Matthew 12 - Introduction
MATTHEW 12. Mt. here picks up the Marcan thread dropped at Matthew 9:17. He uses the Sabbath question as part of a group of material dealing with Pharisaic hostility to Jesus.... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 12. Mt. here picks up the Marcan thread dropped at Matthew 9:17. He uses the Sabbath question as part of a group of material dealing with Pharisaic hostility to Jesus.... [ Continue Reading ]
SABBATH OBSERVANCE (Mark 2:23 *, Luke 6:1). The incident shows that the disciples were learning their Master's teaching. Deuteronomy 23:25 allowed the practice, but the Rabbinical objection to it on the Sabbath was that it was reaping. The variations from Mk. are not important, except the omission o... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SABBATH HEALING WHICH DETERMINED PHARISAIC HOSTILITY (Mark 3:1 *, Luke 6:6). Mt. makes the Pharisees utter their question, and Jesus to reply, in words found in another connexion in Lk. (Luke 14:5). Matthew 12:12_ a_ is peculiar to Matthew 12:12_ b_ elevates and broadens the Pharisees-' question... [ Continue Reading ]
MIRACLES OF HEALING (Mark 3:7 *, Luke 6:17). Mt. first condenses five verses of Mk. into one (the compression makes Jesus heal all who followed Him), and, fixing attention on Jesus-' avoidance of publicity (Matthew 8:4 *), expands one verse of Mk. into six by a quotation (Isaiah 42:1) from his handb... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS-' ANSWER TO THE VERDICT OF THE JERUSALEM SCRIBES, AND THE INTERVENTION OF HIS FAMILY (Mark 3:20 *, Luke 11:14; Luke 11:29; Luke 12:10; Luke 8:19). For the painful statement in Mark 3:20 f. Mt. (like Lk.) substitutes the healing of a blind and dumb man probably a second (compressed) use of Matt... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REQUEST FOR A SIGN REFUSED (Luke 11:29. From Q. _Cf._ Mark 8:11 f.*= Matthew 16:1_ a_, Matthew 16:4). Mt. uses the incident here as an additional illustration of the hostility between the Pharisees and Jesus. They ask for some more authentic and unique attestation of His claim than a miracle of... [ Continue Reading ]
The connexion of Matthew 12:43 is with Matthew 12:30, as is shown by Lk.; neutrality in the spiritual life cannot last. The point of the illustration is that the Jews had felt the influence of John and Jesus, but were in danger of relapsing into a worse state than ever, if they did not submit themse... [ Continue Reading ]