Why eateth and drinketh ... - To eat and drink with others denotes intimacy and familiarity. The Pharisees, by asking this question, accused him of seeking the society of such people, and of being the companion of the wicked. The inference which they would draw was, that he could not be himself righteous, since he delighted in the company of abandoned people.
Verse Matthew 9:11. _WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT_] He who, like a Pharisee, never felt himself indebted to infinite mercy for his own salvation, is rarely solicitous about the salvation of others. The...
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...
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...
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...
PHARISEES. See App-120. MASTER. Teacher....
_when the Pharisees saw it_ The Pharisees were not guests, but came into the house, a custom still prevalent in the East. A traveller writes from Damietta, "In the room where we were received, besides...
A MEAL IN THE EVANGELIST’S HOUSE Mark 2:15-17; Luke 5:29-32....
ἸΔΌΝΤΕΣ ΟἹ ΦΑΡΙΣΑΙ͂ΟΙ. The Pharisees were not guests, but came into the house,—a custom still prevalent in the East. A traveller writes from Damietta, ‘In the room where we were received, besides the...
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...
_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...
_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...
ΊΔΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Matthew 9:8. ΈΛΕΓΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004), inch. "они начали говорить......
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...
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? AND WHEN THE PHARISEES ["AND SCRIBES," ADD MARK AND LUKE], SAW IT, THEY ["MURMURED...
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...
WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW _it_] The Pharisees were not invited, but they walked in to see what was happening. In the East a banquet is a public affair, and any casual wayfarer may enter as a spectator. W...
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:...
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...
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...
WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT. — “Scribes of the Pharisees” (Mark 2:16). These were probably those who had been present at the healing of the paralytic. the scribes who had come from Jerusalem. They, of 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...
_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...
ἰδόντες οἱ φαρ. Here was a good chance for the critics, really a scandalous affair! τοῖς μαθηταῖς. They spoke to the disciples, possibly, as Euthy. Zig. suggests, to alienate them from the Master, pos...
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...
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...
Matthew 9:11._Why does your Master eat with publicans and sinners? _The scribes attack the disciples of Christ, and, with the view of soliciting them to revolt, reproach him with what was at first sig...
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...
AND WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT,.... The feast Matthew made, the guests that were invited, and particularly that Christ sat down to meat with such vile and wicked company; they and the Scribes, as Mark...
And when the Pharisees saw _it_, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? Ver. 11. _And when the Pharisees saw it_] As envy is quick sighted. See Ovid's descri...
_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...
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto His disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? They regarded the whole festival as a scandalous affair, but lacked the courage to addre...
The publican feast:...
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...
Mark hath the same, MARK 2:16; so hath Luke, LUKE 5:30, only he saith they _murmured._ The Pharisees having a perfect malice to Christ, did not only seek all means to carp at him, but to bring him und...
Matthew 9:11 And G2532 Pharisees G5330 saw G1492 (G5631) said G2036 (G5627) His G846 disciples G3101 Why...
‘And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with the public servants and sinners?” ' To the Pharisees what Jesus was doing was unpardonable. To them their ri...
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...
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...
Matthew 9:11. AND WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT. Our Lord had just returned from Gadara, and they would be on the watch for Him; or hearing that He was at the publican's feast, they pressed in. They were...
SINNERS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Matthew 9:11 I. The religion of the Pharisees had degenerated into a religion of hatred and contempt. There was scarcely a class which did not suffer from their fierce denunciations and supercilious d...
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...
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...
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...
SOME PHARISEES SAW THIS. It is not implied that the Pharisees were invited to the feast, but they were always looking for heresy. WHY DOES YOUR TEACHER? Tax collectors and outcasts were considered "he...
_Publicans and sinners._ APPRECIATION AN ELEVATING INFLUENCE You cannot elevate, you cannot improve any man whom you utterly despise. You cannot bring the best out of a man if you do not believe that...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 9:11 PHARISEES. See note on 3:7. ⇐...
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...
1 Corinthians 5:9; 2 John 1:1; Galatians 2:15; Hebrews 5:2; Isaiah 65:
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...
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...
The Pharisees said to his disciples, Why eateth your Master? — Thus they commonly ask our Lord, Why do thy disciples this? And his disciples, Why doth your Master?...
See here, what. grief it is to wicked men to find others brought in to Christ; the wicked pharisees murmur, repine, and envy, instead of admiring Christ's condescension, and adoring his divine goodnes...