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Matthew 21:1
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
CHAPTER XXI. _Christ rides into Jerusalem upon an ass, and the multitude_ _receive him joyfully_, 1-11. _He enters the temple, and expels the money-changers, c_. 12, 13. _The blind and the lame co...
AND WHEN THEY DREW NIGH UNTO JERUSALEM - They were going up now from Jericho. Matthew 20:29. The distance was about 19 miles. The most of the way was a desert, or filled with caves, and rocks, and woo...
9. THE KING ENTERS INTO JERUSALEM. The Parables of the Two Sons and the Householder and His Vineyard. CHAPTER 21 1. The King Enters Jerusalem. (Matthew 21:1 .) 2. The Second Cleansing of the Temple...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (Mark 11:1 *, Luke 19:23; John 12:12). Mt. curiously misrepresents the poetic description of one animal in Zechariah 9:9 by making J
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT (Matthew 21:1-11)...
When they had come near to Jerusalem, and when they had come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent on two disciples ahead. "Go into the village which is facing you," he said, "and imme...
WHEN THEY DREW NIGH. There were two entries: the first in Matthew 21: the second on "the first day" of the following week (Mark 11:1.Luke 19:28. Joh 12:12-15). See App-153 and App-156. WERE COME. had...
_Nisan_9 (_Palm Sunday_). Ch. Matthew 21:1-10. The Royal Entry into Jerusalem Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-40; John 1
_were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives_ "Unto Bethphage and Bethany at the mount of Olives" (Mark). "Nigh to Bethphage and Bethany at the mount called the mount of Olives" (Luke). Bethany w...
THE ROYAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-40; John 12:12-19. St Luke alone places here the incident of Christ weeping over Jerusalem ...
ΕἸΣ ΒΗΘΦΑΓῊ ΕἸΣ ΤῸ ὌΡΟΣ ΤΩ͂Ν ἘΛΑΙΩ͂Ν. ‘Unto Bethphage and Bethany at the mount of Olives’ (Mark). ‘Nigh to Bethphage and Bethany at the mount called the mount of Olives’ (Luke). Bethany was about two...
l. And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2. Saying unto them, "Go into the village over against you, and straight...
_WITH THE FINISH IN SIGHT JESUS ENTERED JERUSALEM AND CLEANSED THE TEMPLE MATTHEW 21:1-17:_ One of the great statements from this section concerned the donkey and colt, "The Lord has need of them." Yo...
ΉΓΓΙΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΓΓΊΖΩ (G1448) приближать, ΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) подходить, идти. ΌΡΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΈΛΑΙΏΝ гора Елеонская. ΆΠΈΣΤΕΙΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G649) посы...
AND WHEN THEY DREW NIGH UNTO JERUSALEM— The _multitude_ which attended our Lord in this journey, ch. Matthew 20:29 having increased prodigiously as he advanced towards Jerusalem, he did not now shun t...
Section 54 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM IN MESSIANIC TRIUMPH (Parallels: Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44; John 12:12-19) TEXT 21:1-11 1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto th...
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, For the exposition of this majestic scene-recorded, as will be seen, by...
20 James and John were the sons of Zebedee (Mar_:10:35). Our Lord called them “sons of thunder” (Mar_3:17), to indicate their tempestuous and violent disposition. The gentleness and love of John's wri...
21:1 to (d-6) to (d-10) _ Eis_ , the point they were going towards. at (e-12) _ Pros_ , that 'in the presence of,' 'at which' they were. ( _ Pros_ with accusative is 'at,' if the place is reached.)...
WHEN THEY DREW NIGH] The synoptistsmake no break in the journey from Jericho to Jerusalem (20 m. of bad uphill travelling), but St. John says that Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover (i...
SOLEMN ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12). More than a third of the entire Gospel narrative is occupied with the last week of Christ's life, commonly called Holy Week. The cause...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE Chronology of the Last Week of Christ's Life, commonly called Holy Week (chiefly after Hastings' 'Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels'). Sabbath, Nisan 8...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 21 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM 21:1-11 V1 As they came nearer to Jerusalem, they reached the town called Bethphage. It was on the Mount o...
XXI. (1) AND WHEN THEY DREW NIGH UNTO JERUSALEM. — Here again we have, as far as we can, to fill up a gap in St. Matthew’s Gospel. We have to think of the journey up the narrow valley that leads from...
CHAPTER 16 To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17 - Matthew 21:1 I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17 WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey to Jerusalem. From the corresponding passag...
_The entry_ (Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44)....
Matthew 21:1, ὅτε ἤγγισαν ἐ. Ἱ., _when_, etc. The evangelist does not, like a modern tourist, make formal announcement of the arrival at a point near Jerusalem when the Holy City came first into view,...
THE GREAT HEALER AND THE LOWLY KING Matthew 20:29-34; Matthew 21:1-7 The Lord is always saying: _What will ye that I shall do?_ Let us not ask small things. We honor Him by making great demands. Our...
In this cleansing of the Temple for the second time-He had done the same at the outset of His ministry- the Lord revealed His conception of the secret of all civic righteousness and strength. He revea...
And (1) when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, (1) Christ by his humility, triumphing over the pride of this world, a...
Bethphage, was a village of the priests, and signifies the house of figs and dates, or the house of the fountain, or of the flatterer, situated on the declivity of Mount Olivet, about a mile to the ea...
TRIUMPHANT ENTRY John 12:12-19; Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 21:14-17; Luke 19:29-44;...
"And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, (2) Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightwa...
CONTENTS The Lord Jesus is here described as riding into Jerusalem. He casteth the buyers and sellers out of the temple. We have also the account of the withered Fig-tree, and the parable of the husb...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
Matthew 21:1._Then Jesus sent two disciples _Jesus _sends _his _disciples _to bring _an ass _to him, not because he was wearied with the journey, but for a different reason; for, in consequence of the...
Afterwards (chapter 21), disposing of all that belonged to His willing people, He makes His entry into Jerusalem as King and Lord, according to the testimony of Zechariah. But although entering as Kin...
AND WHEN THEY DREW NIGH UNTO JERUSALEM,.... The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "when he drew nigh, or was near"; but not alone, his disciples were with him, and a multitude of people also...
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Ver. 1. _And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem_] In this one verse our Evan...
_And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem_ Namely, on the first day of the week, five days before his death, for the passover was kept on the fourteenth day of the month, and this was the tenth; on whic...
BETHPHAGE; a village on the south-east side of the mount of Olives, which was a hill about two miles east of Jerusalem, beyond the valley of Jehoshaphat. Through this valley ran the brook Cedron, or K...
It is a moment of most serious significance as the Lord is now about to enter Jerusalem. He is to be publicly presented to Israel, yet in lowly grace, not in power and majesty. Two of His disciples ar...
1-11 This coming of Christ was described by the prophet Zechariah, Zechariah 9:9. When Christ would appear in his glory, it is in his meekness, not in his majesty, in mercy to work salvation. As meek...
MATTHEW CHAPTER 21 MATTHEW 21:1 Christ rideth into Jerusalem upon an ass amidst the acclamations of the multitude. MATTHEW 21:12 He driveth the buyers and sellers out of the temple, and healeth the di...
Origen Commentary on John Book X " It is further to be observed that what is recorded by the three as having taken place in connection with the Lord's going up to Jerusalem; when He did these things i...
Matthew 21:1 Now G2532 when G3753 near G1448 (G5656) G1519 Jerusalem G2414 and G2532 came G2064 ...
JESUS PREPARES FOR HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM (21:1-7). An essential part of any coronation among the Jews was an ass on which the King would ride to the crowning ceremony. This tradition comm...
JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM AS ITS KING, IS CHALLENGED, CHALLENGES HIS OPPONENTS BACK IN RETURN, REVEALS HIS SONSHIP, AND FINALLY DECLARES HIMSELF TO BE NOT ONLY DAVID'S SON BUT DAVID'S LORD (21:1-22:46)....
The date of the public entry into Jerusalem (narrated by all four Evangelists) was _Sunday, the_ _10th of the month Nisan._ We hold that our Lord ate the Passover at the usual time (see on chap. Matth...
Matthew 21:1. BETHPHAGE (‘house of figs'). Mark and Luke add: ‘and Bethany' (‘house of dates'). The two places were probably near each other, but of the former no trace remains. Bethphage was probably...
UNTO BETHPHAGE (εις Βεθφαγη). An indeclinable Aramaic name here only in O.T. or N.T. (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29). It means "house of unripe young figs." It apparently lay on the eastern slope of Olivet...
NIGH UNTO JERUSALEM (Matthew 21:1); (Zechariah 9:9); (Zechariah 14:4). The two advents are in striking contrast....
Matthew 21:1. And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come the Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and...
CONTENTS: The triumphant entry. Jesus' second purification of the temple. Barren fig tree cursed. Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the two sons in the vineyard. Parable of the house-holder dema...
Matthew 21:1. _When they were come to Bethphage._ The rabbins dispute about the etymon of this village, whether it mean the “house of the fountain,” as is the literal import; or the “house of grossiti...
As THEY APPROACHED JERUSALEM. Jesus went through Jericho, where he healed two blind men, and set Zacchaeus free from sin. Coming up the mountain pass to Jerusalem, he stopped at the home of Mary, Mart...
_And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Beth-phage._ SIXTH SUNDAY IN LENT I. It presents an illustration of the relation of Christ to the religious feeling of mankind. We are relig...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:1 The Messiah Asserts His Authority over Jerusalem. Jesus’ authority over Jerusalem is revealed in his triumphal entry (Matthew 21:1), action
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey Matthew 21:1-9; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-38; John 12:12-15;...
1-46 CHAPTER 21 _And when they were come nigh_, &c. Mark has (Mark 11:1), "And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, He sendeth forth two of His discip...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ We now enter upon the crowded and peculiarly solemn events of the great week of our Saviour’s career, His last week—the passion week (_Morison_). Matthew 21:1. JERUSALEM.—The Jerusal...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 21:1 _Triumphal entry into Jerusalem_. (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12.)...
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, they were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, and then Jesus sent two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately...
Acts 1:12; John 8:1; Luke 19:28; Luke 19:37; Luke 21:37;...
Bethphage. House of figs....
Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12....
The former part of this chapter gives us an account of our Saviour's solemn and triumphant riding into the city of Jerusalem. Where observe, That in all our Saviour's journies and travels from place...