Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Matthew 21:25
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.
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.
Verse Matthew 21:25. _THE BAPTISM OF JOHN_] Had John a _Divine commission_ or not, for his baptism and preaching? Our Lord here takes the wise in their own cunning. He knew the estimation John was in...
See also Mark 11:27; Luke 20:1. Matthew 21:23 WHEN HE WAS COME INTO THE TEMPLE - That is, probably, into the inner court - the court of the Israelites....
9. THE KING ENTERS INTO JERUSALEM. The Parables of the Two Sons and the Householder and His Vineyard. CHAPTER 21 1. The King Enters Jerusalem. (Matthew 21:1 .) 2. The Second Cleansing of the Temple...
THE QUESTION OF AUTHORITY (Mark 11:27 *, Luke 20:1). Mk. is no doubt right in connecting the priest's question with the purging of the Temple, though these things may include teaching (and healing). F...
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT (Matthew 21:1-11)...
When Jesus had come into the Temple precincts, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this auth...
THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST IS QUESTIONED Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8 _Tuesday, Nisan_ 11...
Ver 23. And when he was come into the temple, the Chief Priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee t...
_WITH THE FINISH IN SIGHT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT AUTHORITY AND REPENTANCE MATTHEW 21:23-32:_ The chief priest and elders confronted Jesus with questions about His authority. "By what authority are you doi...
ΠΌΘΕΝ (G4159) откуда, из какого источника? ΔΙΕΛΟΓΊΖΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΙΑΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G1260) обсуждать, рассуждать тщательно и вдумчиво, внимательно рассматривать (LN, 1:351). _Impf._ указ...
AND, WHEN HE WAS COME, &C.— The rulers, much alarmed at the proceedings of Jesus, were very desirous of putting him to death; but they wished to do it under the pretext of law. See Matthew 21:46 and M...
SECTION 57: JESUS MEETS CHALLENGES TO HIS AUTHORITY: THREE PARABLES OF WARNING (Parallels: Mark 11:27 to Mark 12:1; Luke 20:1-8) TEXT: 21:23-32 A. JESUS-' AUTHORITY CHALLENGED 23 And when he was c...
The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? THE BAPTI...
12 His first act as King was to cleanse the temple of idolatry, for covetousness is nothing less (Col_3:5). The temple tax, or double drachma (Mat_17:24) had to be paid by even the poorest of the peop...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE Chronology of the Last Week of Christ's Life, commonly called Holy Week (chiefly after Hastings' 'Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels'). Sabbath, Nisan 8...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 21 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM 21:1-11 V1 As they came nearer to Jerusalem, they reached the town called Bethphage. It was on the Mount o...
THEY REASONED WITH THEMSELVES. — The self-communing was eminently characteristic. The priests and scribes had, in dealing with the mission of John, halted between two opinions. At one time they came t...
Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
_Interrogation as to authority_ (Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8), wherewith suitably opens the inevitable final conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders of the people....
τὸ βάπτισμα τὸ Ἰ., the baptism as representing John's whole ministry. ἐξ οὐρ. ἢ ἐξ ἀνθ., from heaven or from men? The antithesis is foreign to legitimist modes of thought, which would combine the two:...
AUTHORITY WHICH SILENCED AND CONDEMNED Matthew 21:23-32 Our Lord always refused to gratify idle curiosity. When an earnest seeker for truth, like Nicodemus, approached Him to know the way of life, He...
In this cleansing of the Temple for the second time-He had done the same at the outset of His ministry- the Lord revealed His conception of the secret of all civic righteousness and strength. He revea...
The (m) baptism of John, whence was it? from (n) heaven, or of men? And they (o) reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? ...
_The baptism of John, by which is also understood his doctrine and preaching, was it from heaven or not? (Witham)_...
THE HIGH PRIESTS DEMAND HIS AUTHORITY Matthew 21:23-27; Luke 20:1-8; Mark 11:27-33. “And again they come into Jerusalem. And He, walking round in the temple, file high priests, scribes, and elders com...
"And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this auth...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
_THE BAPTISM OF GOODNESS_ ‘The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?’ Matthew 21:25 St. John the Baptist was not only a striking individual character, but a type. I. THE ASCETIC...
25_Whence was the baptism of John? _Christ interrogates them about _the baptism of John, _not only to show that they were unworthy of any authority, because they had despised a holy prophet of God, bu...
Afterwards (chapter 21), disposing of all that belonged to His willing people, He makes His entry into Jerusalem as King and Lord, according to the testimony of Zechariah. But although entering as Kin...
THE BAPTISM OF JOHN, WHENCE WAS IT?.... By the baptism of John, is meant the ordinance of water baptism, which was first administered by him; from whence he took the name of John the Baptist: and the...
The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? Ver. 25. _Th...
_When he was come into the temple, the chief priests came_ Who thought he violated their right: _And the elders of the people_ Probably, members of the sanhedrim, to whom that title most properly belo...
THE BAPTISM OF JOHN; his ministration and teaching. WHY DID YE NOT THEN BELIEVE HIM? when he testified of me as the Messiah....
THE BAPTISM OF JOHN, WHENCE WAS IT, FROM HEAVEN OR OF MEN? AND THEY REASONED WITH THEMSELVES, SAYING, IF WE SHALL SAY, FROM HEAVEN, HE WILL SAY UNTO US, WHY DID YE NOT THEN BELIEVE HIM?...
The answer:...
It is a moment of most serious significance as the Lord is now about to enter Jerusalem. He is to be publicly presented to Israel, yet in lowly grace, not in power and majesty. Two of His disciples ar...
23-27 As our Lord now openly appeared as the Messiah, the chief priests and scribes were much offended, especially because he exposed and removed the abuses they encouraged. Our Lord asked what they...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 21:27"....
Tertullian On Baptism The baptism announced by John formed the subject, even at that time, of a question, proposed by the Lord Himself indeed to the Pharisees, whether that baptism were heavenly, or...
Matthew 21:25 baptism G908 where G4159 it G2258 (G5713) From G1537 heaven G3772 or G2228 from G1537 men...
a ‘And Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I will similarly tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, from where was its...
JESUS IS QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS AUTHORITY (21:23-27). The idea that the leadership of Israel were in fact only a sham is now emphasised in this incident. In it the leaders of the people, the religious a...
Matthew 21:25. THE BAPTISM OF JOHN. As representing his whole ministry. AND THEY REASONED, consulted, so as to agree upon the answer....
TIME. _Tuesday_, in the temple, after the discourse about the fig tree. The events recorded in chaps, 22, 23, took place on the same day; the discourse in chaps, 24, 26, was delivered in the evening a...
THE BAPTISM OF JOHN (το βαπτισμα το Ιωανου). This represents his relation to Jesus who was baptized by him. At once the ecclesiastical leaders find themselves in a dilemma created by their challeng...
Matthew 21:23 Why Christ could not make His Authority known to the Pharisees. I. John had said to the Pharisees, "Bring forth fruits meet for repentance, and think not to say unto yourselves, We have...
Matthew 21:23. _And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto, him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gav...
CONTENTS: The triumphant entry. Jesus' second purification of the temple. Barren fig tree cursed. Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the two sons in the vineyard. Parable of the house-holder dema...
Matthew 21:1. _When they were come to Bethphage._ The rabbins dispute about the etymon of this village, whether it mean the “house of the fountain,” as is the literal import; or the “house of grossiti...
WHERE DID JOHN'S RIGHT TO BAPTIZE COME FROM? These leaders had not received John's baptism, even though the people had done so. They argued among themselves about the consequences of saying "From God,...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:25 FROM HEAVEN OR FROM MAN? The leaders’ refusal to answer this question shows their dishonesty and traps them. If they do not know whether John was from God, how can they j...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:1 The Messiah Asserts His Authority over Jerusalem. Jesus’ authority over Jerusalem is revealed in his triumphal entry (Matthew 21:1), action
RELIGIOUS LEADERS CHALLENGE JESUS' AUTHORITY MATTHEW 21:23-27; MARK 11:27-33; LUKE 20:1-8; MATTHEW 21:23 And when he was come int
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 21:23. THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE ELDERS.—St. Mark and St. Luke add “the scribes,” thus including representatives of the three constituent elements of the Sanhedrin (_Plumptre_...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 21:1 _Triumphal entry into Jerusalem_. (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12.)...
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, they were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, and then Jesus sent two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately...
1 John 3:20; John 1:15; John 1:25; John 1:6; John 10:25;...
Why did ye not believe him — Testifying this....