilled in the Jews, in the time of the Prophet Isaiah, so they are now again fulfilled in these their posterity, who exactly copy their fathers example. These awful words may be again fulfilled in us, if we take not warning by the things which these disobedient people have suffered

Clarke: Mat 13:14 - -- By hearing ye shall hear - Jesus Christ shall be sent to you, his miracles ye shall fully see, and his doctrines ye shall distinctly hear; but God w...

By hearing ye shall hear - Jesus Christ shall be sent to you, his miracles ye shall fully see, and his doctrines ye shall distinctly hear; but God will not force you to receive the salvation which is offered.

Calvin: Mat 13:14 - -- 14.And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah He confirms his statement by a prediction of Isaiah, that it is far from being a new thing, if m...

14.And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah He confirms his statement by a prediction of Isaiah, that it is far from being a new thing, if many persons derive no advantage from the word of God, which was formerly appointed to the ancient people, for the purpose of inducing greater blindness. This passage of the Prophet is quoted, in a variety of ways, in the New Testament. Paul quotes it (Act 28:26) to charge the Jews with obstinate malice, and says that they were blinded by the light of the Gospel, because they were bitter and rebellious against God. There he points out the immediate cause which appeared in the men themselves. But in the Epistle to the Romans (Rom 11:7) he draws the distinction from a deeper and more hidden source; for he tells us, that the remnant was saved according to the election of grace, and that the rest were blinded, according as it is written. The contrast must there be observed; for if it is the election of God, and an undeserved election, which alone saves any remnant of the people, it follows that all others perish by a hidden, though just, judgment of God. Who are the rest, whom Paul contrasts with the elect remnant, but those on whom God has not bestowed a special salvation?

Similar reasoning may be applied to the passage in John, (Joh 12:38;) for he says that many believed not, because no man believes, except he to whom God reveals his arm, and immediately adds, that they could not believe, because it is again written, Blind the heart of this people. Such, too is the object which Christ has in view, when he ascribes it to the secret purpose of God, that the truth of the Gospel is not revealed indiscriminately to all, but is exhibited at a distance under obscure forms, so as to have no other effect than to overspread the minds of the people with grosser darkness. 186 In all cases, I admit, those whom God blinds will be found to deserve this condemnation; but as the immediate cause is not always obvious in the persons of men, let it be held as a fixed principle, that God enlightens to salvation, and that by a peculiar gift, those whom He has freely chosen; and that all the reprobate are deprived of the light of life, whether God withholds his word from them, or keeps their eyes and ears closed, that they do not hear or see.

Hearing you shall hear We now perceive the manner in which Christ applies the prediction of the prophet to the present occasion. He does not quote the prophet’s words, nor was it necessary; for Christ reckoned it enough to show, that it was no new or uncommon occurrence, if many were hardened by the word of God. The words of the prophet were,

Go, blind their minds, and harden their hearts, (Isa 6:10.)

Matthew ascribes this to the hearers, that they may endure the blame of their own blindness and hardness; for the one cannot be separated from the other. All who have been given over to a reprobate mind (Rom 1:28) do voluntarily, and from inward malice, blind and harden themselves. Nor can it be otherwise, wherever the Spirit of God does not reign, by whom the elect alone are governed. Let us, therefore, attend to this connection, that all whom God does not enlighten with the Spirit of adoption are men of unsound mind; and that, while they are more and more blinded by the word of God, the blame rests wholly on themselves, because this blindness is voluntary. Again, the ministers of the word ought to seek consolation from this passage, if the success of their labors does not always correspond to their wish. Many are so far from profiting by their instruction, that they are rendered worse by it. What has befallen them was experienced by a Prophet, 187 to whom they are not superior. It were, indeed, to be wished, that they should bring all under subjection to God; and they ought to labor and strive for that end. But let them not wonder if that judgment, which God anciently displayed through the ministration of the Prophet, is likewise fulfilled at the present day. At the same time, we ought to be extremely careful, that the fruit of the Gospel be not lost through our negligence.

Defender: Mat 13:14 - -- Christ indicates His scathing rebuke of religionists who "have a form of godliness, but deny the power thereof" (2Ti 3:5) is in fulfillment of the pro...

Christ indicates His scathing rebuke of religionists who "have a form of godliness, but deny the power thereof" (2Ti 3:5) is in fulfillment of the prophecy of Isa 6:9, Isa 6:10, which originally was applied to the Jewish leaders of Isaiah's time. Since Christ says it also applied to His own time, it evidently is a general principle, applicable to all ages. Those who truly desire to know God's truth will receive it abundantly (Mat 13:12); those professing Christians who persist in rejecting or distorting God's Word will eventually lose even what they seem to have."

TSK: Mat 13:14 - -- the prophecy : Isa 6:9, Isa 6:10; Eze 12:2; Mar 4:12; Luk 8:10; Joh 12:39, Joh 12:40; Act 28:25-27; Rom 11:8-10; 2Co 3:14

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Barnes: Mat 13:10-17 - -- Christ, in these verses, gives a "reason"why he used this manner of instruction. See also Mar 4:10-12; Luk 8:9-10. Mat 13:11 The mysteries...

Christ, in these verses, gives a "reason"why he used this manner of instruction. See also Mar 4:10-12; Luk 8:9-10.

Mat 13:11

The mysteries of the kingdom - The word "mystery,"in the Bible, properly means a thing that is "concealed,"or that "has been concealed."It does not mean that the thing was "incomprehensible,"or even difficult to be understood.

The thing might be "plain"enough if revealed, but it means simply that it "had"not been before made known. Thus the "mysteries of the kingdom"do not mean any doctrines incomprehensible in themselves considered, but simply doctrines about the preaching of the gospel and the establishment of the new kingdom of the Messiah, which "had not"been understood, and which were as yet concealed from the great body of the Jews. See Rom 16:25; Rom 11:25; Eph 3:3-4, Eph 3:9. Of this nature was the truth that the gospel was to be preached to the Gentiles; that the Jewish polity was to cease; that the Messiah was to die, etc. To the disciples it was given to know these truths. This was important for them, as they were to carry the gospel around the globe. To the others it was not "then"given. They were too gross, too earthly; they had too, grovelling conceptions of the Messiah’ s kingdom to understand these truths, even if communicated to them. They were not to preach the gospel, and hence our Saviour was at particular pains to instruct his apostles in the system which they were to preach. The Pharisees, and Jews generally, were not prepared to receive the system, and would not have believed it, and therefore he purposely employed a kind of teaching which was intended for his apostles only.

Mat 13:12

Whosoever hath ... - This is a proverbial method of speaking.

It means that a man who improves what light, grace, and opportunities he has, shall have them increased. From him that improves them not, it is proper that they should be taken away. The Jews had many opportunities of learning the truth, and some light still lingered among them; but they were gross and sensual, and misimproved them, and it was a just judgment that they should be deprived of them. Superior knowledge was given to the disciples of Christ: they improved it, however slowly, and the promise was that it should be greatly increased.

Mat 13:13

Because they seeing, see not - Mark Mar 4:12 and Luke Luk 8:10 say, "That seeing, they may not see etc.;"but there is no difference.

Matthew simply states the "fact,"that though they saw the "natural"meaning of the story - though they literally understood the parable - yet they did not understand its "spiritual"signification. Mark and Luke do not state the "fact,"but affirm that he spoke with this "intention"- implying that such "was"the result. Nor was there any dishonesty in this, or any unfair disguise. He had truths to state which he wished his "disciples particularly"to understand. They were of great importance to their ministry. Had he clearly and fully stated them to the Jews, they would have taken his life long before they did. He therefore chose to state the doctrines so that if their hearts had been right, and if they had not been malignant and blind, "they might have understood them."His doctrines he stated in the best possible way, and it was not his fault if they did not understand him. By little and little, in this way, he prepared many even of the Jews to receive the truth; by the only possible way of ever gaining access to their minds. It was, moreover, entirely proper and right to impart instruction to his disciples which he did not "intend"for others.

Mat 13:14

And in them is fulfilled ... - This place is quoted substantially from Isa 6:9-10. It was literally fulfilled in the time of Isaiah. In the time of Christ the people had the same character. Like them, they closed their eyes upon the truth, and rejected the divine teaching. The words of Isaiah were therefore "as well fitted"to express the character of the people in the time of Christ as in that of the prophet. In this sense they were "fulfilled,"or "filled up;"that is, "a case occurred that corresponded to their meaning."See the notes at Mat 1:22. It is not by any means intended that Isaiah, when he spoke these words, had any reference to the time of Christ. The meaning in both places is, that the people were so gross, sensual, and prejudiced, that they "would"not see the truth, or understand anything that was contrary to their grovelling opinions and sensual desires; a case by no means uncommon in the world. See the passage more fully explained in my notes at Isa. 6.

Waxed gross - Literally, "has become fat."This language is commonly applied to "the body,"but is also used to denote one who is stupid and foolish in mind. Here it means that the people were so sensual and corrupt that they did not see or understand the pure spiritual principles of the gospel.

Lest they should see ... - Lest they should see their lost condition as sinners, and turn and live. The reason given here why they did not hear and understand the gospel is, that their "heart"was "wrong."They "would"not attend to the things that belonged to their peace.

I should heal them - Should pardon, sanctify, and save them. Sin is often represented as a disease, and the pardon and recovery of the soul from sin as "healing."

Mat 13:16

Blessed are your eyes ... - That is, you are happy that you are permitted to see truth which they will not see.

You are permitted to understand the spiritual meaning of the parables, and in some degree the plan of salvation.

Mat 13:17

Many prophets and righteous men ... - They wished to see the times of the Messiah.

They looked to it as a time when the hopes of the world would be fulfilled, and when the righteous would be happy, Joh 8:56. "Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad."Compare also 1Pe 1:10-12; Heb 11:13. So Isaiah and the prophets looked forward to the coming of the Messiah as the consummation of their wishes and the end of the prophecies, Rev 19:10. The object always dearest to the hearts of all righteous people is to witness the coming and advancement of the kingdom of Christ. Compare Rev 22:20.

Poole: Mat 13:14-15 - -- Ver. 14,15. These words of the prophet are not less than five times found in the New Testament (besides by Matthew in these verses) applied to the Je...

Ver. 14,15. These words of the prophet are not less than five times found in the New Testament (besides by Matthew in these verses) applied to the Jews. They are taken out of Isaiah, Isa 6:9,10 : And he said, Go and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. It is quoted Mar 4:12 Luk 8:10 , where the sense of the words only is quoted more shortly; Joh 12:40 Act 28:26,27 Ro 9:8 , more largely, yet with some more difference of phrase from that of the prophet. By all of them it appeareth, either that God spake those words to the prophet, as well with reference to those Jews that were to live in the time of Christ, as to those Jews who were living when Isaiah prophesied; or at least, that the words were as true of these Jews as they were of those, so the prophecy of Isaiah was fulfilled in them. But the words are so differently related, that the prophet, and St. John, Joh 12:39,40 , seem to make God the cause of the fatness of this people’ s hearts, the heaviness of their ears, and the blindness of their eyes: Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. So also Paul speaketh, Rom 11:8 , God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear. Matthew saith,

This people’ s heart is waxed gross Matthew seemeth to speak of the more proximate cause; Isaiah, Luke, John, and Paul of the higher but remoter cause. Matthew, of their sinful act preceding; John, Luke, Paul, and Isaiah, of the judicial act of God, consequent to their sinful act. God first sent them Moses and the prophets, by whom they might have seen and known his will: they would not see, nor hear, nor understand, nor convert, nor be healed. God at last did leave them to the reprobacy of their own mind: he willed indeed the prophet to go and preach, But, saith he, this shall be all the fruit of thy ministry, it shall but make the heart of this people fat, and their ears heavy, they shall more and more shut their eyes: their time of conversion and healing is past; it is now too late, I will not convert, I will not heal them. Now (saith our Saviour) what was applicable to the Jews in the time of Isaiah, is in like manner applicable to you, and the prophet Isaiah did foretell what I should meet with. The generality of the people are a people that have so despised the grace of God, that their day of grace is over; God is resolved he will not convert nor heal them. They have had light, they have seen me and my works, they have heard my sermons and John Baptist’ s; in seeing they would not see, in hearing they would not hear nor understand. So they are fallen under a judicial hardness and blindness. They shall not now have the light as they have had: my Spirit shall no longer strive with them; neither shall they have a heart to make a due use of the means they have. This is doubtless the meaning of these words. And so they give a just reason why he spake to them in parables. And thus undoubtedly God doth to this day; when a people have a long time sat under a good and profitable ministry, wherein their souls have been dealt with plainly and faithfully, and they remain still ignorant, debauched, and unbelieving, God in a righteous judgment gives them over to the blindness of mind and hardness of heart under the ministry, that though it continue never so good amongst them, yet they are not affected with the word, but sleep and harden under it. Sometimes he by his providence suffers such a minister to come amongst them as speaketh nothing but parables, things which they understand not; or smooth things, fit to smooth them up in their sinful courses, and harden them in their prejudices against Christ and holiness. A most tremendous judgment of God. When God, antecedently to this contempt, by his providence sends such a ministry as may declare his willingness they should be saved and come to the knowledge of his truth; and consequently to this contempt, and despising of his grace, so dealeth with them by his providence, either suffering their first seeming affections and edge to abate, (as the Jews are said for a while to have rejoiced in the light John brought), or suffering such a ministry to come amongst them, as one would think God sent lest men should convert and be healed. In the mean time Christ in this text excellently sets out God’ s method in his dealing with souls:

1. He bringeth them to hear and see.

2. Then he makes them to understand and believe.

3. Then he converts them, renews and changes their hearts.

4. Then he healeth them, pardoneth their sins, and accepts their persons, not because they are converted, but at the same time when he works faith in them, and giveth them a heart to repent.

Gill: Mat 13:14 - -- 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 shal...

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 accomplished in the times of Isaiah; and were again fulfilled in the times of some after prophets; and had been in part fulfilled under the more plain and easy ministry of Christ; and was to have a further accomplishment under this parabolical way of preaching; as it also was to have, and had, a yet further completion under the ministry of the apostles; see Act 28:26 and the judicial blindness here predicted was to go on among them, until the land of Judea was utterly destroyed by the Romans, and the cities and houses thereof left without any inhabitants; all which accordingly came to pass: for that this prophecy refers to the times of the Messiah, and to the people of the Jews, is clear from this one observation made by Christ himself, that Esaias foretold those things when he saw the glory of the Messiah, and spake of him, Joh 12:40 and because it was to have, and had, its accomplishment over and over again in that people, therefore the word αναπληρουται, which may be rendered "is fulfilled again", is made use of. The sense of the prophecy is, with respect to the times of the Messiah, that the Jews, whilst hearing the sermons preached by him, whether with, or without parables, should hear his voice, and the sound of it, but not understand his words internally, spiritually, and experimentally; and whilst they saw, with the eyes of their bodies, the miracles he wrought, they should see the facts done, which could not be denied and gainsayed by them, but should not take in the clear evidence, full proof, and certain demonstration given thereby, of his Messiahship. In the prophecy of Isaiah, the words run in the imperative, "hear ye, see ye", &c. but are here rendered in the future, "shall hear, shall see", &c. which rendering of the words is supported and established by the version of the Septuagint, by the Chaldee paraphrase, and by many Jewish commentators l; who allow, that the words in Isaiah may be so understood, which is sufficient to vindicate the citation of them, by the evangelist, in this form of them.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mat 13:14 Grk “look by looking.” The participle is redundant, functioning to intensify the force of the main verb.

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TSK Synopsis: Mat 13:1-58 - --1 The parable of the sower and the seed;18 the exposition of it.24 The parable of the tares;31 of the mustard seed;33 of the leaven;36 exposition of t...

MHCC: Mat 13:1-23 - --Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. By this he teaches us in the outward circumstances...

Matthew Henry: Mat 13:1-23 - -- We have here Christ preaching, and may observe, 1. When Christ preached this sermon; it was the same day that he preached the sermon in the forego...

Barclay: Mat 13:10-17 - --This is a passage full of difficult things; and we must take time to try to seek out its meaning. First of all there are two general things at the b...

Barclay: Mat 13:10-17 - --The second general thing is the saying in Mat 13:12that still more will be given to the man who has, and even what he has will be taken away from the...

Barclay: Mat 13:10-17 - --Mat 13:13-17of this passage are among the most difficult verses in the whole gospel narrative. And the fact that they appear differently in the diffe...

Constable: Mat 11:2--13:54 - --IV. The opposition to the King 11:2--13:53 Chapters 11-13 record Israel's rejection of her Messiah and its conse...

Constable: Mat 13:1-53 - --C. Adaptations because of Israel's rejection of Jesus 13:1-53 "The die is cast. The religious leaders ha...

Constable: Mat 13:10-23 - --The first interlude about understanding the parables 13:10-23 This pericope falls into t...

Constable: Mat 13:10-17 - --The purpose of the parables 13:10-17 (cf. Mark 4:10-12; Luke 8:9-10) 13:10 The disciples wanted to know why Jesus was teaching in parables. This was n...

College: Mat 13:1-58 - --MATTHEW 13 L. THE PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM (13:1-52) In the discourse to follow (i.e., 13:1-53), Jesus assumes the role of a storyteller, and relates...

McGarvey: Mat 13:1-23 - -- LIV. THE FIRST GREAT GROUP OF PARABLES. (Beside the Sea of Galilee.) Subdivision B. PARABLE OF THE SOWER. aMATT. XIII. 3-23; bMARK IV. 3-25; cLUKE VI...

Lapide: Mat 13:1-38 - --1-57 CHAPTER 13 At that time, &c. Syriac, by the sea shore : When Christ, after His manner, had preached in the house, which He had hired for His d...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Matthew (Book Introduction) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW By Way of Introduction The passing years do not make it any plainer who actually wrote our Greek Matthew. Papias r...

JFB: Matthew (Book Introduction) THE author of this Gospel was a publican or tax gatherer, residing at Capernaum, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. As to his identity with t...

JFB: Matthew (Outline) GENEALOGY OF CHRIST. ( = Luke 3:23-38). (Mat. 1:1-17) BIRTH OF CHRIST. (Mat 1:18-25) VISIT OF THE MAGI TO JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM. (Mat 2:1-12) THE F...

TSK: Matthew (Book Introduction) Matthew, being one of the twelve apostles, and early called to the apostleship, and from the time of his call a constant attendant on our Saviour, was...

TSK: Matthew 13 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Mat 13:1, The parable of the sower and the seed; Mat 13:18, the exposition of it; Mat 13:24, The parable of the tares; Mat 13:31, of the ...

Poole: Matthew 13 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 13

MHCC: Matthew (Book Introduction) Matthew, surnamed Levi, before his conversion was a publican, or tax-gatherer under the Romans at Capernaum. He is generally allowed to have written h...

MHCC: Matthew 13 (Chapter Introduction) (v. 1-23) The parable of the sower. (Mat 13:24-30; Mat 13:36-43) The parable of the tares. (Mat 13:31-35) The parables of the mustard-seed and the l...

Matthew Henry: Matthew (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Gospel According to St. Matthew We have now before us, I. The New Testament of our Lord and Savior...

Matthew Henry: Matthew 13 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter, we have, I. The favour which Christ did to his countrymen in preaching the kingdom of heaven to them (Mat 13:1-2). He preached to...

Barclay: Matthew (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW The Synoptic Gospels Matthew, Mark and Luke are usually known as the Synoptic Gospels. Synopt...

Barclay: Matthew 13 (Chapter Introduction) Many Things In Parables (Mat_13:1-58) Matthew 13 is a very important chapter in the pattern of the gospel. (i) It shows a definite turning-point in ...

Constable: Matthew (Book Introduction) Introduction The Synoptic Problem The synoptic problem is intrinsic to all study of th...

Constable: Matthew (Outline) Outline I. The introduction of the King 1:1-4:11 A. The King's genealogy 1:1-17 ...

Constable: Matthew Matthew Bibliography Abbott-Smith, G. A. A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. Edinburgh: T. & T. Cl...

Haydock: Matthew (Book Introduction) THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW INTRODUCTION. THIS and other titles, with the names of those that wrote the Gospels,...

Gill: Matthew (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO MATTHEW The subject of this book, and indeed of all the writings of the New Testament, is the Gospel. The Greek word ευαγγελ...

College: Matthew (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION It may surprise the modern reader to realize that for the first two centuries of the Christian era, Matthew's...

College: Matthew (Outline) OUTLINE I. ESTABLISHING THE IDENTITY AND ROLE OF JESUS THE CHRIST - Matt 1:1-4:16 A. Genealogy of Jesus - 1:1-17 B. The Annunciation to Joseph...

Lapide: Matthew (Book Introduction) PREFACE. —————— IN presenting to the reader the Second Volume [Matt X to XXI] of this Translation of the great work of Cornelius à Lapi...

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