Matthew 9:10

Matthew 9:10. And it came to pass. All three accounts are indefinite as to the length of the interval. As already intimated, the arrangement of Matthew's narrative seems to have been occasioned by the fact that Jairus came to his house, where the Pharisees were objecting to the keeping company with publicans. The mention of the feast required a notice of the call of the publican; and the call occurred during the powerful impression made by the healing of the paralytic

The house, that of Matthew himself (Luke 5:29), who made a great feast for our Lord, although he modestly omits the mention of that fact. The common version has inserted ‘Jesus' at the beginning of the verse, and omitted it at the close, without any authority.

Many publicans and sinners came and sat at meat with Jesus and his disciples. Luke says they were invited, and Mark: ‘they were many and they followed him.' The general character of the publicans may be inferred from their associates, ‘sinners,' i.e., persons excommunicated and generally disreputable. On the word ‘publicans,' comp. chap. Matthew 5:46.