_When he had ended all his sayings_ Namely, those contained in the preceding chapter; _in the audience of the people_ For though his discourse was immediately addressed to his disciples, he delivered it in the hearing of the people who stood round him in the plain; _he entered into Capernaum_ Near w... [ Continue Reading ]
_He went into a city called Nain_ A town situated about a mile or two south of Tabor, and near Endor. _And many of his disciples went with him_ Among these, doubtless, were the twelve appointed to be apostles: for, “it is not to be imagined that he would suffer the chosen witnesses of his miracles t... [ Continue Reading ]
_When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her_, &c. Jesus, whose tenderness made him susceptible of the strongest impressions from occurrences of this kind, knowing that the mother's affliction was bitter, and the occasion of it real, was greatly moved with compassion at the sorrowful scene. Here... [ Continue Reading ]
_And there came a fear on all_ All the people present, being sensible that Jesus showed, in this instance, not only the greatness of his power, but the truth of his mission from God, were seized with a religious awe and reverence, which had him for its object. _And they glorified God_ For _the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the disciples of John showed him these things_ All this while John the Baptist was in prison; Herod having confined him for the freedom which he took in reproving his adulterous commerce with Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. But his confinement was not of the closest kind, for his disciples... [ Continue Reading ]
_And John, calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus_, &c. See this whole paragraph explained in the notes on Matthew 11:2. _To the poor the gospel is preached_ Which is the greatest mercy and the greatest miracle of all.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And all the people_ That were present, and _the publicans_ in particular, _when they heard_ this discourse, having been formerly _baptized with the baptism of John, justified God_ Owned his wisdom and mercy, in having called them to repentance by John's ministry, and prepared them for him that was... [ Continue Reading ]
_And one of the Pharisees_, &c. When Jesus had finished the preceding observations on the ministry of John, the obstinacy of the scribes and Pharisees, and the conduct of all the true lovers of wisdom, a Pharisee named Simon, who, it seems, was a man of a better disposition than the generality of hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now when the Pharisee saw it_ When Simon observed what was done, that Jesus permitted such a notorious sinner to approach, nay, and to touch him; _he spake within himself_ He thought in his heart; _This man, if he were a prophet_ As he pretends to be; _would have known what manner of woman_ What a... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jesus answering_ What Simon spake within himself; _said, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee_ Though he was kindly entertained at his table, yet even there he judged it proper to reprove him for what he saw amiss in him, and not to suffer sin upon him. This he does, however, in a most tender and... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he turned to the woman_ That had been a scandalous, notorious sinner, and was the greater, the five hundred pence debtor. The Pharisee, however, though the less, the fifty pence debtor, yet was a debtor too; which was more than he thought himself to be, judging rather that God was his debtor, L... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they that sat at meat began to say_ Not indeed openly, but _within themselves, Who is this_, &c. “They were exceedingly offended at the power which he claimed. But Jesus, contemning all their malicious murmurings, repeated his assurance by telling the woman that her faith had saved her from the... [ Continue Reading ]