In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Ver. 1. _Beware of the leaven_] Which our eyes cannot dis... [ Continue Reading ]
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Ver. 2. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:26 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. Ver. 3. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:27 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. Ver. 4. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:28 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Ver. 5. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:28 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? Ver. 6. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:29 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Ver. 7. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:29 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: Ver. 8. _Whosoever shall confess me_] Cyprian, reproving the rashness of those Christians that would go on their own accord to the heathen magistrates, professing themselves C... [ Continue Reading ]
But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. 10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. Ver. 10. See Mat 12:31-32 Mark 3:28 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and _unto_ magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: Ver. 11. _Take ye no thought_] See the note on Matthew 10:19, and Mark 13:11. Alice Driver, martyr, at her examination, put all the doctors to... [ Continue Reading ]
For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. Ver. 13. _Master, speak to my brother_] While Christ was busily discoursing about the best things, this importunat... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? Ver. 14. _A judge or a divider over you_] It is work enough for a minister rightly to judge of the estate of his flock, and to divide the word of God unto them daily and duly. "What is that to thee?" said Christ to Peter when he... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Ver. 15. _Take heed, and beware of covetousness_] This our Saviour adds after "who made me a judge?" to teach us not to go to law with a covetous mind; b... [ Continue Reading ]
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: Ver. 16. _The ground of a certain rich man_] Gr. η χωρα. The country; for he had laid field to field till he was the only landholder thereabouts, and had a country of grain, Isaiah 58:11 ;... [ Continue Reading ]
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? Ver. 17. _And he thought within himself_] He was up with the more and down with the less; he cast up his reckonings, as covetous men's manner is, and after long debate to and fro, concluded wha... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. Ver. 18. _My barns_] So my fruits, and my goods, all was his; God came not into this epicure's thoughts. _Hic Deus nihil fecit, _ Here God does nothing, one wittily twitted... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, _and_ be merry. Ver. 19. _Eat and drink, and be merry_] A right epicure, one that had made his gut his god; another Sardanapahs, that did eat that in earth which he digested in hell, as August... [ Continue Reading ]
But God said unto him, _Thou_ fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? Ver. 20. _Thou fool, this night, &c._] This rich fool, when, like a jay, he was pruning himself in the boughs, came tumbling down with the arrow in his side... [ Continue Reading ]
So _is_ he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. Ver. 21. _Rich to God_] That is, rich in faith, James 2:5; rich in good works, 1 Timothy 6:18 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. Ver. 22. See Matthew 6:25,27 .... [ Continue Reading ]
The life is more than meat, and the body _is more_ than raiment. Ver. 23. See Matthew 6:25,27... [ Continue Reading ]
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? Ver. 24. See Matthew 6:25,27... [ Continue Reading ]
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? Ver. 25. See Matthew 6:25,27... [ Continue Reading ]
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? Ver. 26. _For the rest_] For superfluities, when ye cannot provide yourselves of necessaries.... [ Continue Reading ]
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Ver. 27. _Consider the lilies, &c._] Women and children use herbs and flowers to look on and smell to; apothecaries and others use them for food... [ Continue Reading ]
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more _will he clothe_ you, O ye of little faith? 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. Ver. 29. _Neither be ye of doubtful mind_] μη... [ Continue Reading ]
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. Ver. 33. _A treasure in the heavens_] As a merchant being to travel into a far country, doth deliver his money here upon the... [ Continue Reading ]
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Ver. 34. _There will your heart be_] Your most inward affection, your chief joy and trust.... [ Continue Reading ]
Let your loins be girded about, and _your_ lights burning; Ver. 35. _Let your loins be girded_] It implies, 1. readiness; 2. nimbleness, handiness, and handsomeness. A loose, discinct, and diffluent mind is unfit to serve God. Here it is ungirt, unblest.... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Ver. 36. _And knocketh_] _sc._ By the hammer of his word and Spirit, or by the hand of death, summoning you thereto by some sickness,... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed _are_ those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. Ver. 37. _Blessed are those servants_] So Luke 12:38; Luke 12:43. They are three times said to be... [ Continue Reading ]
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find _them_ so, blessed are those servants. Ver. 38. _In the second watch_] For _serius aut citius, _ death will be upon us; neither is it sure that he will knock or give warning. Watch, therefore; since at the next puff of b... [ Continue Reading ]
And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Ver. 39. See Matthew 24:43 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. Ver. 40. _Be ye therefore ready_] See Matthew 24:46; _See Trapp on "_ Mat 24:46 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? Ver. 41. _Lord, speakest thou, &c._] The disciples ever dreamed of some singular happiness, some immunity and privilege, that they should have above others. Hence this question, that gave occasion to the ensuing par... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom _his_ lord shall make ruler over his household, to give _them their_ portion of meat in due season? Ver. 42. See Matthew 24:46,51 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed _is_ that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Ver. 43. See Matthew 24:46,51 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. Ver. 44. See Matthew 24:46,51 .... [ Continue Reading ]
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; Ver. 45. See Matthew 24:46,51 .... [ Continue Reading ]
The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for _him_, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. Ver. 46. See Matthew 24:46,51 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not _himself_, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many _stripes_. Ver. 47. _Which knew his Lord's will_] None are so filled with God's wrath as knowing men. _Sapientes sapienter descendunt in infernum, _ The wise wisely... [ Continue Reading ]
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few _stripes_. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Ver. 48. _Much is given_] To know our Master's will is the great t... [ Continue Reading ]
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? Ver. 49. _To send fire on the earth_] That is, that persecution that is _evangelii genius, _ guardian of the gospel, as Calvin wrote to the French king, and dogs at the heels the preaching of the truth. _ And what will... [ Continue Reading ]
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Ver. 50. _And how am I staitened_] This painful preconceit of his passion was a part of our Saviour's passion. This made him spend many a night in prayer, bewailing our sins, and imploring God's grace, and he... [ Continue Reading ]
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Ver. 51. See Matthew 10:34 .... [ Continue Reading ]
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. Ver. 52. See Matthew 10:34 .... [ Continue Reading ]
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. Ver. 53. See Matthew 10:34 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. Ver. 54. See Matthew 16:2 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And when _ye see_ the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 _Ye_ hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? Ver. 57. _Yea, and why... [ Continue Reading ]
When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, _as thou art_ in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. Ver. 58. _Give diligence_] δος εργασιαν, _Purus... [ Continue Reading ]
I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite. Ver. 59. _Till thou hast paid the very last mite_] It is good to compound quickly with the Lord, and to take up the suit before it come to execution and judgment, lest we be forced to pay, not only the main debt, but... [ Continue Reading ]