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Matthew 9:30
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straightly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straightly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
Verse 30. _STRAITLY CHARGED THEM_] _He charged them severely_, from ενεβριμησατο, from εν, and βριμαομαι, to _roar_ or _storm_ _with anger_; he charged them, on pain of his _displeasure_, not to make...
AND THEIR EYES WERE OPENED - Immediately. That is, their sight was restored: “And Jesus straitly charged them.” He enjoined it on them in the most earnest and solemn manner. SEE THAT NO MAN KNOW IT -...
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. ...
TWO BLIND MEN HEALED. Mt. only; perhaps a doublet of Matthew 20:20, with reminiscences (in Matthew 9:30 f.) of Mark 1:43. See M-' Neile, 128f. Son of David first appears as a Messianic title in Ps. So...
JESUS STRICTLY CHARGED THEM, ETC. They had already shouted on the streets. title that had annoyed the Master. After this he wished them to keep their mouths closed. Their changed condition would suff...
And, as he passed on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting. "Have pity on us, they said, "you Son of David." When he came into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, " Do...
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...
A Cure of two Blind Men Peculiar to St Matthew. Archbp. Trench alludes to the fact that cases of blindness are far more numerous in the East than in Western countries. "The dust and flying sand enter...
_straitly charged_ The word in the original is a remarkable one, Literally, TO ROAR, then (1) "to charge with vehement threats," then (2) "to enjoin strictly," (here and Mark 1:43); (3) to be loudly i...
A CURE OF TWO BLIND MEN Peculiar to St Matthew. Archbp. Trench alludes to the fact that cases of blindness are far more numerous in the East than in Western countries. ‘The dust and flying sand enter...
ἘΝΕΒΡΙΜΉΘΗ, the true reading for ἐνεβριμήσατο, is an instance of the forms of the middle voice gradually giving place to passive forms. In modern Greek there is no middle voice. 30. ἘΜΒΡΙΜΑ͂ΣΘΑΙ. Lit....
Ver 27. And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, "Thou Son of David, have mercy on us." 28. And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and J...
_COMPASSION HEALED THE BLIND, MUTE AND CALLED FOR LABORERS MATTHEW 9:27-38:_ The request of the blind men was, "have pity and mercy on us." In compassion Jesus touched their eyes and gave them sight....
ΉΝΕΏΧΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать, ΈΝΕΒΡΙΜΉΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΈΜΒΡΙΜΆΟΜΑΙ (G1690) фыркать (с последующим _dat._). Выражает ярость, строгое предупреждение (BAGD). ΌΡ...
DISCOURSE: 1339 TWO BLIND MEN HEALED Matthew 9:28. _And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him...
STRAITLY CHARGED— _Strictly._ Campbell....
SECTION 21 JESUS GIVES SIGHT TO TWO BLIND MEN AND FREES A DUMB DEMONIAC TEXT: 9:27-34 27. And as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us,...
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. AND THEIR EYES WERE OPENED: AND JESUS STRAITLY CHARGED THEM. The expression is very strong enebrimeesa...
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...
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...
HEALING OF TWO BLIND MEN IN THE HOUSE (peculiar to St. Matthew). Blindness, chiefly as the result of ophthalmia, is exceedingly common in the East, and several miracles of restoring sight to the blind...
STRAITLY CHARGED] i.e. sternly (see RV) charged them, because He foresaw that they would disobey: cp. Matthew 12:16, etc....
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...
STRAITLY CHARGED THEM. — The word, implying originally the panting breath of vehement emotion, is one of the strongest used by the New Testament writers (Mark 1:43; Mark 14:5; John 11:33;...
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...
_Two blind men_. This miracle-narrative and the next paratively colourless and uninteresting. They bring under notice two new types of disease, blindness and possession accompanied with dumbness. The...
ἠνεῴχθησαν, a Hebraism. The Jews thought of blind eyes as shut, and of seeing eyes as open. ἐνεβριμήθη, sternly enjoined (_vide_ Mark 1:43). The paraphrase of Euthy. Zig. gives a vivid idea of the mea...
THE MERCIFUL DELIVERER Matthew 9:27-34 It is thus that the Master speaks to us: _Believe ye_ that I am able to make you happy, though you are cut off from the light and gladness of the world? _Believ...
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...
And Jesus strictly charged them. Although our Saviour strictly charged them to keep the miracle silent, they nevertheless published it throughout all that country; not being able to contain themselve...
THE BLIND MEN HEALED Matthew 9:27-31. “And two blind men followed Him coming out from thence [i.e., from Jairus's house], saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David! And the two blind men came to Him, h...
Concerning this miracle, I beg the Reader particularly to observe, that the cry of those men was evidently the cry of faith: for the name by which they distinguished Christ, Thou SON of David! was the...
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...
30._And Jesus threatened them _Either he wished to have other persons as witnesses of the miracle, or to delay the publication of it till another time. Their conduct in immediately proclaiming it ever...
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...
AND THEIR EYES WERE OPENED,.... Some copies read, "immediately"; and so do the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions: and this was certainly the true and real matter of fact, that as soon as Christ ha...
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See _that_ no man know _it_. Ver. 30. _Straitly charged them, saying, See that no man, &c._] He threatened them terribly _a_ (as t...
_And when Jesus departed thence_ Namely, from the ruler's house; _two blind men_, who probably had heard of his being there, and waited for his coming out; _followed him_ As he went through the street...
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...
27-31 At this time the Jews expected Messiah would appear; these blind men knew and proclaimed in the streets of Capernaum that he was come, and that Jesus was he. Those who, by the providence of God...
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‘And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, “See that no man know it.” In Isaiah 35:5 it is stated concerning the coming age, ‘the eyes of the blind will be opened', and here...
THE RESTORING OF SIGHT TO TWO BLIND MEN. The raising of the Ruler's daughter from the dead is now followed by a further Messianic sign, the opening of the eyes of the blind (see Matthew 11:5). In this...
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 9:30. AND THEIR EYES WERE OPENED. A figurative but natural expression for restoration to sight. AND JESUS SOLEMNLY CHARGED THEM, almost equivalent to ‘sternly threatened them.' These men had...
The four miracles mentioned in this section seem to have occurred in immediate succession. On the way to the house of the ruler, the woman with an issue of blood is cured; the ruler's daughter is rais...
WERE OPENED (ηνεωιχθησαν). Triple augment (on οι=ωι, ε and then on preposition αν = ην).STRICTLY CHARGED THEM (ενεβριμηθη αυτοις). A difficult word, compound of εν and βριμαομα (to be moved with a...
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 9:27. _And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, thou son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was come into the house,_ I suppose the house at Capern...
Matthew 9:27. _And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us._ No sooner does Jesus move than fresh candidates for his bounty app...
Matthew 9:18. _While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall li...
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...
30-31. DON'T TELL THIS TO ANYONE. The fact that they could now see, would attract attention. But they do not obey Jesus' order. Note three things about Jesus: (1) He is the Life. He wakes the dead, a...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 9:30 SEE THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT IT. See note on 8:4. See Matthew 12:16;...
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 9:27. TWO BLIND MEN.—This miracle narrated by St. Matthew only. Blindness is a far more frequent calamity in Palestine and the adjoining countries than with us. Its frequency...
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...
Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 52:13; John 9:7; Luke 5:14;...