παρεκάλουν, etc.: they have now unbounded confidence in Christ's curative powers; think it enough to touch (μόνον ἅψωνται) the hem of His mantle. διεσώθησαν : they are not disappointed; the touch brings a complete cure (διὰ in composition). The expression, ὅσοι ἥψαντο, implies that all who were cured touched: that was the uniform means. Mk.'s expression, ὅσοι ἂν ἥ., leaves that open.
Verse Matthew 14:36. _THAT THEY MIGHT ONLY TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT_] What mighty influence must the grace and Spirit of Christ have in the soul, when even the _border_ or _hem of his garment_ pr...
LAND OF GENNESARET - This region was in Galilee, on the west side of the Sea of Tiberias; and in this land was situated Capernaum, to which he had directed his disciples to go. THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT...
2. JOHN'S MARTYRDOM. The Fourfold Attitude of the Rejected King. CHAPTER 14 1. John's Martyrdom. (Matthew 14:1 .) 2. The Disciples of John with the Lord Jesus. (Matthew 14:12 .) 3. Feeding the Five...
THE MINISTRY OF HEALING RESUMED (Mark 6:53 *, abbreviated in Mt.). Jesus had not apparently visited Gennesaret before, but some of its people would have seen Him in Capernaum....
When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. When the men of that place recognized him, they sent the news that he had come to the whole surrounding countryside, and they brought to hi...
THE TRAGIC DRAMA OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (Matthew 14:1-12)...
HEM. border, or fringes. Compare Matthew 9:20. MADE PERFECTLY WHOLE. completely saved or healed. Greek. _diasozo_. to save throughout. Occurs eight times (Luke 7:3.Acts 23:24;...
_the hem of his garment_ The hem of the garment had a certain sanctity attached to it. It was the distinguishing mark of the Jew: cp. Numbers 15:38-39, "that they add to the fringes of the borders (or...
Jesus cures sick folk in the Land of Gennesaret Mark 6:53-56, where the stir of the neighbourhood and eagerness of the people are vividly portrayed....
ΠΑΡΕΚΆΛΟΥΝ ἽΝΑ ἍΨΩΝΤΑΙ. For ἵνα in _petitio obliqua_ for the classical ὅπως see note ch. Matthew 1:22, and Goodwin’s _Greek Moods and Tenses_, p. 78. The sequence of the subjunctive on a historical te...
JESUS CURES SICK FOLK IN THE LAND OF GENNESARET Mark 6:53-56, where the stir of the neighbourhood and eagerness of the people are vividly portrayed....
VER 34. AND WHEN THEY WERE GONE OVER, THEY CAME INTO THE LAND OF GENNESARET. 35. AND WHEN THE MEN OF THAT PLACE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF HIM, THEY SENT OUT INTO ALL THAT COUNTRY ROUND ABOUT, AND BROUGHT UNTO...
_PEOPLE WERE HURTING AND JESUS CARED MATTHEW 14:34-36:_ Gennesaret is a valley on the west side of the Sea of Galilee. In Gennesaret all that were sick were brought to Jesus. They "begged Him that the...
ΠΑΡΕΚΆΛΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870) просить, молить. _Impf._ указывает на длительную просьбу, ΆΨΩΝΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΤΟΜΑΙ (G681) прикасаться (с _gen._), ΚΡΆΣΠΕΔΟ Ν (G28...
AND WHEN, &C.— _And the men—knowing him, sent out;_ Jesus ordinarily resided in the neighbourhood of Capernaum; but he had been long absent, namely, ever since his mother had taken him with her to Naz...
SECTION 35 JESUS HEALS SOME SICK AT GENNESARET (Parallel: Mark 6:53-56) TEXT: 14:34-36 34 And when they had crossed over, they came to the land, unto Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place kn...
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. For the exposition, see the notes at John 6:15....
32 Peter here symbolizes the sovereignty of Israel over the turbulent gentiles in the time to come. They are made afraid by the spiritual power of evil, typified by the wind. Peter's cry will be their...
DEATH OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1, 2. Herod's opinion of Jesus (Mark 6:14; Luke 9:7)....
HEALINGS IN THE LAND OF GENNESARET (Mark 6:53). Enthusiasm is still at its height....
THE HEM] RV 'border': see on Matthew 9:20. AS MANY] Multitudes healed. No failures. Most of Christ's miracles unrecorded....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 14 JOHN THE *BAPTIST DIES 14:1-12 V1 At that time, the ruler called Herod heard reports about Jesus. V2 So he spoke to his servants....
THAT THEY MIGHT ONLY TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT. — The wide-spread belief may be noted as the natural result of the miracle already recorded in Matthew 9:20, and as the touch implied the faith which...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
HELP IN THE HOUR OF NEED Matthew 14:22-36 _Jesus always comes in the storm._ It had been a great relief to escape from the pressure of the crowd to His place of prayer, on heights swept by the eveni...
The presence and activity of the true King filled the false ruler with alarm. Herod sacrificed John to his lust. Once Herod had heard John, and the remembrance of former conviction was still with him,...
Hence the veneration Catholics pay to holy relics is vindicated. Not only Christ's words, but his very garments had a virtue and power communicated to them. (Bristow)...
JESUS WALKS UPON THE WATER Matthew 14:22-36; Mark 6:45-56; & John 6:15-21. Mark: “And immediately He constrained His disciples to go into the ship, and to proceed before Him to the other side, toward...
"And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. (35) And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him al...
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...
Our Gospel resumes the historical course of these revelations, but in such a manner as to exhibit the spirit by which the people were animated. Herod (loving his earthly power and his own glory more t...
AND BESOUGHT HIM THAT THEY MIGHT TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT,.... As the woman with the bloody issue did; Matthew 9:20. This they desired, partly to show the strength of their faith in him, that they...
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. Ver. 36. _And as many as touched, &c._] Oh the matchless might and mercy of Chris...
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AND BESOUGHT HIM THAT THEY MIGHT ONLY TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT; AND AS MANY AS TOUCHED WERE MADE PERFECTLY WHOLE. The distance from the shore still remaining was covered in a moment of time, John...
Now authority in high places is seen to reject Him too, by the deliberate rejection of His forerunner and servant John the Baptist. When King Herod hears of His fame, his conscience is troubled, feari...
34-36 Whithersoever Christ went, he was doing good. They brought unto him all that were diseased. They came humbly beseeching him to help them. The experiences of others may direct and encourage us i...
OLBGrk; Ver. 34-36. Mark relates the same, MARK 6:53, with no difference considerable. Christ had been in this country before, MATTHEW 8:1, and in it wrought several miracles, so as they had a former...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI And here observe that they brought unto Him not only many that were sick, but all in that region round about; and the sick who were brought to Him besought Him th...
Matthew 14:36 and G2532 begged G3870 (G5707) Him G846 that G2443 might G680 only G3440 touch G680 ...
THE MESSIANIC SIGNS CONTINUE (14:35-36). Having fed the new community with ‘bread from Heaven, and having revealed Himself as Lord of sea and storm, thus presenting Himself as their Provider and Prote...
‘And they asked him that they might only touch the border of his robe, and as many as touched were made whole.' And just to touch the hem or tassel on His robe now proved sufficient. It was not that t...
Matthew 14:36. ONLY TOUCH THE BORDER OF HIS GARMENT _._ A woman had been thus healed in the presence of a crowd (chap. Matthew 9:20-22), so that these people were not superstitious, but had strong fai...
CONNECTION. Immediately after the miraculous feeding, the people wished to proclaim Jesus a king and were ready to take violent steps for that purpose (John 6:14-15). The disciples were probably ready...
Matthew 14:13. _When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by a ship into a desert place apart:_ It is well for us to get alone with God when he takes home the best and most faithful of his servants....
CONTENTS: Herod's troubled conscience and the murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the water. CHARACTERS: Jesus, John the Baptist, Herod, Herodias, and her daughter, disciples. CO...
Matthew 14:2. _This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead._ Mark indicates that Herod was a sadducee by those words of Christ, Beware of the leaven of the sadducees beware of the leaven of He...
THEY BEGGED HIM. There were so many he could not speak to them individually. Those who touched the fringe on the edge of his cloak were immediately made well! [Shortly after this, Jesus taught about t...
_As many as touched were made perfectly whole._ CHRIST HEALING THE DISEASED I. Some of the antecedents of the healing. They _felt _they were diseased. They were anxious to be healed. They were in th...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 14:35 RECOGNIZED. There is no record of any prior ministry by Jesus in Gennesaret, but its people had heard about him. ⇐
JESUS HEALS ALL WHO TOUCH HIM MATTHEW 14:34-36; MARK 6:53-56; MATTHEW 14:34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret....
CHAPTER 14 The first eleven verses of this chapter relate to the decollation of John the Baptist, of which I have spoken at length on the sixth chapter of S. Mark. _His Body_ : Syriac, _sclado_, i.e....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 14:34. THE LAND OF GENNESARET.—A plain two miles and a half in length and about one mile in breadth. Josephus speaks of its beauty (_Wars_, III. x. 8), and Dr. Robinson says,...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 14:1 CHRIST'S POWER TO SUPPLY AND PROTECT AND HEAL, PREFACED BY A STATEMENT OF HEROD'S RELATION T
And at that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus. And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he's risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in...
Acts 19:11; Acts 19:12; Acts 3:16; Acts 4:10; Acts 4:14;...
Were made perfectly whole [δ ι ε σ ω θ η σ α ν]. The preposition dia, through or thorough, indicates complete restoration. The Rev. omits perfectly, because whole, in itself, implies completeness....