_In those days, the multitude being very great_ The multitude mentioned Matthew 15:30; _and having nothing to eat_ They had, as on a former occasion, consumed all the provision they had brought with them; _Jesus said I have compassion_, Greek, σπλαγχνιζομαι, _my bowels yearn_, or, _are moved, toward... [ Continue Reading ]
_He commanded the people to sit down_ The evangelists having, in the account of the former dinner, described the manner in which the multitude was set down, thought it needless on this occasion to say any thing of that particular, probably because they were ranged as before, in companies by hundreds... [ Continue Reading ]
_He entered into a ship, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha_ Matthew says that, having fed the multitude, he _took ship_, and _came into the coasts of Magdala:_ but the evangelists may easily be reconciled, by supposing that Dalmanutha was a city and territory within the district of Magdala. _The... [ Continue Reading ]
_The disciples had forgotten to take bread_, &c. For an explanation of this paragraph, see note on Matthew 16:5. _Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod_ By the leaven of Herod the doctrine of the Sadducees is intended, which was, in almost every point, in direct opposition to that of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he cometh to Bethsaida_ Where he had done many mighty works, without their producing the desired effect, the people remaining in impenitence and unbelief, Matthew 11:21. The following miracle, it may be observed, is recorded by Mark only; a plain proof that he is not to be considered as a mere... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Jesus went into the towns of Cesarea Philippi_ These verses are explained at large in the notes on Matthew 16:13. _He charged them that they should tell no man of him_ He enjoined on them silence for the present, 1st, That he might not encourage the people to set him up for a temporal king; 2d,... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer_ The disciples being now convinced that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God, and having made confession of him as such, they were prepared to receive this further and equally important discovery, which they could not have borne before, wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_When he had called the people unto him_ To hear a truth of the last importance, and one that equally concerned them all; _whosoever will come after_ me And be a disciple of mine, entitled to all the privileges and blessings which belong to my disciples in this world and the next; _let him deny hims... [ Continue Reading ]