MATTHEW CHAPTER 10 MATTHEW 10:1 Christ sendeth out his twelve apostles with power to do miracles. MATTHEW 10:5 He instructs them, MATTHEW 10:16 and forewarning them of persecutions, suggests motives of comfort and constancy. MATTHEW 10:40 He promiseth a blessing to those who should receive them. Mar... [ Continue Reading ]
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OLBGrk; Ver. 2-4. Mark reckoneth up the same persons, MARK 3:16, with some additions, which we shall consider as we come at the persons whom they concern. _Apostles_ signifies persons sent; the term applied to Christ's disciples signifies the persons that were first sent by him to preach the gospel.... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 5,6. Here Christ limiteth their ministry to the Jews. The apostle tells us, ROMANS 15:8, _Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to conform the promises made unto the fathers; _ and the apostle tells the Jews, ACTS 13:46, _It was necessary that the word of God should fi... [ Continue Reading ]
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OLBGrk; Ver. 7,8. In these words he gives them power, 1. To preach the gospel. 2. To confirm the doctrine they preached to be of God by miraculous operations, healing the sick, cleansing lepers, raising the dead, casting out devils. He bids them GO PREACH, Khrussete, Cry like heralds; something li... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 9,10. Our Saviour having in the last verse commanded them to give freely, they might reasonably be thinking that they had need to provide well for their journey. No, saith our Saviour, PROVIDE NEITHER GOLD, NOR SILVER, NOR BRASS, & c. That this was but a temporary precept, the will of God conce... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 11-15. Our Lord had before set them their limits, and appointed them their work, and directed them as to their accoutrements for their journey; here he directeth them their methods. Luke hath much of the same instructions, LUKE 10:4, but applied to the seventy, not to the twelve. Mark hath some... [ Continue Reading ]
Our Lord having hitherto instructed his twelve apostles as to the places whither they were to go, the work they had to do, and the methods he would have them observe, now comes to arm them against their difficulties, and the temptations they were like to meet with. I SEND YOU FORTH (saith he) AS SHE... [ Continue Reading ]
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OLBGrk; Ver. 17,18. The last word, GENTILES, maketh it plain, that our blessed Lord is not here arming his disciples so much against any opposition they were like to meet with upon this their first going out, for they were not to go to the Gentiles, as those they should meet with some years after hi... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 19,20. Mark hath much the same, MARK 13:11; so hath Luke, LUKE 11:11,12. The apostles being men but of an ordinary education before Christ called them, he might reasonably suppose that they would not appear before councils, and kings, and governors without some abashment, having not been accust... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 21,22. Luke speaketh much the same, LUKE 21:16,17, though as spoken upon another occasion. Our Saviour here tells them, that the persecutions would reach even to death itself, and that the malice of the world against him and his gospel should proceed so far, as to extinguish all natural affecti... [ Continue Reading ]
Whether this text at all warrants ministers flight in a time of persecution I doubt; it seemeth to be a special command given to the apostles, that they might have a time before the coming of Christ, here spoken of, to preach the gospel over all the cities of Israel. But that in some cases it is law... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 24,25. As much as if he had said, "Think not much if you meet with persecutions: I am your Lord and Master, you are my servants and household; you have no reason to look for better measure from the world than I your Lord meet with; it is honour enough for you to be used as well as I am. You kno... [ Continue Reading ]
This is a proverbial speech, used by our Saviour upon more occasions than this, MARK 4:22 LUKE 8:17, LUKE 12:2. As to his present use of it, the sense is, "Though my gospel be now covered and hid, yet it shall be revealed and made known." Or, "Though your innocency be hid and covered, yet God shall... [ Continue Reading ]
The candle of the gospel, which God hath by John the Baptist and me lighted up, is not to be hid; though therefore you have it from me in private, yet do you publish it. I do as it were whisper it in your ear by private discourses, and in a private converse, but it shall be made as public as if it w... [ Continue Reading ]
As I told you before, you will in the publication of my gospel meet with opposition from men. Now that it is preached as it were in darkness, and whispered in men's ears, there is no great noise made in the world; but the case will be otherwise when it cometh to be publicly revealed, and published u... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 29-31. Besides, consider, there is a God that governs the world, and by his providence influences and watcheth over the most minute and invaluable beings in it, and preserveth and upholdeth them; it extendeth to the very hairs of your head, and to a sparrow (two of which are sold ordinarily for... [ Continue Reading ]
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As this is a time for you publicly to own me, so there will be a time (in the day of judgment) for me to confess and publicly own you, _before the angels of God_ (which Luke addeth to this sentence, MATTHEW 12:8): as men deal with me in this life, so I shall deal with them in that day. Our Saviour s... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 34,35. Luke hath much the same with MATTHEW 10:34, in LUKE 12:51. As the Jews were much mistaken in their notion of the Messiah, as if he were to be a temporal prince, to restore the kingdom to Israel, and as the kingdom, so a peaceful kingdom; so many persons think still that where true religi... [ Continue Reading ]
Not of the household of faith, which showeth that it is not the gospel, but men's corruptions, which causeth division. Those, who truly receive the gospel agree well enough, at least break not out into open feuds; but the tie of no natural or moral relations will hold together the seed of the woman... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke seemeth to speak higher, LUKE 14:26, _If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple._ But the sense is the same, for by hatred there is only meant displacency, and a setting the... [ Continue Reading ]
We have much the same in MATTHEW 16:24 MARK 8:34 LUKE 9:23; It is not he that maketh not, but HE THAT TAKETH NOT HIS CROSS; that is, he that doth not willingly, and cheerfully, and patiently bear and undergo those trials, and afflictions, and persecutions, which God in the way of his providence shal... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Thessalonians 12:25, giveth us a commentary upon these words thus, _He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal._ He in this text is said to find his life, who thinks that he hath found, that is, saved it, who is so much in love... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 40-42. HE THAT RECEIVETH YOU RECEIVETH ME, &C.; we have the same LUKE 10:16, only there it is, _he that heareth you heareth me; _ and there is added, _and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me._ In 1 THESSALONIANS 13:20, it is, _Verily, verily,... [ Continue Reading ]