Another said — I will follow thee without any such view; but I must mind my business first. It is not certain that his father was already dead. Perhaps his son desired to stay with him, being very old, till his death.
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Verse Matthew 8:21. _ANOTHER OF HIS DISCIPLES_] This does not mean any of the _twelve_, but one of those who were constant hearers of our Lord's preaching; the name of _disciple_ being common to all...
AND ANOTHER OF HIS DISCIPLES ... - The word “disciple” properly signifies “learner,” and was given to the followers of Jesus because they received him as their teacher. See the notes at Matthew 5:1. I...
6. THE KING MANIFESTED BY SIGNS OF DIVINE POWER. Chapter s 8-9. CHAPTER 8 1. The Healing of the Leper. (Matthew 8:1 .) 2. The Healing of the Centurion's Servant. (Matthew 8:5 .) 3. The Healing of P...
ASPIRANTS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Luke 9:57). Mt. here breaks away from Mk.'s order, omitting Mark 1:35, and giving as the sequel to Jesus-' first stay at Capernaum what Mk. (Mark 4:35 to...
AND ANOTHER OF HIS DISCIPLES, SAID. One who recognized him as. great and wonderful teacher and was anxious to learn of him, but had not yet learned to give up _all_ for him. SUFFER ME FIRST TO GO AN...
LOVE IN ACTION (Matthew 8:1-34) Of all the gospel writers Matthew is the most orderly. He never sets out his material haphazardly. If in Matthew one thing follows another in a certain sequence, there...
When Jesus saw the great crowds surrounding him, he gave orders to go away, across to the other side. A scribe came to him. "Teacher, he said, "I will follow you wherever you may be going." Jesus said...
Fitness for Discipleship. Luke 9:57-62 St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in Samaria. The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with different charac...
_to go_ Rather, TO GO AWAY, DEPART....
FITNESS FOR DISCIPLESHIP Luke 9:57-62. St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in Samaria. The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with different charact...
Ver 18. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19. And a certain Scribe came, and said unto him, "Master, I will follow thee whithersoever th...
_MIRACLES DEMANDED A FOLLOWING MATTHEW 8:16-22:_ Matthew tells us the Jesus did that which Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would do. (Matthew 8:16-17) "When evening had come, they brought to Him ma...
ΈΤΕΡΟΣ (G2087) другой (RG, 748-50; BAGD). ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (_см._ Matthew 8:19). ΈΠΊΤΡΕΨΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΈΠΙΤΡΈΠΩ (G2010) позволять, разрешать. _Aor._ отражает особое действие,...
DISCOURSE: 1336 HOW WE ARE TO FOLLOW CHRIST Matthew 8:19. A certain Scribe came and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes hare holes,...
AND ANOTHER—SAID, &C.— The answer of this disciple supposes that our Saviour had ordered him to follow him. See Luke 9:59. It is uncertain whether this disciple's father was just dead, or whether, as...
SECTION 15 JESUS CALLS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Possible parallel: Luke 9:57-62) TEXT: 8:18-22 18. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19....
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Since this is more fully given in Luke, we must take both together. "And He said unto another of his disc...
5-13 Compare Luk_7:1-10. 5 This is followed by an intimation that, though rejected by His own, He would be accepted by the nations, as is the case in the book of Acts. The priest was at one end of the...
THE LEPER CLEANSED. THE CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED. HEALING OF PETER'S WIFE'S MOTHER AND MANY OTHERS. STILLING OF THE TEMPEST. HEALING OF THE GADARENE DEMONIACS 1-4. Cleansing of the leper (Mark 1:40;...
SAYINGS TO A SCRIBE AND ANOTHER DISCIPLE (Luke 9:57). St. Luke introduces these sayings much later in our Lord's ministry. Both evangelists apparently borrowed from a common source, which did not spec...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 8 *MIRACLES WHEN JESUS HEALED PEOPLE 8:1–9:38 Matthew showed Jesus’ authority by what he taught in Chapter s 5-7. Now Matthew shows...
SUFFER ME FIRST TO GO AND BURY MY FATHER. — A curious tradition, preserved by Clement of Alexandria, says that the disciple who came with this request was Philip. Nothing in the Gospel history, howeve...
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...
_Another disciple_. Ἕτερος, another, not only numerically (ἄλλος), but in type. The first was enthusiastic; this one is hesitating, and needs to be urged; a better, more reliable man, though contrasti...
_Excursion to the eastern shore with its incidents_ (Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:20; Luke 8:22-39). These narratives make a large leap forward in the history. As our evangelist is giving a collection of heali...
LEADER OF MEN AND RULER OF NATURE Matthew 8:18-27 Christ winnows men. Before any enter upon His service, He places before them the inevitable trials which they must meet, among which loneliness and h...
The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His power...
(5) And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. (5) When God requires our labour, we must cease all our duty to men....
CHAPTER 28 JESUS HOMELESS Matthew 8:1-22, & Luke 9:57-62. “And it came to pass, they journeying on the way, a certain one said to Him, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou mayest go, Lord; and Jesus...
As this is the first place in the Gospel we meet with the phrase Son of MAN, in reference to the person of CHRIST; and especially as it is a phrase the LORD JESUS was pleased frequently to make use of...
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...
21._Lord, permit me to go first and bury my father. _We have said, that the scribe was rejected by Christ as a follower, because he made his offer without consideration, and imagined that he would enj...
Then, in chapter 8, the Lord begins in the midst of Israel His patient life of testimony, which closed with His rejection by the people whom God had so long preserved for Him, and for their own blessi...
AND ANOTHER OF HIS DISCIPLES SAID UNTO HIM,.... That is, one of his disciples; for this does not suppose, that the other, the Scribe before mentioned, was one. It is possible, he might be one of the t...
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Ver. 21. _Lord, suffer me first to go and bury_] Old men's fear is (saith Plutarch, and that makes them so...
Mat. 8:21. "And another of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father," - _i.e._ let me stay till my aged father is dead. He was not willing to follow Him yet, and ple...
_And another said, Lord_, &c. Luke informs us, Luke 9:59, that Christ had said to this man, _Follow me_, to which command he replied, as is here stated, _Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father...
Another lesson:...
AND ANOTHER OF HIS DISCIPLES SAID UNTO HIM, LORD, SUFFER ME FIRST TO GO AND BURY MY FATHER....
Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compas...
18-22 One of the scribes was too hasty in promising; he proffers himself to be a close follower of Christ. He seems to be very resolute. Many resolutions for religion are produced by sudden convictio...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 8:22"....
Tertullian On Monogamy according to John. For the reason why He recalls that young man who was hastening to his father's obsequies,[61]...
Matthew 8:21 Then G1161 another G2087 His G846 disciples G3101 said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 Lord G2962 let...
‘And another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” ' This disciple recognises that to become a truly dedicated disciple will involve leaving his home behind. H...
TWO DISCIPLES ARE FACED UP WITH THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS (8:18-22). Jesus' command to His disciples to prepare to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 8:18) sparks off the need for s...
CHRONOLOGY. Matthew inserts this group of events here; Mark and Luke at a later point. We accept the chronology of Mark, who explicitly says that Jesus crossed the sea on the evening of the day the pa...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
AND BURY MY FATHER (κα θαψα τον πατερα μου). The first man was an enthusiast. This one is overcautious. It is by no means certain that the father was dead. Tobit urged his son Tobias to be sure to b...
Matthew 8:16. _When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits, with his word, and healed all that were sick:_ It was the evening after...
Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him,_ Great multitudes often count for nothing; it is here or ther...
Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper_ You see that particular mention is made of this one special case, and, in any co...
CONTENTS: Jesus heals a leper, the centurion's servant and Peter's wife's mother. Professed disciples tested. Stilling of the waves. Casting-out demons at Gadara. CHARACTERS: Jesus, leper, centurion...
Matthew 8:2. _Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him._ After having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome, an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, thereb...
ANOTHER MAN. It is possible, but unlikely, that this man wanted to attend the funeral of his father first. What this disciple asks must be this: "Master, let me stay with my father until such time tha...
_Master, I will follow Thee._ IMPETUOUS AND HESITATING DISCIPLESHIP I. The significance of Christ’s treatment of the impetuous scribe. He declares his determination to follow Christ, lead where He m...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:1 The Authoritative Power of the Messiah: Kingdom Power Demonstrated. Jesus has shown himself to be the Messiah through his teaching (chs. Matthew 5:1
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE COST OF FOLLOWING HIM MATTHEW 8:18-22; LUKE 9:51-62; MATTHEW 8:18; MATTHEW 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitude
CHAPTER 8 Ver. 2. _And, behold, a leper,_ &c. This same miracle is related by S. Mark (Mar 1:40), and by Luke (Luke 5:12). From a comparison of these it would seem to follow that the miracle was not p...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 8:18. TO DEPART.—Thus Jesus sought repose, and gave to the people time to bear fruit from His teaching, and kindled their interest in Himself for the future (_Bengel_). Matth...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 8:1 MESSIAH'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING. We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs to the Framework (_vide _I...
Let's turn to Matthew's gospel chapter eight. The fifth chapter of Matthew begins "And seeing the multitude, he went into a mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: And he open...
1 Kings 19:20; 1 Kings 19:21; 2 Corinthians 5:16; Deuteronomy 33:10;...
DISCIPLESHIP IN TRAINING Matthew 8:18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let us consider the insincerity of the multitude. The last study closed with the crowds pressing upon Christ that they might be dispossess...
We must not suppose by this prohibition that Christ disallows or disapproves of any civil office from one person to another, much less of. child to. parent, either living or dying: but he lets us know...