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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. These miracles were wrought so rapidly, and they concerned such different cases that, as we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. They both saw the double miracle was wrought at the same moment. Comrades in the dark, they are now companions in the light. Singular that for two souls there should thus be one destiny! It was a singular double fact, and deserved to be made widely known;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. Here we have had the dead, those that were bleeding to death, the blind, and the dumb, and the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But they, when they were departed,.... That is, out of the house where they received their cure, and out of the city; for it appears, by what follows, they went into other parts, where it is probable they might originally belong; they spread abroad his fame in all that country. This they did, not in contempt of Christ and his orders; but rather...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame on all that country. They most industriously published what they were bidden to conceal till “all that country” rang with the news. In this they erred greatly, and probably caused the Saviour so much inconvenience by the pressure of the crowd, that he had to remove from the town. We may not...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
As they went out,.... The Syriac version reads it, "when Jesus went out"; to which agrees the Arabic, against all the copies: for not he, but the men who had been blind, and now had their sight restored, went out from the house where Jesus was; which circumstance is mentioned, and by it the following account is introduced, partly to show how busy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. “As they went out.” Do notice what a succession of mercies Christ dispersed; it was a sort of tempest of blessing, peal upon peal, following almost without intermission.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. As a pair of patients leave the surgery, another poor creature comes in. Note the “behold.” The case is striking. He comes not freely, or of his own accord: “they brought” him: thus should we bring men to Jesus. He does not cry for help, for he is “a dumb man.” Let us...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake,.... The cause of his dumbness being removed, the effect ceased, and the man spake as he did before, and as other men do; and this was done, according to the Persic version, "as soon as Christ saw him"; the devil not being able to bear his presence, much less withstand his power: but as soon as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. How does Christ answer this wicked taunt?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: — There is nothing like going at once to the root of the matter. Christ did not heal the dumb man, and leave the devil in him, but he first cast the devil out, and then “ the dumb spake. “And this is his way of saving men. He renews them by his Spirit, he casts the devil out, and then their despair...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. Our Lord does not deal with the symptoms, but with the source of the disorder, even with the evil spirit. “The devil was cast out”; and it is mentioned as if that were a matter of course when Jesus came on the scene. The devil had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, it was never so seen in Israel. No; but Jesus does wonders. Something off the common, and altogether out of the ordinary way, his work of grace must be.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the Pharisees said,.... Who were the sworn enemies of Christ, and were filled with envy at him, and malice against him: these men could not bear, that so much honour and glory should be given to Christ; and therefore said, he casteth out the devils through the prince of the devils: they could not deny matter of fact, that he had cast out a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, — What the Pharisees said was of such very small consequence that, for the time being, Christ vouchsafed them no answer but this, “Jesus went about all the cities and villages.” In like manner, it will be your best plan...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. Of course, they had some bitter sentence ready. Nothing was too bad for them to say of Jesus. They were hard pressed when they took to this statement which our Lord in another place so easily answered. They hinted that such power over demons must have come to him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. There is always somebody or other who has got an ugly word to put in. It matters not how much God may bless the gospel, there is no stopping the sneers and objections; but the mercy is that it does not matter much. Our Lord was not hurt, and the work went on,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages,.... He did not confine himself, and his acts of kindness and compassion, to his own city, Capernaum, but he took a circuit throughout all Galilee; and not only visited their larger and more principal cities and towns, but their villages also; doing good to the bodies and souls of men in every...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. That is the best answer to give to cavillers, do more good than ever. There is no stopping the barking of dogs; so go you on your way, as the moon shines, let the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, — Yet Christ, while upon the earth in the flesh, never saw such multitudes as are gathered in London today, he never saw such multitudes as make...