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Matthew 9:16
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
Verse Matthew 9:16. _NO MAN PUTTETH A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH_] Ουδεις δε επιβαλλει επιβλημα ρακους αγναφου επι ιματιω παλαιω. _No man_ _putteth a patch of unscoured cloth upon an old garment_. This is th...
THEN CAME THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN ... - This narrative is found also in Mark 2:18; Luke 5:33. The reference here is to John the Baptist. It is probable that they had understood that John was the forerun...
CHAPTER 9 1. A Man Sick of the Palsy Healed. (Matthew 9:1 .) 2. The Call of Matthew (Matthew 9:9 .) 3. With the Publicans and the Sinners. (Matthew 9:10 .) 4. The Question of John's Disciples. ...
FASTING. THE OLD AND THE NEW (Mark 2:18 *, Luke 5:33). Mt. makes the disciples of John (who were more numerous and important for two or three centuries than is usually recognized; _cf._ p. 797) put th...
"No one puts a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment, for, if he does, the patch which he uses to fill in the hole tears the garment apart, and the rent is worse than ever. No one puts new wine...
THE GROWTH OF OPPOSITION (Matthew 9:1-34) We have repeatedly seen that in Matthew's gospel there is nothing haphazard. It is carefully planned and carefully designed. In Matthew 9:1-38 we see another...
NO MAN. No one. NEW CLOTH. new flannel: i.e. undressed or unfulled. In this condition it is less supple and will tear away. UNTO. on or upon. Greek. _epi_. THAT WHICH IS PUT IN, &C.. the insertion:...
_No man_ Rather, BUT no man. The particle δέ (but) is omitted in E. V.; it marks a turn in the argument which is indicated still more clearly in Luke (Luke 5:36), "And (but) He spake also a parable un...
A Question about Fasting. Mark 2:18-22; Luke 5:33-39 It is not quite clear whether this further incident took place at Levi's feast. St Luke leads us to draw that inference....
ΟΥ̓ΔΕῚΣ ΔΈ, but no man. The particle δέ is omitted in A.V.; it marks a turn in the argument which is indicated still more clearly in Luke (Luke 5:36), ἔλεγεν δὲ καὶ παραβολὴν πρὸς αὐτούς. The words of...
A QUESTION ABOUT FASTING Mark 2:18-22; Luke 5:33-39. It is not quite clear whether this further incident took place at Levi’s feast. St Luke leads us to draw that inference....
Ver 14. Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?" 15. And Jesus said unto them, "Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, a...
_COMPASSION CALLED FOLLOWERS AND ANSWERED CRITICISM MATTHEW 9:9-17:_ The compassion of Jesus called a hated man to follow Him. Matthew was a tax collector, a publican. Jesus called him to be His disci...
ΈΠΙΒΆΛΛΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΒΆΛΛΩ (G1911) набрасывать, накладывать, класть поверх. Гномич. _praes._ ΈΠΊΒΛΗΜΑ (G1915) заплата, ΡΆΚΟΣ (G4470) лоскут ткани, ΆΓΝΑΦΟΣ (G46) неваляный, небеленый, н...
THEN CAME TO HIM THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN— Dr. Campbell translates the 16th and 17th verses thus: _Nobody mendeth an old garment with undressed cloth; else the patch itself teareth the garment, and maket...
SECTION 19 JESUS CALLS MATTHEW LEVI (Parallels: Mark 2:13-22; Luke 5:27-39) TEXT: 9:9-17 9. And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he...
_THEN CAME TO HIM THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN, SAYING, WHY DO WE AND THE PHARISEES FAST OFT, BUT THY DISCIPLES FAST_ _ NOT?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
14 It is a most difficult lesson for the saints to learn, that God's dealings with His creatures change, and that their conduct should change accordingly, John's disciples thought that the Lord's foll...
9:16 new (d-8) Lit. 'unfulled,' 'unmilled.'...
THE SICK OF THE PALSY. CALL OF MATTHEW. RAISING OF JAIRUS' DAUGHTER 1-8. The paralytic healed and his sins forgiven (Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17). The peculiarity of this miracle is that it was worked to prov...
A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH] lit. 'undressed cloth.' According to St. Luke the piece of new cloth is taken from the new garment of Christianity. It signifies the bright and joyous character of the religion o...
CONTROVERSY WITH THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN AND WITH THE PHARISEES ON FASTING (Mark 2:18; Luke 5:33). Matthew's feast probably took place on a Monday or a Thursday, days which were observed by the Pharisee...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 3. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT WALK 9:1-8 V1 Then Jesus stepped into a boat. He went back across the lake and arrived at his own town. V...
NO MAN PUTTETH A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH. — There is a closer connection between the three similitudes than at first sight appears. The wedding-feast suggested the idea of the wedding-garment, and of the w...
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...
The substitution of νησ. τεύουσιν for πενθεῖν, in the close of Matthew 9:15, implicitly suggested a principle which is now explicitly stated in parabolic form: the great law of _congruity_; practice m...
Matthew 9:16, οὐδεὶς … παλαιῷ. No one putteth a patch of an unfulled, raw piece of cloth (ῥάκος from ῥήγνυμι) on an old garment. τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ, the filling, the patch which fills; of it, _i.e._, th...
_The fast-question_ (Mark 2:18-22; Luke 5:33-39). Τότε. Our evangelist makes a temporal connection out of what in Mark is merely topical, another of the group of incidents showing Jesus in conflict wi...
THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Matthew 9:9-17 The name Levi indicates that Matthew sprang from a priestly line. He had lost all self-respect to become the abhorred instrument of the Roman government, collect...
The King now exercised His authority in a new way. He pronounced pardon on a sinner, and straightway opposition was aroused. To the questioning and rebellious hearts He vindicated His authority to for...
No man putteth a piece of (g) new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. (g) Raw, which was never processed by the full...
A piece of raw cloth. [2] By the Greek is signified new-woven cloth, that has not yet passed the hands of the fuller. (Witham) --- And no one putteth, &c. Christ, by these similitudes, justifies the m...
It is wonderful to see how fond men have been in All ages to substitute anything, and everything, in the room of real godliness, and a change of heart. Fasting and alms-giving, and services, however c...
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...
16._And no man putteth a piece of fresh cloth. _He supports the preceding statement by two comparisons, one of which is taken from _garments, _and the other from vessels of _wine _Those who think that...
In the following chapter (chapter 9), while acting in the character and according to the power of Jehovah (as we read in Psalms 103), "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases...
NO MAN PUTTETH A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH,.... These words are, by Luke 5:36 called a "parable", as are those in the following verse; and both are commonly interpreted of the unreasonableness and danger of...
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Ver. 16. _No man putteth a piece, &c._] Austeritie...
_No man putteth a piece of new cloth_, &c. Our Lord, having assigned one reason why he did not enjoin his disciples to fast, namely, because it was not a proper time for it, now proceeds to give anoth...
NEW CLOTH; or, as the margin, raw or unwrought cloth, not yet dressed or fulled, and liable to shrink upon being wet. TAKETH FROM THE GARMENT; namely, when by shrinking it tears itself from it. Very m...
Returning to His own city, Capernaum, He has brought to Him a man totally helpless, lying on a bed. This case of palsy is indicative of the complete debilitating effects of sin: man is left without st...
NEW CLOTH: Or, raw, or unwrought cloth...
14-17 John was at this time in prison; his circumstances, his character, and the nature of the message he was sent to deliver, led those who were peculiarly attached to him, to keep frequent fasts. C...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 9:17"....
Tertullian Against Marcion Book III How is it, again, that he tells us that "a piece of new cloth is not sewed on to an old garment," or that "new wine is not trusted to old bottles,"[217] Tertullia...
Matthew 9:16 G1161 one G3762 puts G1911 (G5719) piece G1915 unshrunk G46 cloth G4470 on G1909 old...
“And no man puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for then that which should fill it up takes from the garment, and a worse tear is made.” By His illustrations here Jesus now declares that...
JESUS HAS COME AS THE BRIDEGROOM BRINGING SOMETHING TOTALLY NEW (9:14-17). Having revealed Himself as the Great Physician, a further incident about fasting leads on to His revelation of Himself as the...
WHAT JESUS HAS TO OFFER AND THE GROWTH OF PHARISAIC OPPOSITION (9:10-34). We are now informed about the first open opposition among the Pharisees to Jesus. The Pharisees had seemingly previously appro...
Matthew 9:16. Two illustrations follow, naturally associated with a wedding feast NO ONE PUTTETH A PATCH OF UNDRESSED, or, ‘unfulled' CLOTH UPON AN OLD GARMENT. The patch of cloth that would shrink,...
CHRONOLOGY AND CONNECTION. Three Evangelists join together the events we group in this section. Mark and Luke, however, place them immediately after the healing of the leper near Capernaum. We agree w...
UNDRESSED CLOTH (ρακους αγναφου). An unfulled, raw piece of woollen cloth that will shrink when wet and tear a bigger hole than ever.A WORSE RENT (χειρον σχισμα). Our word "schism." The " PATCH ...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city._ Our Lord had given these Gergesenes an opportunity of becoming his disciples, the kingdom of God had come very...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Answering the Pharisees. Healing of woman with issue of blood. Daughter of a ruler raised from the dead. Two blind men healed. A demon cast out....
Matthew 9:1. _Jesus came into his own city,_ Capernaum, as in Mark. Our Saviour was a stranger on earth, born in Bethlehem, an exile in Egypt, resident at Nazareth, but latterly in Capernaum. Matthew...
NO ONE PATCHES UP. Two illustrations follow, which show that Christianity was not intended to be "Judaism patched up." NEW CLOTH. UNSHRUNK it would shrink and tear a bigger hole in the old cloth....
_A piece of new cloth unto an old garment._ CHRIST THE GREAT INNOVATOR The boldness with which Christ asserted the novelty of Christianity. His was not the apologetic, half-hearted tone, so common a...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 9:16 UNSHRUNK CLOTH ON AN OLD GARMENT.... NEW WINE IS PUT INTO FRESH WINESKINS. See note on Luke 5:36–39....
RELIGIOUS LEADERS ASK JESUS ABOUT FASTING MATTHEW 9:14-17; MARK 2:18-22; LUKE 5:33-39; MATTHEW 9:14 Then came to him the disciples of J
CHAPTER 9 _Passed over_ : that is, sailed across the sea of Galilee, to its western side. _And came into his own city._ Sedulius thinks Bethlehem is meant because he was born there. S. Jerome, with mo...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 9:14. THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN.—The passage is interesting as showing: 1. That the followers of the Baptist continued during our Lord’s ministry to form a separate body (as in M...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 9:1 _The_ _paralytic forgiven and healed. _Parallel passages: Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17. (For connexion of thought, cf....
And so he entered into a ship, and he passed over, and he came to his own city (Matthew 9:1). His own city being Capernaum. I told you that was his headquarters. And, behold, they brought to him a ma...
1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 3:2; Genesis 33:14;...
New [α γ ν α φ ο υ]. From aj, not, and gnaptw, to card or comb wool; hence to dress or full cloth. Therefore Rev. renders more correctly undressed cloth, which would shrink when wet, and tear loose fr...
EATING WITH SINNERS Matthew 9:9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS For our opening word we have chosen the first verse of the study "He saw a man, * * sitting at the receipt of custom: and He saith unto him, Follo...
This is one reason, — It is not a proper time for them to fast. Another is, they are not ripe for it. New cloth — The words in the original properly signify cloth that hath not passed through the full...