Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 8:29
What have we to do with thee — This is a Hebrew phrase, which signifies. Why do you concern yourself about us? 2 Samuel 16:10. Before the time — The great day.
What have we to do with thee — This is a Hebrew phrase, which signifies. Why do you concern yourself about us? 2 Samuel 16:10. Before the time — The great day.
Verse 29. _WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH THEE_] The literal translation of τι ημιν και σοι, is, _What_ is it _to us and to thee;_ which perhaps might be understood to imply their disclaiming any design to i...
The same account of the demoniacs substantially is found in Mark 5:1, and Luke 8:26. Matthew 8:28 THE OTHER SIDE - The other side of the Sea of Tiberias....
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...
THE GERASENE DEMONIACS (Mark 5:1 *, Luke 8:26) Mt. is considerably shorter than Mk.; note his summary of Mark 5:3 and omission of Mark 5:8;...
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...
And, when he had come to the other side, to the territory of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, as they emerged from the tombs. They were very fierce, so that no one was able to pass by t...
WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH THEE?. Hebraism. See note on 2 Samuel 16:10. Occurs in Mark 1:24; Mark 5:7; Luke 4:34;...
The Gadarene Demoniacs. St Mark 5:1-20; St Luke 8:26-39 St Mark and St Luke make mention of one demoniac only. St Mark relates the incident at greater length and with more particularity. St Matthew o...
_What have we to do with thee_ Not "what is there in common between you and us?" but "what cause of war is there between us?" The same expression occurs in this sense 2 Chronicles 35:21....
ἸΔΟῪ ἜΚΡΑΞΑΝ. Cp. Verg. _Aen._ IV. 490, Mugire _videbis_ | sub pedibus terram; but ἰδοὺ in Hellenistic Greek is little more than a vivid transitional particle, drawing attention to what follows....
THE GADARENE DEMONIACS Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39. St Mark and St Luke make mention of one demoniac only. St Mark relates the incident at greater length and with more particularity. St Matthew omits t...
Ver 28. And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that...
_MIRACLE OF HEALING THE DEMON-POSSESSED MATTHEW 8:28-34:_ Jesus also healed two very pitiful demon possessed men. These men were exceedingly fierce, living in the tombs. They were so fierce that no on...
ΈΚΡΑΞΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΡΆΖΩ (G2896) закричать, выкрикнуть, ΤΊ ΉΜΊΝ ΚΑΊ ΣΟ "что Тебе до нас?" Эта фраза содержит_евр._ идиоматическое выражение, которое предполагает, что стороны не имеют никаки...
Section 17 JESUS FREES THE GADARENE DEMONIACS (Parallels: Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39) TEXT: 8:28-9:1 28. And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two p...
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way....
25 Ever and anon, while revealing His own glory and exercising the faith of His followers, our Lord presents a marvelous prophetic picture of the course of the kingdom proclamation. Here we have a pre...
8:29 us? (e-26) Or, perhaps, 'to torment us before the time.'...
THOU SON OF GOD] The demons similarly acknowledge Jesus in Mark 3:11; Luke 4:41. TO TORMENT US BEFORE THE TIME] viz. of the Last Judgment, when the demons will be consigned to hell. The demoniacs iden...
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;...
THE HEALING OF THE GADARENE DEMONIACS (Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26). There are real difficulties in connexion with this narrative, but that upon which Professor Huxley laid so much stress in his controversy w...
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...
THEY CRIED OUT, SAYING... — St. Mark adds that the demoniac, seeing Jesus from afar, ran and did homage (“worshipped” in the English version) to Him, and (with St. Luke) gives the fuller form of his c...
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...
ἰδοὺ ἔκραξαν : sudden, startling, unearthly cry, fitted to shock weak nerves. But not the cry of men about to make an assault. The madmen, whom all feared and shunned, were subdued by the aspect of th...
_The demoniacs of Gadara_ (Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39). This narrative raises puzzling questions of all sorts, among them a geographical or topological one, as to the scene of the occurrence. The varia...
_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...
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR Matthew 8:28-34 The demon spirit seems still to tenant the lives of human beings. To what else can we attribute the paroxysms of passion, the awful cruelties and inhumanities of...
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...
Before the time which God has marked to drive us from the world, and to bury us for ever in the prison of hell. (Bible de Vence) --- _What have we to do with thee? Or what hast thou to do with us? wha...
THE DEMONIZED GADERENE Matthew 8:28-34; Matthew 9:1; Mark 5:1-21; and Mark 5:26-40. We visited this country of the Gadarenes, which com
We meet with the relation of this miracle, and somewhat more particularly enlarged, in Mark 5:1. I refer the Reader therefore to that part of my Commentary for my observations upon it. I only detain t...
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...
Matthew 8:29._What have we to do with thee? _Willingly would they, by this word, drive him far from them. But when they see that they are held under restraint, and that it is in vain for them to decli...
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 BEHOLD THEY CRIED OUT, SAYING,.... This is an instance and proof, of the wonderful power of Christ over the devils; and has therefore the note of admiration, "behold!" prefixed to it, that the dev...
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? Ver. 29. _What have we to do with thee_] Horrible impude...
Legion of devils. Matthew 8:28-34; MATTHEW 26:53....
BEFORE THE TIME; the day of judgment, the time appointed by God for their final torments. Even devils knew that God would fulfil his word, in punishing them at his own appointed time....
AND, BEHOLD, THEY CRIED OUT, SAYING. WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH THEE, JESUS, THOU SON OF GOD? ART THOU COME HITHER TO TORMENT US BEFORE THE TIME? Jesus, having come to destroy the works of the devil, to...
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...
28-34 The devils have nothing to do with Christ as a Saviour; they neither have, nor hope for any benefit from him. Oh the depth of this mystery of Divine love; that fallen man has so much to do with...
Mark saith, MARK 5:8, that Jesus first said to him, _Come out of the man; _ and, MARK 5:6,7, _when he saw Jesus afar off he ran and worshipped him, and cried with a loud voice, What have I to do with...
Tertullian Against Praxeas ."[370] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the Gospel according to Matthew: "What have we to do with Thee, Thou Son of David? why ar...
Matthew 8:29 And G2532 suddenly G2400 (G5628) out G2896 (G5656) saying G3004 (G5723) What G5101 we...
‘And behold, they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Are you come here to torment us before the time?” ' And on seeing Jesus they had no alternative but to react with hor...
THE TWO DEMONIACS OF DECAPOLIS (8:28-34). Having experienced their amazing deliverance the disciples were no doubt pleased to reach a safe haven. Little did they realise that they were going to see ev...
Matthew 8:29. AND BEHOLD, they cried out. They strangely enough (‘behold') did not assail; even their hostile words confessed the superiority of Jesus. WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH THEE, lit ‘What (is) t...
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...
THOU SON OF GOD (υιε του θεου). The recognition of Jesus by the demons is surprising. The whole subject of demonology is difficult. Some hold that it is merely the ancient way of describing disease....
Matthew 8:28 I. Consider the casting out of the devils. (1) The Gospel narratives are distinctly pledged to the historic truth of these occurrences. Either they are true or the Gospels are false. (2)...
Matthew's Gospel is the Gospel of the Kingdom, and of the King. Here you see the King amid the storms of nature. Matthew 8:23. _And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, 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...
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...
AT ONCE THEY SCREAMED. With an unearthly cry! This account shows that demon-possession was not simply bodily or mental disease. Evil spirits literally took control of their victims and spoke through t...
_There met Him two possessed with devils._ CHRIST AND THE DEMONIAC I. The immediate connection of the world of darkness with the evil heart. II. The great power of the inhabitants of darkness over...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:29 BEFORE THE TIME. The demons know that they will be judged and punished at God’s appointed time. ⇐...
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 SENDS THE DEMONS INTO A HERD OF PIGS MATTHEW 8:28-34; MARK 5:1-20; LUKE 8:26-39; MATTHEW 8:28 And when he was come to the other side
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 8:28. GERGESENES.—The readings vary between Gerasenes, Gadarenes, and Gergesenes (_Carr_). Modern research claims to have ascertained the exact locality of the transaction. Th...
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...
2 Peter 2:4; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:22; Acts 16:17; James 2:19;...
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...
(CF. MARK 5:1-20; LUKE 8:26-39)— Where were the demoniacs healed? PROBLEM: The first three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) each give an account of Jesus healing demoniacs. Matthew states that the pl...
Observe, The devils knew Christ to be the Son of God, and that he came into the world to be. Saviour, but not their Saviour; and therefore they cry out, WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH THEE? or thou with us?...