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Matthew 13:39
The enemy that sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
The enemy that sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
DECLARE UNTO US - That is, explain the meaning of the parable. This was done in so plain a manner as to render comment unnecessary. The Son of man, the Lord Jesus, sows the good seed - that is, preach...
II. THE REJECTED KINGDOM AND THE REJECTED KING. CHAPTER S 13-28. 1. The King at the Seaside. The Mysteries of the Kingdom. CHAPTER 13 1. The King at the Seaside. (Matthew 13:1 .) 2. The Parable of...
MATTHEW 13:24; MATTHEW 13:36. THE WHEAT AND THE TARES. Mt. only. The parable is a substitute for rather than an adaptation of Mark 4:26 *. We need not deny its genuineness on the plea that the standpo...
MANY THINGS IN PARABLES (Matthew 13:1-58) Matthew 13:1-58 is a very important chapter in the pattern of the gospel. (i) It shows a definite turning-point in the ministry of Jesus. At the beginning of...
THE END OF THE WORLD. the end of the age, age-time, or dispensation. The expression occurs six times (here, verses: Matthew 13:40; Matthew 13:49; Matthew 13:3;...
Explanation of the Parable of the Tares, in St Matthew only 39. _the end of the world_ Literally, THE COMPLETION OF THIS ÆON, "the point where one æon ends and another begins." The expression is found...
EXPLANATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE TARES, in St Matthew only...
ΣΥΝΤΈΛΕΙΑ. In classical Greek ‘a joint subscription, or association for paying state dues,’ &c. later the ‘completion’ of a scheme opposed to ἀρχὴ or ἐπιβολή, cp. συντέλειαν ἐπιθεῖναι τοῖς ἔργοις, Pol...
Ver 36. Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, "Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field." 37. He answered and said unto the...
_THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND TARES MATTHEW 13:24-43_ : A man sowed good seed in his field. An enemy sowed tares among the wheat. The servants were not allowed to root up the tares least, by accident...
ΣΠΕΊΡΑΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Matthew 13:3. ΣΥΝΤΈΛΕΙΑ (G4930) завершение. (О "завершении века" в иудейской апокалиптике _см._ DA; SB, 1:671)....
THE END OF THE WORLD— _Of the age,_ literally, a Hebraism, frequently used in the New Testament. Comp. the next verse, and Hebrews 1:2. What follows is an allusion to Joel 3:13. See also Revelation 14...
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. See the comments at 13:24-30....
37 The history of the kingdom proclamation in Acts and what is predicted the circumcision epistles and the Unveiling fully bears out our Lord's forecast. There were the seven sons of Sceva (Act_19:15)...
THE TARES INTERPRETED. See on Matthew 13:24. The field is called the world as well as the Kingdom of God or the Church, because the Church is charged with a mission to the whole human race, and is des...
A DAY OF PARABLES 1-3a. Teaching by parables begun (Mark 4:1; Luke 8:4). This chapter introduces a new type of teaching, that by parables. St. Matthew gives us a group of seven, the first four of whic...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 STORIES ABOUT WHERE GOD RULES 13:1-52 Matthew wrote down a lot of the things that Jesus taught. This chapter is the third section...
THE ENEMY THAT SOWED THEM IS THE DEVIL. — Here, as in the parable of the Sower, there is the most distinct recognition of a personal power of evil, the enemy of God thwarting His work. It will be noti...
CHAPTER 11 The Parables of the Kingdom - Matthew 13:1 "THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side." We can well imagine that, after such a series of discouragements and mortifi...
συντέλεια αἰνῶνος, the end of the world; phrase peculiar to this Gospel. θερισταὶ ἄγγελοι. Weiss thinks this borrowed from Matthew 24:31, and certainly not original. Perhaps not as a dogmatic interpre...
_Interpretation of the Tares_. Not in Apostolic Document; style that of evangelist; misses the point of the parable so Weiss (Matt.-Evang., p. 351). But if there was _any_ private talk between Jesus a...
GENUINE AND COUNTERFEIT Matthew 13:34-43 Throughout the Synoptic Gospels-Matthew, Mark, and Luke-a consistent distinction is made between the outer ranks of the people, or disciples, and the inner ci...
This chapter contains the seven parables of the Kingdom. The reason for the parabolic teaching of Christ is set forth here. This first parable was spoken to the multitudes (verses Mat 13:2-3). Its exp...
CHAPTER 27 THE LEAVEN Matthew 13:33. _“He spake another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until all were leav...
"Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. (37) He answered and said unto them, He th...
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...
_WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE?_ ‘The harvest is the end of the world.’ Matthew 13:39 The harvest is used here to denote the Judgment— I. THE SOUL.—In this world God has set each of us, as the farmer s...
39._The harvest is the end of the world. _This is, no doubt, a very distressing consideration, that the Church is burdened with the reprobate to the very _end of the world; _but Christ enjoins on us t...
The Lord was no longer seeking fruit in His vine. It had been requisite according to God's relations with Israel that He should seek this fruit; but His true service, He well knew, was to bring that w...
THE ENEMY THAT SOWED THEM IS THE DEVIL,.... He that is designed by the enemy, who sowed the tares in the field among the wheat, is no other than the devil; the enemy of Christ, of mankind in general,...
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. Ver. 39. _The enemy that sowed them, &c._] As Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is thi...
_Then Jesus sent the multitude away_ The evening probably drawing on, for the people had now been long collected together: _and went_ From the vessel where he had been preaching; _into the house_ Prob...
This chapter begins a new division of the book. Israel is looked at as set aside because of unbelief: the Lord went out of the house (typically Israel's house), and set by the seaside. The sea is typi...
31-35 The scope of the parable of the seed sown, is to show that the beginnings of the gospel would be small, but its latter end would greatly increase; in this way the work of grace in the heart, th...
Ver. 37-39. The design that Christ had in this parable was to show them, that though he laid a good foundation of a church in the world, calling some home to himself; and making them partakers of his...
Clementine Homily III And to those who suppose that God tempts, as the Scriptures say, He said, `The tempter is the wicked one, '[56] Clementine Homily XIX And elsewhere He said, `He who sowed the...
Matthew 13:39 G1161 enemy G2190 sowed G4687 (G5660) them G846 is G2076 (G5748) devil G1228...
“And the enemy who sowed them is the Devil, and the harvest is the end of the world (age), and the reapers are angels.” Like all parables not all the details can be applied. It was not of course the D...
THE EIGHT PARABLES OF THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN (13:1-53). Having made clear that the Kingly Rule of Heaven is advancing forcefully (Matthew 11:12) and that through Jesus' activities as the Servant of...
JESUS SPEAKS TO HIS DISCIPLES IN PARABLES SO THAT THEIR EYES MAY BE OPENED (13:34-52). This next part-section is also in the form of a chiasmus. ANALYSIS. a Jesus speaks in parables not only for th...
THE EXPLANATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND DARNEL (13:36-43). The parables that have now been given have gradually built up a picture of the advance of the Kingly Rule of Heaven. Firstly the seed...
THE THREE OTHER PARABLES SPOKEN in public (Matthew 13:24-33), with the interpretation of the parable of the tares in private (Matthew 13:36-43). The Evangelist inserts, as is his habit, a prophecy ful...
Matthew 13:39. THE DEVIL is here represented as the author of evil in the world (and in the Church as affected by the world). THE HARVEST, up to which time the tares are to be left, IS THE END OF THE...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The Evangelist has just represented our Lord in opposition to the Pharisees. (A few events probably intervened; see Luke 11-13.) Thus His claims as the Messiah came out more fully....
DEVIL Satan. Greek, "diabolos", means "accuser". See note, (Matthew 16:23); (Genesis 3:1); (Revelation 20:10). ( See Scofield) - ...
Matthew 13:3 The Parables of the Kingdom. I. Taking these seven parables all together, notice, first, the fact that our Lord, in describing the kingdom of heaven, did deliberately use many parables,...
Matthew 13:24. _Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:_ Jesus never sowed any other kind of seed. The truth wh...
Matthew 13:24. _Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:_ He knew that it was good. It had been tested: it was u...
CONTENTS: Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven. The sower, tares and wheat, grain of mustard seed, leaven, hid treasure, pearl, drag net. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Satan, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The pr...
Matthew 13:2. _He went into a ship._ A small vessel or boat, probably belonging to one of the disciples, several of whom were fishermen. Matthew 13:3. _He spake many things to them in parables._ On th...
36-43. TELL US WHAT THE PARABLE OF THE WEEDS IN THE FIELD MEANS. This parable is in Matthew 13:24-30. (1) The Kingdom is compared to the _man_ who sows. (2) The _man_ is the Son of God Jesus himself....
_But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares._ THE TARES AND THE WHEAT This parable relates chiefly to the condition of the Church. I. The mixed condition of His Church in our world. II. T...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 13:39 HARVEST. The judgment that will follow the Son of Man’s return at the END OF THE AGE (see note on 24:3) to establish his kingdom in its fully re
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 13:1 The Messianic Kingdom Revealed in Parables. This is the third of Jesus’ five major teachings (see Introduction: Key Themes). It is a collection of parables....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 13:35. FULFILLED.—The quotation illustrates, much in the same way as those in Matthew 8:17; Matthew 12:17, St. Matthew’s peculiar way of dealing with the prophetic language of...
EXPOSITION A few remarks by way of introduction to the characteristic portion of this chapter (Matthew 13:1). (1) We have here a collection of the Lord's parables, all spoken, as it would appear, at...
Now as we enter into the thirteenth chapter, we come into the area of the parables that deal with the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. And in these we have more or less a key to all parables. And y...
1 Peter 5:8; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Corinthians 2:17;...