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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. This was another notable miracle, and equally set forth the power of divine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. They did not think deeply enough, and go really to the bottom of the matter, but they concluded that it was a wonderful thing that any man — that any men, as they put it, — should have such power given unto them.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And as Jesus passed forth from thence,.... That is, from Capernaum to the sea side; where, as Mark says, the multitude resorted, and he taught them; he saw a man named Matthew; the writer of this Gospel. The other evangelists call him Levi, who was the son of Alphaeus: he went by two names; Mark and Luke call him by the name, which perhaps was the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, The King is now going to show his power over the human will. Mat_9:9. He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. Everything bows before him. Is he not King of kings, and Lord of lords? Have we ever comprehended the true...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: Notice how Matthew describes himself: “As Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom.” Mat_9:9. And he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. See how everything is obedient to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house,.... That is, as the Arabic version reads it, in the house of Matthew, not in the toll house, but in his own house; for he immediately quitted the toll booth, and his office there, and followed Christ, and had him to his own house, where he made a great feast for him, as Luke says, to testify...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. Lord of the sea, Conqueror of demons, Healer of the sick, Forgiver of sin, and now he has for his company publicans and sinners! When the Pharisees saw it, they did not see condescension in it, but they saw...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciple. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? He was more at home with publicans and sinners than with scribes and Pharisees, and they were more...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. Note the modesty of these early recorders; Matthew does not say that it was his own house where this gathering took place, nor that he was the giver of the feast. Mark and Luke supply this information.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when the Pharisees saw it,.... The feast Matthew made, the guests that were invited, and particularly that Christ sat down to meat with such vile and wicked company; they and the Scribes, as Mark and Luke add, who generally were together, of the same complexion, equally enemies to Christ, and watchful observers of his conduct, and pretending...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? Ah! why, indeed? You and I know; that is a secret that has made us love him better than almost anything beside.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: God prefers the doing of good to all outward...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But when Jesus heard that,.... The charge the Pharisees brought against him, and the insinuations they had made of him to his disciples; which he either overheard himself, or his disciples related to him, he said unto them; the Pharisees, with an audible voice, not only to confute and convince them, but chiefly to establish his disciples, they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. He has come here on purpose that he might heal our sicknesses. Oh, you who feel tonight sick with sin, and sick of sin, come and sit down with him! He add, “Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out,” and be will not cast you out,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. If he had come to call the righteous, where would he have found them? His call was not likely...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But go ye and learn what that meaneth,.... צא ולמד, "go and learn", is a phrase used by the Jews (a), when they are about to explain a passage of Scripture, and fetch an argument from the connection of the text. So the phrase τιεστιν, "what that is", or "what that meaneth", is Talmudic, as, מהי, "what is it?" מאי דכתיב, "what is that which is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Let us never forget that Jesus is the sinner’s Saviour. He does not come to save saints; he comes to save sinners, and the saints who are saved are kept from becoming sinners by his almighty love. May God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shalt be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then came to him the disciples of John,.... Of John the Baptist, to whom they had addicted themselves, and by whom they abode: though their master was in prison, and the Messiah was known to be come, yet still they were attached to John, and particularly imitated him in the austerities of his life. These, either hearing of the great entertainment...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? We must not suppose that, because a thing is proper for ourselves, it must therefore be binding upon everybody else. It might be fit and right that the disciples of John should fast often, their circumstances might require it; but it...