Verse Matthew 9:12. _THEY THAT BE WHOLE NEED NOT A PHYSICIAN_] A common proverb, which none could either misunderstand or misapply. Of it the reader may make the following use:- 1. Jesus Christ repre...
THEY THAT BE WHOLE ... - Jesus, in reply, said that the whole needed not a physician. Sick persons only needed his aid. A physician would not commonly be found with those that were in health. His prop...
CHAPTER 9 1. A Man Sick of the Palsy Healed. (Matthew 9:1 .) 2. The Call of Matthew (Matthew 9:9 .) 3. With the Publicans and the Sinners. (Matthew 9:10 .) 4. The Question of John's Disciples. ...
THE CALL OF MATTHEW. JESUS EATS WITH TAX-COLLECTORS (Mark 2:13 *, Luke 5:27). We need not doubt the identification of Matthew (= gift of Yahweh) and Levi; Peter had a double Jewish name, Simon and Kep...
He was sitting at table in the house, and, look you, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and sat at table with Jesus and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why do...
THE GROWTH OF OPPOSITION (Matthew 9:1-34) We have repeatedly seen that in Matthew's gospel there is nothing haphazard. It is carefully planned and carefully designed. In Matthew 9:1-38 we see another...
THEY THAT BE, &C. Figure of speech _Paroemia_ (App-6). WHOLE. strong. Eng. "whole" is from Anglo-Saxon _hael_. our "hale", healthy or strong....
_They that be whole_, &c. There is a touch of irony in the words. They that are "whole" are they who think themselves whole. So below, the "righteous" are those who are righteous in their own eyes....
A MEAL IN THE EVANGELIST’S HOUSE Mark 2:15-17; Luke 5:29-32....
ΟἹ ἸΣΧΎΟΝΤΕΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. There is a touch of irony in the words. They that are ‘whole’ are they who think themselves whole. So below, the ‘righteous’ are those who are righteous in their own eyes....
Ver 9. And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, "Follow me." And he arose, and followed him. 10. And it came to pass...
_WISDOM FROM ABOVE CONCERNING DIVORCE MATTHEW 19:1-12:_ The Pharisees tested Jesus with the question, "Is it lawful and right to dismiss and divorce one's wife for any and every cause?" They intended...
_COMPASSION CALLED FOLLOWERS AND ANSWERED CRITICISM MATTHEW 9:9-17:_ The compassion of Jesus called a hated man to follow Him. Matthew was a tax collector, a publican. Jesus called him to be His disci...
ΆΚΟΥΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΙΣΧΎΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. nom. pl._ от ΙΣΧΎΩ (G2480) быть сильным, здоровым, ΙΑΤΡΟΎ (G2395) _gen. sing._ (gen. с _adj._ ΧΡΕΊΑΝ) доктор,...
AND WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT— See on Matthew 9:9. Instead of _whole,_ we may read _well._ The Pharisees did not indeed direct their discourse to Jesus; but having spoken so loud as to let all the gue...
SECTION 19 JESUS CALLS MATTHEW LEVI (Parallels: Mark 2:13-22; Luke 5:27-39) TEXT: 9:9-17 9. And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he...
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. BUT WHEN JESUS HEARD [THAT], HE SAID UNTO THEM - to the Pharisees and scribes; addres...
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...
THE SICK OF THE PALSY. CALL OF MATTHEW. RAISING OF JAIRUS' DAUGHTER 1-8. The paralytic healed and his sins forgiven (Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17). The peculiarity of this miracle is that it was worked to prov...
CALL OF MATTHEW (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27 : see Intro.). The call of a publican was another challenge to the Pharisaic party. Considering the low estimation in which publicans were held (see on Matthew 5:...
THEY THAT BE WHOLE, i.e. the Pharisees, HAVE NO NEED OF A PHYSICIAN, i.e. of Christ, BUT THEY THAT ARE SICK, i.e. the publicans and sinners. The saying is spoken in irony, for the Pharisees, wanting c...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 3. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT WALK 9:1-8 V1 Then Jesus stepped into a boat. He went back across the lake and arrived at his own town. V...
THEY THAT BE WHOLE. — Literally, _They that are strong._ St. Luke gives, with a more professional precision, “They that are in health.” That, speaking from the thoughts and standpoint of those address...
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...
ὁ δὲ α. εἶπεν : to whom? Were the fault-finders present to hear? οὐ χρείαν, etc.: something similar can be cited from classic authors, _vide_ instances in Grotius, Elsner, and Wetstein. The originalit...
_The publican feast_ (Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32). The point of interest for the evangelist in this narrative is not the _call_ of the publican disciple, but the feast which followed, a feast of publi...
THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Matthew 9:9-17 The name Levi indicates that Matthew sprang from a priestly line. He had lost all self-respect to become the abhorred instrument of the Roman government, collect...
The King now exercised His authority in a new way. He pronounced pardon on a sinner, and straightway opposition was aroused. To the questioning and rebellious hearts He vindicated His authority to for...
_They that are in health. The explication of which is, I converse with sinners, that I may heal their souls from incredulity. (Menochius)_...
The call of Matthew is most interesting, and serves to mark the distinguishing grace of God. His name from Mattan, a gift, seems suited to one who received the free gift of the Lord. Here was no prepa...
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...
12._Not they who are in health need a physician _It is evident from Christ’s reply that the scribes erred in two ways: they did not take into account the office of Christ; and, while they spared their...
In the following chapter (chapter 9), while acting in the character and according to the power of Jehovah (as we read in Psalms 103), "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases...
BUT WHEN JESUS HEARD THAT,.... The charge the Pharisees brought against him, and the insinuations they had made of him to his disciples; which he either overheard himself, or his disciples related to...
But when Jesus heard _that_, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. Ver. 12. _But when Jesus heard that, he said_] Hence we learn, that although it be a s...
_As Jesus sat at meat in the house_ Namely, of Matthew, (see Mark 2:15,) who, being desirous at once to show his respects to Christ, and to give his former companions and acquaintance an opportunity o...
SICK; sinners need the Saviour, as those that are sick need a physician. It was therefore proper that he should be with such, for the purpose of doing them good. And if any were really righteous, as t...
BUT WHEN JESUS HEARD THAT, HE SAID UNTO THEM, THEY THAT BE WHOLE NEED NOT A PHYSICIAN, BUT THEY THAT ARE SICK....
Christ's defense:...
Returning to His own city, Capernaum, He has brought to Him a man totally helpless, lying on a bed. This case of palsy is indicative of the complete debilitating effects of sin: man is left without st...
10-13 Some time after his call, Matthew sought to bring his old associates to hear Christ. He knew by experience what the grace of Christ could do, and would not despair concerning them. Those who ar...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 9:13"....
Tertullian On Modesty "a Physician." necessary to "the sick" "more than to the whole."[107] Origen Against Celsus Book III For there are in the divinity of the word some helps towards the cure of th...
Matthew 9:12 G1161 Jesus G2424 heard G191 (G5660) said G2036 (G5627) them G846 are G2192 ...
‘But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are whole have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.” ' When Jesus heard what was being said He patiently explained His position to the Pharisees....
WHAT JESUS HAS TO OFFER AND THE GROWTH OF PHARISAIC OPPOSITION (9:10-34). We are now informed about the first open opposition among the Pharisees to Jesus. The Pharisees had seemingly previously appro...
JESUS HAS COME AS THE HEALER OF THE SINS OF ALL MEN, BUT THE PHARISEES CRITICISE HIM FOR EATING WITH PUBLIC SERVANTS AND SINNERS (9:10-13). Jesus now makes clear that He has come in order to save the...
Matthew 9:12. Our Lord, in figurative language, lays down a principle, applicable to the case, on their own estimate of themselves, and the publicans and sinners.' THEY THAT ARE WHOLE HAVE NO NEED OF...
CHRONOLOGY AND CONNECTION. Three Evangelists join together the events we group in this section. Mark and Luke, however, place them immediately after the healing of the leper near Capernaum. We agree w...
BUT THEY THAT ARE SICK (αλλα ο κακως εχοντες). Probably a current proverb about the physician. As a physician of body and soul Jesus was bound to come in close touch with the social outcasts....
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith_ The fait...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city._ Our Lord had given these Gergesenes an opportunity of becoming his disciples, the kingdom of God had come very...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Answering the Pharisees. Healing of woman with issue of blood. Daughter of a ruler raised from the dead. Two blind men healed. A demon cast out....
Matthew 9:1. _Jesus came into his own city,_ Capernaum, as in Mark. Our Saviour was a stranger on earth, born in Bethlehem, an exile in Egypt, resident at Nazareth, but latterly in Capernaum. Matthew...
JESUS HEARD THEM AND ANSWERED. What he says, means: "If these people are as sinful as you say, then they are in great need of a Savior." (The strict Jews though of themselves as being perfect, and des...
_They that be whole need not a physician._ THE HEAVENLY PHYSICIAN I. Who neglect the heavenly physician? 1. Those who depend for salvation upon their own good lives. 2. Those who depend for salvat...
JESUS EATS WITH SINNERS AT MATTHEW ' S HOUSE MATTHEW 9:9-13; MARK 2:14-17; LUKE 5:27-32; MATTHEW 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, h
CHAPTER 9 _Passed over_ : that is, sailed across the sea of Galilee, to its western side. _And came into his own city._ Sedulius thinks Bethlehem is meant because he was born there. S. Jerome, with mo...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 9:9. RECEIPT OF CUSTOM.—_Place of toll_ (R. V.). See Introduction. Matthew 9:10. JESUS.—_He_ (R. V.), probably Matthew. SAT AT MEAT IN THE HOUSE.—The modesty of our Evangelis...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 9:1 _The_ _paralytic forgiven and healed. _Parallel passages: Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17. (For connexion of thought, cf....
And so he entered into a ship, and he passed over, and he came to his own city (Matthew 9:1). His own city being Capernaum. I told you that was his headquarters. And, behold, they brought to him a ma...
Hosea 14:4; Jeremiah 17:14; Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:6; Luke 18:1
QUERIES AND CRITICISMS AGAINST CHRIST Matthew 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Jesus Christ came among men and announced Himself as One sent from the Father. He claimed every attribute of Deity, announced Him...
EATING WITH SINNERS Matthew 9:9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS For our opening word we have chosen the first verse of the study "He saw a man, * * sitting at the receipt of custom: and He saith unto him, Follo...
As if our Lord had said "With whom should the physician converse, but with his sick patients? Now. am come into the world to do the office of. kind physician unto men: surely then. am to take all oppo...