Verse Matthew 19:25. _WHO CAN BE SAVED?_] The question of the disciples seemed to intimate that most people were _rich_, and that therefore scarcely any could be saved. They certainly must have attac...
This account is found also in Mark 10:17; Luke 18:18. Matthew 19:16 ONE CAME - This was a young man,...
7. DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE. Concerning Divorce. Little Children Blessed and the Rich Young Man. CHAPTER 19 1. The Departure from Galilee. (Matthew 19:1 .) 2. Concerning Divorce. (Matthew 19:3 .) 3....
THE GREAT REFUSAL AND THE OBSTACLE OF RICHES (Mark 10:17 *, Luke 18:18). In Matthew 19:16 f. note the changes made by Mt. to avoid the saying of Jesus, as given by Mk., that only God can be called goo...
JEWISH MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (Matthew 19:1-9)...
Jesus said to the disciples, "This is the truth I tell you--it is with difficulty that a rich man shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Again I say unto you--it is easier for a camel to pass through...
THEN. it followeth....
Of Riches, and the Kingdom of God Mark 10:23-27; Luke 18:24-27. These reflections follow naturally on the last incident....
_Who then can be saved?_ Salvation seemed to belong by right to the rulers of synagogues and other rich people. It was a notable fact that the gospel should be preached to the poor. The thought of the...
ἘΞΕΠΛΉΣΣΟΝΤΟ ΣΦΌΔΡΑ. The extreme amazement of the disciples, which can find no echo in souls trained to Christianity, is not quite easy to understand. But there was present to the disciples, perhaps,...
OF RICHES, AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD Mark 10:23-27; Luke 18:24-27 These reflections follow naturally on the last incident....
VER 23. THEN SAID JESUS UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, "VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT A RICH MAN SHALL HARDLY ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 24. AND AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, IT IS EASIER FOR A CAMEL TO GO THROUGH...
_WISDOM FROM ABOVE CONCERNING WHO CAN BE SAVED MATTHEW 19:23-30:_ It is difficult for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 19:23) When the disciples heard Jesus say that i...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191). ΈΞΕΠΛΉΣΣΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. от_ ΈΚΠΛΆΣΣΩ (G1605) быть вне себя от удивления, поражаться, изумляться (BAGD). _Impf._ предполагает, что настроен...
SECTION 49 JESUS TESTS RICH YOUNG RULER AND ENCOURAGES DISCIPLES (Parallels: Mark 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30) TEXT: 19:16-30 A. The Demands of Discipleship 16 And behold, one came to him and said, Tea...
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 18:18....
23 As the political constitution of the Jewish commonwealth rendered it practically impossible to acquire great possessions without oppressing others, riches were a hindrance and are largely lost in t...
THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE. THE RICH YOUNG MAN 1, 2. End of the Galilean ministry. The Peræn ministry begins (Mark 10:1; Luke 9:51 cp. Luke 17:11). The time was now late summer of 28 a.d. The Passion was...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 19 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 19:1-12 V1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left the Galilee region. He went to the other sid...
WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED? — There is an almost child-like _naïveté_ in the question thus asked by the disciples. They, whether among their own people or among strangers, had found the desire of wealth to...
CHAPTER 15 Last Days in Peraea - Matthew 19:1 - Matthew 20:1 THERE were two main roads from Galilee to Jerusalem. One passed through Samaria, on the west of the Jordan, the other through Peraea, east...
ἐξεπλήσσοντο σφόδρα : the severity of the Master's doctrine on wealth as on divorce (Matthew 19:12) was more than the disciples could bear. It took their breath away, so to speak. τίς ἄρα, etc.: it se...
_Conversation ensuing_ (Mark 10:23-27; Luke 18:24-27)....
RICHES IN THE KINGDOM Matthew 19:23-30 Money is not an unmixed good. It brings in its train many temptations. It is easier to bear poverty than wealth-easier to be a saint when life is hard than whe...
The Pharisees approached Him with a question concerning divorce. The force of His reply is in the words "from the beginning." He had no opinions apart from the will and intention of God. As God willed...
_They wondered very much. The apostles wondered how any person could be saved, not because all were rich, but because the poor were also included, who had their hearts and affections fixed on riches....
THE RICH YOUNG MAN Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30. Mark: “And He, traveling along the road, one running and kneeling clown asked Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit e...
"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? (17) And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that i...
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...
25._And his disciples, when they heard these things, were greatly amazed. The disciples are astonished, _because it ought to awaken in us no little anxiety, that _riches _obstruct the _entrance into t...
chapter 19 carries on the subject of the spirit that is suited to the kingdom of heaven, and goes deep into the principles which govern human nature, and of what was now divinely introduced. A questio...
WHEN HIS DISCIPLES HEARD IT..... That is, the difficulty of a rich man's entering into the kingdom of heaven, aggravated by the above proverbial expression, THEY WERE EXCEEDINGLY AMAZED. They were su...
When his disciples heard _it_, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? Ver. 25. _They were exceedingly amazed_] Because they knew that all men either are or would be rich; and th...
_When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed_ The disciples, who had followed their Master in expectation of becoming rich and great, were exceedingly astonished when they heard him decl...
The lesson:...
WHEN HIS DISCIPLES HEARD IT, THEY WERE EXCEEDINGLY AMAZED, SAYING, WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED?...
The setting now is changed from Galilee to Judea, with great crowds following Him, finding healing from their illnesses. But since the Lord Jesus has been announcing a kingdom of a different character...
23-30 Though Christ spoke so strongly, few that have riches do not trust in them. How few that are poor are not tempted to envy! But men's earnestness in this matter is like their toiling to build a...
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‘And when the disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” ' The disciples, who had been brought up to believe that the rich were prosperous because of their piet...
THE BASIS OF THE NEW KINGLY RULE - THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SALVATION WITHOUT GOD BEING AT WORK (19:23-26). In Matthew 5:3 it was those who had been ‘blessed' by God who were poor in spirit, repentant, me...
ANALYSIS OF THE SECTION MATTHEW 19:3 TO MATTHEW 22:46. This whole Section may be analysed as follows: a Jesus' testing commences with a question about divorce. b Jesus questions the Pharisees about...
Matthew 19:25. WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED? Since all may have some possessions, and naturally love to have more. Their temporal views of the kingdom were also mixed with their question....
This section is in its proper chronological position. Our Lord ‘departed thence' (Matthew 19:15), but on the way (Mark 10:17) He was met by this ‘ruler' (Luke 18:18). Our Lord first presented the high...
This incident seems to be in proper chronological position. Luke's account at this point again becomes parallel to that of Matthew and Mark....
WERE ASTONISHED (εξεπλησσοντο). Imperfect descriptive of their blank amazement. They were literally "struck out....
SAVED (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _ Compare (Matthew 13:3)....
All sorts of persons are invited to come to Christ, whatever their age may be. We begin here with the children. Matthew 19:13. Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his...
CONTENTS: Christ and the divorce question. Little children blessed. The rich young ruler. Apostles' future place in the Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter, rich young ruler. CONCLUSION: God Himse...
Matthew 19:3. _The pharisees also came tempting him._ These men professed perfection of morality, and of worship; and their object was to tempt our Lord to sin, by giving his sanction to a law of cust...
25-26. WHO CAN BE SAVED, THEN? Human efforts alone can never save. Only God's grace can save! We reach out through faith to seize the sacrifice of Christ (see Colossians 2:12)_. "When anyone is joined...
_Some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up._ WAY SEED DEVOURED BY BIRDS The birds devour the truth we neglect to cover. Let us study these birds:- 1. The first belongs...
_Who, then, can be saved?_ WHO, THEN, CAN BE SAVED? This sounds as if there were some great difficulty in the way of being saved. How is this, is not salvation free? Yes. Then where is the difficult...
JESUS SPEAKS TO THE RICH YOUNG MAN MATTHEW 19:16-30; MARK 10:17-31; LUKE 18:18-30; MATTHEW 19:16 And, behold, one came and
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 19:16. GOOD MASTER.—The better MSS. omit the adjective, and it has probably been added here by later copyists to bring the passage into a verbal agreement with the narrative o...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 19:1 _The beginning of the last journey to Jerusalem_._ The question concerning divorce_._ _(Mark 10:1.) MATTHEW 19:1...
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and he came to the coast of Judea (Matthew 19:1); Now that is the border of Judea, so He is moving south towards J...
Luke 13:23; Luke 13:24; Mark 13:20; Matthew 24:22; Romans 10:13;...
His disciples were amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? — If rich men, with all their advantages, cannot? Who? A poor man; a peasant; a beggar: ten thousand of them, sooner than one that is rich....
(CF. MARK 10:17-31; LUKE 18:18-30)— If Jesus was God, why did He seem to rebuke the rich young ruler for calling Him good? PROBLEM: The rich young ruler called Jesus “Good Teacher,” and Jesus rebuked...
The disciples understanding how naturally and strongly men love the world, and how idolatrously and inordinately their hearts run out upon it, they say unto Christ, LORD, WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED? Learn...