Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Matthew 8:18
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
MATTHEW 8:18 o;clon {C} After repeated discussions a majority of the Committee finally decided that, despite its slender attestation, the reading of B and copsa is to be preferred, and that the othe...
Verse Matthew 8:18. _UNTO THE OTHER SIDE._] Viz. of the lake of _Genesareth_, whence he proceeded to the country of the _Gergesenes_, Matthew 8:28....
UNTO THE OTHER SIDE - Jesus was now in Capernaum, a city at the northwest corner of the Sea of Tiberias, or Sea of Galilee. See the notes at Matthew 4:18. The country to which he purposed to go was th...
6. THE KING MANIFESTED BY SIGNS OF DIVINE POWER. Chapter s 8-9. CHAPTER 8 1. The Healing of the Leper. (Matthew 8:1 .) 2. The Healing of the Centurion's Servant. (Matthew 8:5 .) 3. The Healing of P...
ASPIRANTS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Luke 9:57). Mt. here breaks away from Mk.'s order, omitting Mark 1:35, and giving as the sequel to Jesus-' first stay at Capernaum what Mk. (Mark 4:35 to...
THE TEMPEST STILLED. -- Matthew 8:18-27. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Why are ye fearful,. ye of little faith._ -- Matthew 8:26. TIME. --Either A. D. 27 or 28. PLACE. --Sea of Galilee and the coasts thereof. HELP...
LOVE IN ACTION (Matthew 8:1-34) Of all the gospel writers Matthew is the most orderly. He never sets out his material haphazardly. If in Matthew one thing follows another in a certain sequence, there...
When Jesus saw the great crowds surrounding him, he gave orders to go away, across to the other side. A scribe came to him. "Teacher, he said, "I will follow you wherever you may be going." Jesus said...
ABOUT. around. _Greek peri._ App-104. OTHER SIDE. farther side, not either of the words in App-124....
Fitness for Discipleship. Luke 9:57-62 St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in Samaria. The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with different charac...
FITNESS FOR DISCIPLESHIP Luke 9:57-62. St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in Samaria. The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with different charact...
Ver 18. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19. And a certain Scribe came, and said unto him, "Master, I will follow thee whithersoever th...
_MIRACLES DEMANDED A FOLLOWING MATTHEW 8:16-22:_ Matthew tells us the Jesus did that which Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would do. (Matthew 8:16-17) "When evening had come, they brought to Him ma...
ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть. "Когда он увидел..." ΈΚΈΛΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΕΛΕΎΩ (G2753) повелеть. Об этом гл. с _aor. inf. см._ BD, 174. ΆΠΕΛΘΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_...
NOW WHEN JESUS SAW, &C.— _Now Jesus, perceiving the crowd about him, gave orders to depart,_ &c. Though our Saviour had retired into the wilderness after the cure of the leper, mentioned Luke 5:12 the...
SECTION 15 JESUS CALLS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Possible parallel: Luke 9:57-62) TEXT: 8:18-22 18. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19....
5-13 Compare Luk_7:1-10. 5 This is followed by an intimation that, though rejected by His own, He would be accepted by the nations, as is the case in the book of Acts. The priest was at one end of the...
SAYINGS TO A SCRIBE AND ANOTHER DISCIPLE (Luke 9:57). St. Luke introduces these sayings much later in our Lord's ministry. Both evangelists apparently borrowed from a common source, which did not spec...
THE LEPER CLEANSED. THE CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED. HEALING OF PETER'S WIFE'S MOTHER AND MANY OTHERS. STILLING OF THE TEMPEST. HEALING OF THE GADARENE DEMONIACS 1-4. Cleansing of the leper (Mark 1:40;...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 8 *MIRACLES WHEN JESUS HEALED PEOPLE 8:1–9:38 Matthew showed Jesus’ authority by what he taught in Chapter s 5-7. Now Matthew shows...
TO DEPART UNTO THE OTHER SIDE — _i.e.,_ the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Here, too, though less conspicuously than in the other Gospels, there is indicated the yearning for a time of rest and...
CHAPTER 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1 - Matthew 9:1 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23, we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preaching and healing...
_Excursion to the eastern shore with its incidents_ (Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:20; Luke 8:22-39). These narratives make a large leap forward in the history. As our evangelist is giving a collection of heali...
Ἰδὼν … περὶ αὐτόν. The evangelist makes a desire to escape from the crowd the motive of the journey. This desire is still more apparent in Mark, but the crowd and the time are different. The multitude...
LEADER OF MEN AND RULER OF NATURE Matthew 8:18-27 Christ winnows men. Before any enter upon His service, He places before them the inevitable trials which they must meet, among which loneliness and h...
The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His power...
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the (d) other side. (d) For Capernaum was situated upon the lake of Tiberias....
CHAPTER 28 JESUS HOMELESS Matthew 8:1-22, & Luke 9:57-62. “And it came to pass, they journeying on the way, a certain one said to Him, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou mayest go, Lord; and Jesus...
As this is the first place in the Gospel we meet with the phrase Son of MAN, in reference to the person of CHRIST; and especially as it is a phrase the LORD JESUS was pleased frequently to make use of...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Matthew 8:18_And when Jesus had seen great multitudes about him. _Matthew, I have no doubt, touches briefly what the others explain in a more ample and copious narrative. The other two state a circums...
Then, in chapter 8, the Lord begins in the midst of Israel His patient life of testimony, which closed with His rejection by the people whom God had so long preserved for Him, and for their own blessi...
NOW WHEN JESUS SAW GREAT MULTITUDES ABOUT HIM,.... Who got together, partly out of novelty to see his person, of whom they had heard so much; and partly to see the miracles he wrought: some came to ha...
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. Ver. 18. _To depart unto the other side_] Either to retire or repose himself after much pains (for _q...
_Now when Jesus saw great multitudes_ When Jesus did the things before mentioned he was in Capernaum, Matthew 8:5, but the multitude pressing him, he gave orders to pass over the sea of Galilee, other...
THE OTHER SIDE; of the sea of Galilee....
NOW WHEN JESUS SAW GREAT MULTITUDES ABOUT HIM, HE GAVE COMMANDMENT TO DEPART UNTO THE OTHER SIDE. IT WAS GETTING LATE IN THE EVENING. JESUS HAD SPENT A VERY BUSY DAY TEACHING AND HEALING. AND STILL GR...
THE DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST. Preparations for departure:...
Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compas...
18-22 One of the scribes was too hasty in promising; he proffers himself to be a close follower of Christ. He seems to be very resolute. Many resolutions for religion are produced by sudden convictio...
When Jesus did these things before mentioned, he was in Capernaum, MATTHEW 8:5; but the multitudes pressing him, he gave order to pass over _the sea of Galilee, _ otherwise called _the sea of Tiberias...
Matthew 8:18 And G1161 Jesus G2424 saw G1492 (G5631) great G4183 multitudes G3793 about G4012 Him G846 command...
TWO DISCIPLES ARE FACED UP WITH THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS (8:18-22). Jesus' command to His disciples to prepare to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 8:18) sparks off the need for s...
‘Now when Jesus saw great crowds about him, he gave commandment to depart to the other side.' Jesus' ministry had begun with ‘great crowds' (Matthew 4:25) from which He had entered the mountain in ord...
CHRONOLOGY. Matthew inserts this group of events here; Mark and Luke at a later point. We accept the chronology of Mark, who explicitly says that Jesus crossed the sea on the evening of the day the pa...
Matthew 8:18. NOW WHEN JESUS SAW GREAT MULTITUDES. Some very ancient authorities omit ‘great,' but it is better to retain it. The ‘multitudes' had listened to the discourse in parables (chap. 13). HE...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper_ You see that particular mention is made of this one special case, and, in any co...
Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him,_ Great multitudes often count for nothing; it is here or ther...
Matthew 8:16. _When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits, with his word, and healed all that were sick:_ It was the evening after...
CONTENTS: Jesus heals a leper, the centurion's servant and Peter's wife's mother. Professed disciples tested. Stilling of the waves. Casting-out demons at Gadara. CHARACTERS: Jesus, leper, centurion...
Matthew 8:2. _Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him._ After having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome, an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, thereb...
JESUS NOTICED THE CROWD. People crowded in to listen to his teaching and to see the miracles which he was doing. The Lake of Galilee was only six miles wide, and the Savior often crossed it to find so...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:1 The Authoritative Power of the Messiah: Kingdom Power Demonstrated. Jesus has shown himself to be the Messiah through his teaching (chs. Matthew 5:1
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE COST OF FOLLOWING HIM MATTHEW 8:18-22; LUKE 9:51-62; MATTHEW 8:18; MATTHEW 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitude
CHAPTER 8 Ver. 2. _And, behold, a leper,_ &c. This same miracle is related by S. Mark (Mar 1:40), and by Luke (Luke 5:12). From a comparison of these it would seem to follow that the miracle was not p...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 8:18. TO DEPART.—Thus Jesus sought repose, and gave to the people time to bear fruit from His teaching, and kindled their interest in Himself for the future (_Bengel_). Matth...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 8:1 MESSIAH'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING. We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs to the Framework (_vide _I...
Let's turn to Matthew's gospel chapter eight. The fifth chapter of Matthew begins "And seeing the multitude, he went into a mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: And he open...
John 6:15; Luke 4:42; Luke 4:43; Luke 8:22; Matthew 8:1;...
DISCIPLESHIP IN TRAINING Matthew 8:18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let us consider the insincerity of the multitude. The last study closed with the crowds pressing upon Christ that they might be dispossess...
He commanded to go to the other side — That both himself and the people might have a little rest....
Observe here,. person resolving to follow Christ;. good resolution, if made deliberately, and not rashly, not for sinister ends and secular advantages; which, it is to be feared, was the case here, by...