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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But when they saw him walking on the sea,.... [See comments on Matthew 14:26]; they supposed it had been a spirit; a phantom, a spectre, an apparition, a nocturnal demon: and cried out; as men affrighted at the sight, and fearing they should be hurt by it, or that it portended some evil to them; [See comments on Matthew 14:26].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For they all saw him, and were troubled,.... Had it been only seen by one, it might have been thought a fancy, and the effect of mere imagination; but as every one saw it, it was out of all doubt that so it was, and which gave them the greater concern: and immediately he talked with them; as soon as they saw him, "that very moment", as the Syriac...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he went up unto them in the ship,.... That is, after Peter had desired he might be bid to come to him upon the water, and having got leave, made an essay; but the wind being boisterous, and beginning to sink, he cried out for help; when Christ stretched out his hand, and saved him; and then he, together with Peter, went up into the ship to the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For they considered not the miracle of the loaves,.... Which they had seen but the day before; they did not attend to it, nor learn from it, as they might, the wonderful glory of Christ, and the greatness of his power; which was as much an act of omnipotence, as either his walking upon the water, or causing the wind to cease, or more so. For their...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they had passed over,.... The lake of Gennesaret, or sea of "Galilee", they came into the land of Gennesaret; [See comments on Matthew 14:34]; to Capernaum, as appears from John 6:17 for Capernaum was in the land of Gennesaret; to which agrees what Josephus says, that the land of Gennesaret was watered with a very excellent spring, which...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they were come out of the ship,.... Christ and his disciples, and were ashore, straightway they knew him; that is, the men of that place, as in Mt. 14:35, [See comments on Matthew 14:35]; and so the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read here, "the inhabitants of that country", the country of Gennesaret; they knew him, having seen and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And ran through that whole region round about,.... That is, the inhabitants of that part of the country where Christ landed, ran many of them themselves, and others sent messengers into all parts of it, on every side: and began to carry about in beds those that were sick; or lame, or so disordered that they could not walk, or bear any other way of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country,.... Whether in smaller towns, or larger cities, or the fields, where were houses, here and there one: they laid the sick in the streets; or "markets", in any public places: and besought him that they but might touch the border of his garment; if they might not be admitted to touch...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then came together unto him the Pharisees,.... Having heard of his miracles, and that he was come into the land of Gennesaret; they consulted with one another, and came together to Jesus, to watch and observe what was said and done by him, and take what advantage they could against him. These were not of that country, but were of Jerusalem, as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they saw some of his disciples,.... An opportunity soon offered of giving them an handle against him: for observing some of his disciples to sit down to meat, they took notice that they eat bread with defiled (that is to say, with unwashen) hands, and they found fault; with them, and charged them with the breach of the traditions of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews,.... The far greater part of them; all, excepting the Sadducees; and especially the Pharisees, were very tenacious of this tradition of washing hands before eating: hence Pharisees are described as such, בטהרה אוכלי חוליהן, "that eat their common food with cleanness" (n), i.e. of hands: these, except they wash...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they come from the market,.... In Beza's most ancient copy, and in one of Stephens's, it is read as we supply, "when they come": wherefore this respects not things bought in the market, a sense favoured by all the Oriental versions, for many of them could not be washed; but the persons of the Scribes and Pharisees, who when they came from...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then the Pharisees and Scribes asked him,.... Not the disciples, but Christ himself; for their chief view was to find fault, and quarrel with him: why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashen hands? or "with common", that is, defiled "hands", as in Mr 7:2. So the words are read in Beza's most ancient...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He answered and said unto them,.... Matthew postpones the following citation and application of the prophecy of Isaiah, to the account of the command of God being broken by the tradition of Corban; which Mark makes the answer of Christ to begin with: well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites; which in Matthew is read, "ye hypocrites, well did...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Howbeit, in vain do they worship me,.... This is the continuation of the citation out of Isaiah, as is also what follows: teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. As all these traditions mentioned were such; as washing their hands before they ate bread, and their whole bodies, when they came from the market, or from any court of judicature,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For laying aside the commandment of God,.... Meaning not any particular commandment, but all the commandments of God, the whole written law; to which they preferred the oral law, or the traditions of the elders, and the decisions of their doctors. So the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "the commandments of God". Ye hold the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them,.... He continued his discourse, saying, full well, or "fairly", ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition: these words may be considered, as spoken ironically, thus; as pious and excellently good men, you in a very fair and handsome manner, reject and make void the commandments and laws of God;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For Moses said,.... That is, God by Moses; for the following precept was spoken by God, and written by him on one of the tables of stone, and delivered into the hands of Moses, to be given to the children of Israel: honour thy father and thy mother, Exodus 20:12, the sanction of which law is, and whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But ye say,.... Your elders, doctors, and wise men, in opposition to God and Moses: if a man shall say to his father or his mother, it is Corban, that is to say, a gift; in the same manner is this word interpreted by Josephus, who speaking of some that call themselves Corban unto God, says (u) in the Greek tongue, δωρονδετουτοσεμαινει, "this...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father, or his mother. According to the Jewish canons (w), if a man vowed a thing which is contrary to a command, he was obliged to keep his vow, and break the command: thus, if a man vowed that his father or his mother should never receive any benefit from what he had, but that his substance was as...