1151 matching verse commentaries
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world,.... The world to come, eternal life and happiness; not by their own works and merits, but through the blood, sacrifice, and righteousness of the Messiah; and the resurrection from the dead; that is, the first resurrection, the resurrection unto life, which only the dead in Christ will...
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Neither can they die any more,.... Therefore there will be no need of marrying to procreate children, to keep up a succession of men, any more than there is among the angels: for they are equal unto the angels; in spirituality, purity and immortality; [See comments on Matthew 22:30] and are the children of God: as they are now by adopting grace;...
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Now that the dead are raised,.... Or that there will be a resurrection of the dead, this is a proof of it: even Moses showed at the bush: when the Lord appeared to him out of it, and he saw it burning with fire, and not consumed; when the Lord called to him out of it by the following name, as he has recorded it in Exodus 3:6. Hence it is said,...
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For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living,.... [See comments on Matthew 22:32] for all live unto him. The Persic version, reads, "all these live unto him"; namely, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for though they are dead to men, they are not to God; their souls live with him, and their bodies will be raised by him: he reckons of them, as if...
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Then certain of the Scribes, answering said,.... Who believed the doctrine of the resurrection, which the Sadducees denied, and so were pleased with our Lord's reasoning on this subject: master, thou hast well said; thou hast spoken in a beautiful manner, reasoned finely upon this head, and set this matter in a fair and clear light; [See comments...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And after that, they durst not ask him any question at all. Neither the Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes, nor Herodians.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "to the Pharisees"; and so it appears, that it was to them he spoke, from Matthew 22:41 how say they? The Syriac version reads, "how say the Scribes?" as in Mr 12:35 and the Persic version, how say the wise men, the doctors in Israel, that Christ is David's son? that which nothing was more...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And David himself saith in the book Psalms,.... In Psalms 110:1 the Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand; which words were delivered by David, as inspired by the Spirit of God; and contain a speech of God the Father to his son Jesus Christ, upon his ascension to heaven, after his sufferings, death, and resurrection from the dead; when...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Which words are a continuation of the citation out of the above Psalm Psalms 110:1; and for the application of these words, with the preceding, to the Messiah, [See comments on Matthew 22:44].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
David therefore called him Lord,.... Or, "my Lord", as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read; or, "his Lord", as the Arabic version. This is the inference from the words before cited Psalms 110:1, upon which the following question is asked, how is he then his son? how can these things be reconciled? in what sense can he be both his Lord and son?...
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Then in the audience of all the people,.... Whilst they were about him, and hearing him, and for their sakes too; he said unto his disciples; yea, he spake to the multitude, as well as to the disciples, as appears from Matthew 23:1.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Beware of the Scribes,.... And also of the Pharisees; for they are joined together in Matthew: which desire to walk in long robes: the rule for the length of a scholar's garment was this (a); "his flesh must not appear under his garments, as the light linen garments, and the like, they make in Egypt; nor must his garments be drawn upon the ground,...
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Which devour widows' houses,.... As the characters of them, in the preceding verse, expose their pride, this shows their avarice; they were very voracious and cruel; they did not spare widows, but devoured their substance: and for a show make long prayers; to cover their wickedness, pretending great devotion and religion; the same shall receive...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he looked up,.... As Christ sat over against the treasury, looking upon the ground, he lift up his eyes; for the treasury was not in an high place, or above Christ, who was right against it. The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions leave out this clause. And saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury; [See comments on Mr 12:41].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he saw also a certain poor widow,.... Whom he took particular notice of above all the rest: the poor, and the widow, are regarded by him, and are his care; nor are their mean services, done in faith, and from a principle of love, despised by him, but preferred to the greater services of others, where faith and love are wanting: casting in...
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And he said,.... To his disciples, as the Ethiopic version adds; these he called to him, upon this occasion, as appears from Mr 12:43 of a truth I say unto you, that this poor woman hath cast in more than they all: than all the rich men; not in quantity, but in proportion to her ability; [See comments on Mr 12:43].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For all these have of their abundance,.... Which they had remaining; the same Hebrew word יתר signifying to remain, and to abound: they had large possessions, and gave in much, and yet had a great deal left; out of which they cast in unto the offerings of God; or "gifts of God": not as gifts unto him; or among the gifts of God; but into the...
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And as some spake of the temple,.... These were the disciples; Mark says, one of them; but it seems there were more than one; one might begin the discourse, and others join him: how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts; [See comments on Matthew 24:1]. he said; what follows. This was as he went out of the temple.
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As for these things which ye behold,.... Some, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions, read these words by way of interrogation; "are these the things which ye behold?" do ye look upon these with wonder and delight? the days will come; and they are hastening on; a little while, a few years more: in the which there shall not be left one stone upon...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they asked him,.... That is, his disciples, when they were come to the Mount of Olives, and as he sat upon that, Matthew 24:3 saying, master, but when shall these things be? when the temple shall be destroyed; and one stone shall not be left upon another; and what sign [will there be] when these things shall come to pass? which shows that this...