WHEN THEY DREW NIGH. There were two entries: the first in Matthew 21: the second on "the first day" of the following week (Mark 11:1.Luke 19:28. Joh 12:12-15). See App-153 and App-156. WERE COME. had arrived. BETHPHAGE. House of Figures of speech _kef et Tor_ According to the Talmud, Bethphage con... [ Continue Reading ]
GO. go forward. OVER AGAINST. or just off the high road. Greek. _apenanti =_ facing you. In Mark and Luke _katenanti =_ opposite and below, preferred, here, by all the texts. But the text may have been altered to _make_ Matt, agree with Mark and Luke. STRAIGHTWAY. immediately. ASS... COLT. Here t... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS DONE. came to pass, fulfilled. Compare Luke 21:24; Luke 21:32. SPOKEN. As well as written. BY. through. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Matthew 21:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TELL YE, &C. Quoted from Zechariah 9:9. See App-107. Compare Isaiah 62:11. App-117. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. UPON. Greek. _epi._ AN ASS. a beast of burden. Not the same word as in the preceding clause.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT. led. PUT ON... CLOTHES. Compare 2 Kings 9:13 (a mark of respect). CLOTHES. outer garments. THEY SET HIM. "He took His seat", Greek. _epikathizo._ Occurs only here. THEREON. upon them: i.e. the garments.... [ Continue Reading ]
A VERY GREAT MULTITUDE. the greater part of the crowd: referring to the proportionate part, not to the actual size. IN. Greek. _en_. FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. STRAWED. were strewing. Same word as "spread" in preceding clause. Eng. "straw". to scatter straw. Here used of branches of trees.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSANNA. Save now. Aramaic _Hoshi'an-na'_. Help now. See App-94. Quoted from Psalms 118:25; Psalms 118:26. At the later entry (Luke 19:38) the cry was different in words, but similar in intent. For the order of events of these last six days, see App-156. THE SON OF DAVID. App-98. The seventh of nin... [ Continue Reading ]
MOVED. agitated. Same word as "quake" (Matthew 27:51) and "shake" (Matthew 28:4.Hebrews 12:26; Revelation 6:13). WHO IS THIS? The city was evidently taken by surprise at this first entry; but the second entry (Mark 11:1.Luke 19:29; Luke 19:29) was known, and the people "met Him" (John 12:18 [ Continue Reading ]
OF. from. Greek. _apo._ NAZARETH. See note on Matthew 2:23. App-169.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TEMPLE. Greek. _hieron,_ the temple courts. Not the _naos._ See note on Matthew 23:16. THE MONEYCHANGERS. The half-shekel had to be paid on the 15th of the month Adar, by every Israelite (even the poorest). In every city collectors sat to receive it. On the 25th day (18 or 19 days before the Pa... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS WRITTEN. It standeth written. MY HOUSE, &C.. composite quotation from Isaiah 56:7, and Jeremiah 7:11. See App-107 and App-117. THIEVES. robbers. Same word as in Matthew 27:38; Matthew 27:44.... [ Continue Reading ]
WONDERFUL THINGS. the wonders. Occurs only here. These were the Lord's final miracles, wrought at this crisis, and must have been very special in character. DID. wrought. CHILDREN. Greek. _pais._ See App-108. THE SON OF DAVID. The eighth of nine occurances in Matthew. See note on Matthew 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAY. are saying. HAVE YE NEVER READ... ? See App-143. OUT OF THE MOUTH, &C. Quoted from Psalms 8:2. perfected. prepared. Greek. _katartizo =_ to perfect by preparing See App-126.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF. without, outside. Not the same word as in Matthew 21:16. LODGED. passed the night (in the open air). Occurs only here, and in Luke 21:37.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE MORNING. early in the morning. See App-97.... [ Continue Reading ]
A. one (single). IN. on. Greek. _epi._ App-104. TO. up to. Greek. _epi_. FOUND NOTHING. See notes on Mark 11:13. FOR EVER. for the age (see App-151. a.), i.e. to the end of that Dispensation. The fig tree represents the national privilege of Israel (see notes on Judges 9:10), and that is to be r... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW SOON, &C. Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (in wonder). App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18. IF YE HAVE FAITH, &C. This is the _third_ occasion that this was repeated. The first was in Matthew 17:20; Mark 11:23. and the second in Luke 17:6. The condition is quite hypothetical. See App-118. DOUBT. App-122. BE THOU REMOVED, &C. It was. common proverb to sa... [ Continue Reading ]
ASK. Greek. _aiteo._ App-134. RECEIVE. Supply the Ellipsis: "[it, if it he His will]", from Matthew 26:39.James 5:14; James 5:15; 1 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15. This is the one abiding condition of all prayer; and this Ellipsis must always be supplied.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEMPLE. the Temple courts. Greek. _hieron._ See note on Matthew 23:16. WHAT. what kind of. AUTHORITY. Greek. _exousia._ App-172.... [ Continue Reading ]
THING. question. Greek. _logos_. word, or matter. IF. The condition being quite dependent on. contingency. App-118. I IN LIKE WISE. I also. Note the Figure of speech _Anteisagoge._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
BAPTISM. App-115. HEAVEN. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for "God", singular. OF. from. Same word as "from" in preceding clause.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. crowd. ALL. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), for the greater part.... [ Continue Reading ]
CANNOT TELL. do not (App-105.) know. TELL. know. Greek. _oida_. App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
A CERTAIN MAN, &C. Here follow three parables spoken in the Temple. SONS. children. Greek. _teknon._ GO WORK TO DAY. Go to-day, work.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL NOT. I do not choose [to go]. REPENTED. Greek. _metamelomai._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SECOND. Tischendorf reads "the other" (Greek. _heteros,_ App-124.)... [ Continue Reading ]
WHETHER OF THEM TWAIN. Which of the two. THE WILL. the desire. Greek. _thelema_ (the Noun of App-102). PUBLICANS. tax-gatherers. GO INTO... BEFORE. go before you into. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. See App-114. The fourth of five occurrences in Matthew. See note on Matthew 6:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOTHER. Greek. _alios._ App-124.: i.e.. similar. The second parable spoken in the Temple. HOUSEHOLDER. master of. house. HEDGED IT ROUND ABOUT. placed about it. fence. WINEPRESS. Septuagint for Hebrew. _gath,_ the press, not the vat. Isaiah 5:2. TOWER. For the watchmen. See Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 5... [ Continue Reading ]
TIME. season. TO. Greek. _pros_.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEAT ONE, &C.. one they beat, and one they killed, and one they stoned. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton,_ App-6. ANOTHER. one.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAST OF ALL. at last. HIS SON. his own son. Here is the real answer to Matthew 21:23. REVERENCE. stand in awe of.... [ Continue Reading ]
AMONG. Greek. _en_. App-104. SEIZE ON. hold on to, or hold fast. See note on 2 Thessalonians 2:6, "withholdeth": which should be rendered as here.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT. without, outside (as in Hebrews 13:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
COMETH. shall have come.... [ Continue Reading ]
MISERABLY... WICKED. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). Greek. _kakous kakos._ In Eng. "miserably destroy those miserable [men]" (Revised Version); or, "those wretches he will put to. wretched death". WHICH. of such character that they.... [ Continue Reading ]
DID YE NEVER READ, &C. ? See App-117 and App-143 :4. THE STONE, &C. Quoted from Psalms 118:22. Compare Acts 4:10. See App-107. THE LORD'S. Jehovah's. App-98. Literally "from Jehovah".... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVEN TO. NATION. The new Israel, as prophesied in Isaiah 66:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. GRIND HIM TO POWDER. Supposed to mean winnow or scatter as dust. But in. _Papyrus_ (Fayyum, second or third cent, A.D.) it is used for _ruining_. thing in some way. This supplies the contrast here. Occurs else where only in Luke 20:18. Septuagint (Theodotion) for ut... [ Continue Reading ]
PERCEIVED. got to know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
MULTITUDE. crowds. TOOK HIM, &C.. were holding Him as. prophet. FOR. Greek. as; but all the texts read " _eis_ ". for.... [ Continue Reading ]