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Text -- Matthew 13:51 (NET)

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13:51 “Have you understood all these things?” They replied, “Yes.”
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JFB: Mat 13:51 - -- That is, to the Twelve. He had spoken the first four in the hearing of the mixed multitude: the last three He reserved till, on the dismissal of the m...

That is, to the Twelve. He had spoken the first four in the hearing of the mixed multitude: the last three He reserved till, on the dismissal of the mixed audience, He and the Twelve were alone (Mat 13:36, &c.).

Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

Clarke: Mat 13:51 - -- Have ye understood all these things? - Divine truths must not be lightly passed over. - Our Lord’ s question here shows them to be matters of t...

Have ye understood all these things? - Divine truths must not be lightly passed over. - Our Lord’ s question here shows them to be matters of the utmost weight and importance; and that they should be considered again and again, till they be thoroughly understood.

Calvin: Mat 13:51 - -- 51.Have you understood all these things? We must keep in recollection what we have formerly seen, that all the parables of Christ were explained in p...

51.Have you understood all these things? We must keep in recollection what we have formerly seen, that all the parables of Christ were explained in private. And now the Lord, after having taught them in this kind and familiar manner, warns them at the same time, that his object, in taking so much pains to instruct them, was not merely that they might be well informed, 234 but that they might communicate to others what they had received. In this way he whets and excites their minds more and more to desire instruction. He says that teachers are like householders, who are not only careful about their own food, but have a store laid up for the nourishment of others; and who do not live at ease as to the passing day, but make provision for a future and distant period. The meaning, therefore, is, that the teachers of the Church ought to be prepared by long study for giving to the people, as out of a storehouse, 235 a variety of instruction concerning the word of God, as the necessity of the case may require. Many of the ancient expositors understand by things new and old the Law and the Gospel; but this appears to me to be forced. I understand them simply to mean a varied and manifold distribution, wisely and properly adapted to the capacity of every individual.

TSK: Mat 13:51 - -- Have : Mat 13:11, Mat 13:19, Mat 15:17, Mat 16:11, Mat 24:15; Mar 4:34, Mar 7:18, Mar 8:17, Mar 8:18; Luk 9:44, Luk 9:45; Act 8:30,Act 8:31; 1Jo 5:20

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Mat 13:51-53 - -- Jesus kindly asked them whether they had understood these things. If not, he was still willing to teach them. He enjoined on them their duty to make...

Jesus kindly asked them whether they had understood these things. If not, he was still willing to teach them. He enjoined on them their duty to make a proper use of this knowledge by speaking another parable.

Every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven - That is, every man that is acquainted with the gospel or with the truth. As the disciples had said that they had understood the truth, he says that it should not be unemployed. They should bring it forth in due time, like a householder bringing out of his treasury, or place of deposit, what had been laid up there at any time, as it was needed.

Bringeth forth - As occasion demands; as sickness, or calamity, or the wants of his family, or the poor require.

Treasure - The word "treasure"here means a place of deposit, not for money merely, but for anything necessary for the comfort of a family. It is the same as "treasury"or a place of "deposit."

New and old - Things lately acquired, or things that had been laid up for a long time. So, said Christ, you, my disciples, are to be. The truth, new or old, which you have gained, keep it not laid up and hid, but bring it forth, in due season and on proper occasions, to benefit others. Every preacher should be properly instructed. Christ for three years gave instructions to the apostles; and they who preach should be able to understand the gospel, to defend it, and to communicate it to others. Human learning alone is indeed of no value to a minister; but all learning that will enable a man better to understand the Bible and communicate its truths is valuable, and should, if possible, be gained. A minister should be like the father of a family - distributing to the church as it needs; and out of his treasures bringing forth truth to confirm the feeble, to enlighten the ignorant, and to recover and guide those who are in danger of straying away.

Poole: Mat 13:51 - -- A conscientious teacher will have a respect to the profit of his hearers. Christ here setteth us an example, asking his disciples if they had under...

A conscientious teacher will have a respect to the profit of his hearers. Christ here setteth us an example, asking his disciples if they had

understood all these things as well those parables of which he had given them no particular explication, as those he had explained.

They say unto him, Yea, Lord we have understood them.

Gill: Mat 13:51 - -- Jesus saith unto them,.... This is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions, and in Munster's Hebrew Gospel, and in some Greek exemplars; ...

Jesus saith unto them,.... This is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions, and in Munster's Hebrew Gospel, and in some Greek exemplars; though it is necessary to the connection and sense of the words:

have ye understood all these things? All the parables Christ had delivered, besides those he had given a particular explanation of; as of the mustard seed, and leaven, of the treasure hid in the field, the pearl of great price, and the net cast into the sea: Christ's putting this question to the disciples, shows that the things delivered, had some difficulty in them; that they were of moment and importance to be understood; and how concerned he was, that they should understand them; and how ready he was to communicate the knowledge of them, which he knew would be useful to them in their after ministrations:

they say unto him, yea, Lord. This answer, which was truly and faithfully made, is a proof of their close and strict attention to the words of Christ; the quickness of their understandings, at that time, being in a very special manner opened and illuminated by Christ; and which he knew, when he put the question to them; but was willing to have it owned and expressed by themselves, that he might have the opportunity of saying what follows.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

Geneva Bible: Mat 13:51 ( 9 ) Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. ( 9 ) They ought to be diligent, who have to be wise ...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

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 13:44-52 - --Here are four parables. 1. That of the treasure hid in the field. Many slight the gospel, because they look only upon the surface of the field. But al...

Matthew Henry: Mat 13:44-52 - -- We have four short parables in these verses. I. That of the treasure hid in the field. Hitherto he had compared the kingdom of heaven to small t...

Barclay: Mat 13:51-52 - --When Jesus had finished speaking about the Kingdom, he asked his disciples if they had understood. And they had understood, at least in part. Then...

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 13:44-52 - --4. Parables addressed to the disciples 13:44-52 The first and second parables in this group are ...

Constable: Mat 13:49-51 - --The second interlude about understanding the parables 13:49-51 Again in this interlude t...

Constable: Mat 13:51 - --The importance of understanding the parables 13:51 Jesus' question here marks th...

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 13:44-53 - -- LIV. THE FIRST GREAT GROUP OF PARABLES. (Beside the Sea of Galilee.) Subdivision G. PARABLES OF TREASURE, PEARL, AND NET. aMATT. XIII. 44-53.  ...

Lapide: Mat 13:38-57 - --he field is the world, &c. The field is the world, not the Church; for by the tares of this field many understand heretics, who are not in the Chur...

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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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