B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary
Matthew 10:36
man's foes shall be of his own household.
This has been verified thousands of times. Many. convert has been turned out of home and banished by kindred, because he had confessed Christ.
man's foes shall be of his own household.
This has been verified thousands of times. Many. convert has been turned out of home and banished by kindred, because he had confessed Christ.
Verse 36. _A MAN'S FOES SHALL BE THEY OF HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD._] Our Lord refers here to their own traditions. So _Sota_, fol. 49. "A little before the coming of the Messiah, the son shall insult the fa...
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME ... - This is taken from Micah 7:6. Christ did not here mean to say that the object of his coming was to produce discord and contention, for he was the Prince of Peace, Isaiah...
7. THE MESSENGERS OF THE KINGDOM. CHAPTER 10 1. The Twelve Disciples. (Matthew 10:1 .) 2. Their Commission. (Matthew 10:5 .) 3. Persecutions Promised. (Matthew 10:16 .) 4. Words of Encouragement....
FAMILY FEUDS (Luke 12:51), _cf. Matthew 10:21 supra._ Family and social strife is a portent of the end in apocalyptic literature (_cf._ the mission of Elijah, Malachi 4:5 f.). So the Rabbis interprete...
FURTHER SAYINGS ON PERSECUTION. Matthew 10:24_ a_ would hardly be intelligible to the disciples till after Matthew 16:21; Matthew 10:25_ b_ connects with...
THE CHARGE TO THE TWELVE. The section forms the second of five passages into which Mt. col lected the sayings of Jesus. The Markan account (Matthew 6:7) is followed by Luke 9:1, but Luke 10:2 (the Sev...
"Do not think that I came to send peace on earth: I did not come to send peace, but a sword. I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-la...
THE MESSENGERS OF THE KING (Matthew 10:1-4)...
Christ's Charge to the Apostles This discourse falls naturally into two divisions; of which the first (Matthew 10:5) has reference to the immediate present, the second relates rather to the church of...
The Church of the Future (1) The Apostolic character, 16. (2) Persecution, 17 25. (3) Consolation the care of the Father, 26 31. (4) The reward, 32. (5) The Christian choice, 33 39. (6) The hosts of...
CHRIST’S CHARGE TO THE APOSTLES This discourse falls naturally into two divisions; of which the first (Matthew 10:5-15) has reference to the immediate present, the second relates rather to the church...
THE CHURCH OF THE FUTURE (1) The Apostolic character, 16. (2) Persecution, 17–25. (3) Consolation—the care of the Father, 26–31. (4) The reward, 32. (5) The Christian choice, 33–39. (6) The hosts of...
These verses exhibit beautifully three characteristics of Hebrew poetry, antithesis, climax, refrain. The first four lines μὴ νομίσητε … οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ, which reflect the words of Micah 7:6, indica...
VER 34. "THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO SEND PEACE ON EARTH: I CAME NOT TO SEND PEACE, BUT A SWORD. 35. FOR I AM COME TO SET A MAN AT VARIANCE AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND THE DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND...
_JESUS TAUGHT THE APOSTLES HOW TO FIND LIFE MATTHEW 10:34-42:_ The Jews had the belief that outward peace and prosperity would come in the days of the Messiah. Jesus said, "Think not that I am come to...
DISCOURSE: 1346 THE RULE OF CHRIST’S PROCEDURE IN THE LAST DAY Matthew 10:32. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoeve...
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME, &C.— "Because the prophets have spoken glorious things of the peace and happiness which shall flourish under the Messiah, whom they have named, for that reason, _the prince o...
SECTION 23 JESUS COMMISSIONS TWELVE APOSTLES TO EVANGELIZE GALILEE IV. JESUS REQUIRES AND REWARDS LOYALTY OF HIS SERVANTS TEXT: 10:32-39 A. THE SUPREME HONOR FOR LOYALTY (10:32) 32. Every one ther...
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. AND A MAN'S FOES SHALL BE THEY OF HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD. This saying, which is quoted, as is the whole verse, from , is but an extension of the Psal...
23 The mood of the verb is most important here. The Lord is not telling what would but what may occur. His apostles were frail mortals, easily discouraged, so He does no more than hint at a possible f...
LATER CHARGES OF JESUS, REFERRING TO WORK AFTER THE ASCENSION. Matthew 10:16 were probably spoken in Holy Week: see Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12....
CHARGE TO THE TWELVE (Mark 6:7 Luke 9:1 : cp. also Luke 10:2, charge to the Seventy). The first eleven vv. of this great charge (Matthew 10:5) represent Christ's words act
MISSION OF THE TWELVE 1. Mission of the Twelve (Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1). This mission was intended partly to prepare the way for visits from Jesus Himself, and partly to train the apostles for their futur...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS CHOOSES 12 MEN AND SENDS THEM AS HIS WORKERS 10:1-4 V1 Jesus called his 12 *disciples to come to him. Then he gave them auth...
CHAPTER 9 The King's Ambassadors - Matthew 9:36; Matthew 10:1 I - THE MISSION. Matthew 9:36 - Matthew 10:1 So far the Kin
ἔχθροὶ : the predicate standing first for emphasis; _enemies_, not friends as one would expect, the members of one's family (οἰκιακοὶ, as in Matthew 10:25). The passage reproduces freely Micah 7:6....
The whole foregoing discourse, by its announcements and consolations, implies that dread experiences are in store for the apostles of the faith. To the inexperienced the question might naturally sugge...
_Prophetic picture of future apostolic tribulations_. An interpolation of our evangelist after his manner of grouping _logia_ of kindred import. The greater part of the material is given in other conn...
RECEIVING CHRIST'S REPRESENTATIVES Matthew 10:34-42 In Jesus Christ we acquire a new affinity, stronger than that of family ties. When we enter into the family of God we belong to all His children. T...
As a result of this, the King calls, equips, and sends forth His disciples. No work can be done to extend His Kingdom that is not the direct outcome of His compassion. To men in communion with that co...
_And a man's enemies, &c. He here alludes to our own passions of love, hatred, anger, envy, &c. which are our greatest enemies; and it is against these that we must make use of the sword our Saviour c...
HE SENDS OUT THE TWELVE Matthew 9:37-38. _“Then He says to His disciples, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest, in order that He may send out th...
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...
So long as God gives Him access to the people, He continues His labour of love. Nevertheless, He was conscious of the iniquity that governed the people, although He did not seek His own glory. Having...
AND A MAN'S FOES SHALL BE THEY OF HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD. His children, and his servants, such that he has either begotten and brought up, or are daily fed at his table, and maintained by him. This, with t...
And a man's foes _shall be_ they of his own household. Ver. 36. _And a man's foes shall be they, &c._] Nicholas of Jenvile, a young man newly come from Geneva, was condemned and set in the cart. His...
_Think not that I am come_, &c. As if he had said, Because the prophets have spoken glorious things of the peace and happiness of the world under the reign of the Messiah, whom they have named, for th...
AND A MAN'S FOES SHALL BE THEY OF HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD. The same thought as in verse 21. Peace on earth was promised at the birth of Jesus, Luke 2:14. And peace on earth was earned by the Redeemer, Isaia...
The result of such uncompromising demands:...
When He instructs us to pray, He fully intends to answer such prayer, as we see now in His sending forth His twelve disciples. It is precious to see Him exercising authority to communicate authority t...
16-42 Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution. They were to avoid all things which gave advantage to their enemies, all meddling with worldly or political concerns, all appearance of...
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 int...
Matthew 10:36 and G2532 mans G444 enemies G2190 own G846 household G3615 Genesis 3:15,...
WHAT WILL RESULT FROM HIS COMING, AND WHAT HE REQUIRES OF THOSE WHO WOULD FOLLOW HIM (10:34-42). As Jesus comes to the end of His instructions He wants His disciples to be aware of the waves that they...
“For I came to set a man at variance against his father, And the daughter against her mother, And the daughter in law against her mother in law, And a man's foes will be those of his own household....
Peculiar to Matthew, though some of the sayings occur in the other Gospels. As such trials and emergencies did not occur on this journey, some suppose this part of the discourse was uttered at a later...
Matthew 10:36 "They began to make excuse." There is one excuse by which we either plead the example and authority of our neighbours for doing evil, or for fear of their laughing at us and persecuting...
Matthew 10:1. _And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease._ They...
Our Lord had been sending forth his twelve apostles to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and to work miracles in his name. Having given them their commission, he warned them of the treatment they must...
CONTENTS: The twelve instructed and sent out. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, Judas. CONCLUSION: The ca...
Matthew 10:1. _He called to him his twelve disciples._ Jesus chose twelve that they might sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Luke 22:30. And that they might be the twelve foundations...
A MAN'S WORST ENEMIES. This has been proved thousands of times. Many have been thrown out and banished because they had confessed Christ....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 10:34 SWORD is a metaphor for the separation that will occur between those who believe in Christ and those who do not. Jesus’ own family opposed him before they recognized his...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 10:1 The Authoritative Mission of the Messiah’s Messengers. This is Jesus’ second major teaching (see Introduction: Key Themes). It focuses on the disciples’ mission to Israel...
CHAPTER 10 _And when He had called_, &c. Observe that Christ, out of all His disciples, chose principally twelve, as S. Luke shows more at length (vi. 13.). He chose twelve Apostles that they should b...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 10:38. TAKETH NOT HIS CROSS.—By the Roman custom criminals were compelled to bear the cross to the place of execution. The Galilæans would know too well what was meant by “ta...
EXPOSITION For introductory notes to this chapter, see Matthew 9:35. MATTHEW 10:1 Parallel passages: Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1. Th
Shall we turn now in our bibles to the tenth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? In the beginning of the tenth chapter we find Christ sending His disciples out, telling them to go to the lost sheep of t...
1 Samuel 17:28; 2 Samuel 16:11; Genesis 3:15; Genesis 37:17; Gen
THE DISCIPLE AND HIS LORD Matthew 10:24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We thought it well to present seven names by which the children of God are known in the New Testament. 1. THE FIRST NAME WE SHALL MENTION...
And the foes of a man — That loves and follows me. Micah 7:6....
Did Jesus come to bring peace or war? PROBLEM: Here Jesus affirms, “I did not come to bring peace but a sword.” However, elsewhere He is called “the prince of peace” (Isaiah 9:6) who said, “My peace I...