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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And to love him with all the heart,.... That is, the one God, with a sincere hearty love and affection; and with all the understanding; of his being, perfections, and works, which will serve to draw the affections to him: this clause answers to that, "with all thy mind", in Mr 12:30; and with all the soul; with all the powers and faculties of it;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly,.... Wisely and prudently, as a man of sense and understanding; by taking in the several parts of our Lord's answer very distinctly, and reasoning upon them, and confirming them: he said unto him, thou art not far from the kingdom of God: not meaning from heaven, and eternal happiness; for right and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus answered and said,.... To the Pharisees that were gathered together about him; [See comments on Matthew 22:41]. While he taught in the temple; Whilst he was in the temple, and as he was teaching the people there; among other things in his doctrine, he put this question, how say the Scribes, that Christ is the son of David? Not that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, —
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost,.... In Psalms 110:1, being inspired by the Spirit of God: the Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. This is a proof, that David did call Christ his Lord; and that he called him so in spirit; since these words were delivered by him under the inspiration of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? They could not answer that riddle, but we can. We know that Jesus is both David’s son and David’s Lord; a man like ourselves, of the great human race, yet “very God of very God,”...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
David therefore himself calleth him Lord,.... David, whose son you say the Messiah is, speaks of him as one superior to himself; as Lord, and as his Lord: whence is he then his son? from what passage of Scripture does it appear, that he is his son? and how can these two different characters of him, be made to agree in him? Our Lord meant by this,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the common people heard him gladly. And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them in his doctrine,.... As he was preaching, not to the Scribes and Pharisees but to the multitude, and to his disciples particularly; and to them in the audience of the people, as appears from Matthew 23:1. Beware of the Scribes; for though he had just spoken favourably of one of them, this was but a single man, and a singular...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the chief seats in the synagogues,.... Where the rulers of the synagogue, and the elders of the people sat; [See comments on Matthew 23:6]. And the uppermost rooms at feasts; or the first and chief places where they sat, or rather lay along at public entertainment;
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Which devour widows' houses,.... [See comments on Matthew 23:14].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus sat over against the treasury,.... the Arabic version reads, "at the door of the treasury"; the place where the chests stood, into which money was put for various uses: there were thirteen chests in the temple (d); six of them were, לנדבה, for voluntary oblations, or freewill offerings; for what remained of the sin offering, and of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, — Doubly poor, because she was not only a widow, but in poverty: “a certain poor widow,” —
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And there came a certain poor widow,.... Among the many that came to offer their gifts freely, there came one that was particularly taken notice of by Christ; and she was a "widow", had no husband to provide for her, and was a "poor" one; had no substance left her by her husband to support her with; very likely she was an inhabitant of Jerusalem:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance; — Christ measures what we really give by what we have left, — by the proportion...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he called unto him, his disciples,.... Who were at some little distance from him, he having finished his discourses: and saith unto them, verily I say unto you: a way of speaking he often used, when he was about to deliver something of importance, and not so easy of belief, and which required attention, and what he solemnly affirmed: that this...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For all they did cast in of their abundance,.... Or "superabundance", as the Arabic version renders it; or "superfluity", as the Ethiopic: they abounded in the things of the world, of which they gave only a part; and though they might give much, yet they could easily spare it, and had enough remaining: but she, of her want; or "penury", as in Lu...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. So she gave more than any or all the others did.