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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. Even the vinedresser’s pleading has a limit: “Give it one more year.” He admits that the time must come for the axe to cut down the tree that is fruitless. The...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And if it bear fruit, well,.... If hereby barren professors, as the Jews, become fruitful, it is well, a good thing is done; it is well for themselves, they shall eat the fruit of their doings; it is well for the churches where they are, for good works are profitable to men; and it is well for the owner of the vineyard, and the dresser of it too,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues,.... That is Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; which was his work, he being a teacher sent from God, and who took all opportunities of instructing men in the truths of the Gospel; this was done either in Galilee, or in Judea, in one of the synagogues of some city there, for in their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. If she was there when Christ was speaking about the fruitless fig tree I feel pretty certain that she said “That must mean me; I am the fruitless...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. When there happened a very remarkable miracle. The parable that preceded it was a parable of judgment; the miracle that followed was a miracle of mercy and grace.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath, And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, With that quick eye of his which was always in sympathy with his audience.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And behold there was a woman,.... In the synagogue, who, as infirm as she is hereafter described, got out to the place of worship; and which may be a rebuke to such, who, upon every trifling indisposition, keep at home, and excuse themselves from an attendance in the house of God: which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; or a weakness that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, You can see her slowly moving along, bent double. Hers was a painful walk, but she came at Christ’s call.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. Observe the word “Behold” here. Sometimes, in old books, they used to put a hand in the margin to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when Jesus saw her,.... In the synagogue among the people, either whilst, or after he had done teaching: he called her to him, to come nearer him, and said unto her; of his own accord, without being asked by the woman, or any other for her, out of great compassion to her, seeing her in this miserable condition, and knowing full well the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. Oh, what glad news this must have been to her! How it must have thrilled her whole body! As she learned that she was to be restored to an upright position, what delight must have filled her heart!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. See what Christ can do. After I had preached this morning, I had to speak with just such a woman as this, one who has been, for many years, the victim of deep despondency. How I wished that I could...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He called her to him, and said unto her, Woman thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, In what a cold-blooded, heartless manner...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he laid his hands on her,.... As he spoke the above words, which he sometimes did when he healed diseases. And immediately she was made straight; she lift up herself, stood upright, and her body, and all the parts of it were as straight as ever they had been, or as any were in the synagogue. And glorified God; that is, "the woman" glorified...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. What expressions of fervent gratitude, what notes of glad exultation came from that woman’s joyful lips! Surely, even cherubim and seraphim could not more heartily and earnestly praise God than she did when “she was made straight and glorified God.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he laid his hands on her: and immediately he was made straight, and glorified God. I should think she did. We have no record of what she said; she may have merely cried out, “Hallelujah”; but the very look of her, her streaming eyes filled with gratitude, her face beaming with delight, all tended to glorify God. Even if she had said nothing,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the ruler of the synagogue,.... For there never was but one in a synagogue, whatever some writers have observed to the contrary; [See comments on Matthew 9:18] the Ethiopic version reads, "the chief priests", but wrongly; these dwelt at Jerusalem, and in Galilee: answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day; his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, Wretched creature, to be indignant at Christ’s doing good! There is no reckoning with self-righteous people. They are mad themselves, and they think others so.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men, ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, — It served him right. This is just the word that would naturally come to the lips of the Saviour....