Matthew 8:1
WHEN. And when. FROM. away from. Greek. _apo._... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. And when. FROM. away from. Greek. _apo._... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), for emphasis. LEPER. See note on Exodus 4:6. WORSHIPPED. did homage. See App-137. The variations in Mark 1, and Luke 5, are due to the fact that they do not record the same miracle. See App-97. LORD. App-98. This is the first time that Jesus is called... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS. All the texts (App-94.) read "He". I WILL. I am willing. See App-102. HIS LEPROSY WAS CLEANSED. Figure of speech _Hypallage_ (App-6). he was cleansed of his leprosy. _Kaharizo_ is found in the Papyri and in Inscriptions in this sense.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MAN. no one. GO. To Jerusalem. SHEW THYSELF, &C. See Leviticus 14:4. MOSES. The _first_ of eighty occurrences of "Moses" in the N.T. _Thirty-eight_ in the Gospels (see the first occurrence in each Gospel (Matthew 8:4.Mark 1:44.Luke 5:14.John 1:17; John 1:17); _nineteen_ times in Acts (see note... [ Continue Reading ]
CAPERNAUM. See note on Matthew 4:13, and App-169. THERE CAME, &C. This is in connection with the same centurion as in Luke 7:3; Luke 7:6, but on. prior occasion. See notes there. CENTURION. Commanding 100 men, the sixtieth part of. legion. BESEECHING. appealing to. Greek. _parakaleo._ App-131.... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANT. young man, in legal relation (like the French _garcon)_, Greek. _pais._ See App-108. LIETH. is thrown down. SICK OF THE PALSY. paralyzed.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORTHY. fit. Not "worthy" (morally), but "fit" socially. COME. enter.... [ Continue Reading ]
I. I also. AUTHORITY. Greek. _exousia._ App-172. ME. myself. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in this verse, App-6. THIS MAN. this [soldier]. ANOTHER: i.e. of the same rank (see App-124.). another [soldier]. SERVANT. bondservant.... [ Continue Reading ]
MARVELLED. Only two things that the Lord marvelled at: (1) faith (here); (2) unbelief (Mark 6:6). VERILY. Only Matthew uses this Aramaic word here (supplementary). See note on Matthew 5:18. NO, NOT. not even. Greek. _oude_. Related to _ou._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
MANY. Used by Figure of speech _Euphemismos_ for _Gentiles_ (App-6), to avoid giving offence at this stage of His ministry. SIT DOWN. recline as guests (in eating, or at. feast). AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. See App-114.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. Greek. _huios_. App-108. (and heirs).. Hebraism, denoting those who were related by any ties of friendship: e.g. followers, learners, inhabitants, &c. OUTER. the outer. Gr _. exoteros._ Occ only in Matthew (here, and in Matthew 22:13, and Matthew 25:30). Outside the place where the... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST BELIEVED. didst believe. SELFSAME. that.... [ Continue Reading ]
PETER'S HOUSE. The Lord was in Capernaum, so that He was probably lodging with Peter. Compare Mark 1:29. See App-169. LAID -LAID OUT FOR DEATH.. Hebraism.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. And when. THE EVEN. Probably the Sabbath, for they came straight out of the Synagogue and waited for the end of the Sabbath. DEVILS. demons: i.e. evil spirits. App-101. SPIRITS. App-101. WITH HIS WORD. by. word. Supply "a" instead of "His". SICK. in evil case. App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT. So that. BY. by means of. Greek. _dia._ ESAIAS. Isaiah. See App-79. SAYING. Quoted from the Hebrew of Isaiah 53:4. Compare 1 Peter 2:24. TOOK... BARE. The two words together fulfill the sense of the Hebrew (Isaiah 53:4). The Inspirer of Isaiah adapts and deals as He pleases with His own wo... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOUT. around. _Greek peri._ App-104. OTHER SIDE. farther side, not either of the words in App-124.... [ Continue Reading ]
A. one.. Hebraism for "a". MASTER. Teacher. App-98. Matthew 8:1. GOEST. mayest go.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO HIM. No Preposition. AIR. heaven. NESTS. roosts. THE SON OF MAN. He Who has dominion in the earth. The first of eighty-seven occurrences. See App-98. to lay. He may lay. Compare Revelation 14:14. Rev 14:21 ANOTHER. a different one: Greek. _heteros._ i.e.. disciple, not. "scribe" (Matthew 8:... [ Continue Reading ]
LET. leave. THE DEAD. corpses. Note the-well-known Figure of speech _Antanaclasis_ (App-6), by which one word is used twice in the same sentence with two meanings which _clash_ against each other: "leave the dead to bury their own corpses". See App-139.... [ Continue Reading ]
A SHIP. the ship. Referring to Matthew 8:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), to call attention to another stage of "the great conflict". See App-23. This is not the same tempest as that recorded in Mark 4:37, and Luke 8:23. This was _before_ the calling of the Twelve: the other was _after_ that event. There is no "discrepancy",... [ Continue Reading ]
PERISH. are perishing.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6). Here the danger was not so imminent, for He first rebuked the disciples. In the later miracle the danger was greater, and He rebuked the storm first. See App-97. O YE OF LITTLE FAITH. The second occurrence of this word (_oligopistoi)_. See note on Matth... [ Continue Reading ]
MARVELLED. In Matthew 14:33 "worshipped". MANNER, &C. = kind of. Being.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN HE WAS COME. This miracle of the two demoniacs was not the same as that recorded in Mark 5:1 and Luke 8:26. Here, there were _two_ men; in the later miracle there was _one_. here, they landed opposite the place whence they set sail (Gergesenes); there, the Gadarenes (not Gadera) not opposite; h... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH THEE?. Hebraism. See note on 2 Samuel 16:10. Occurs in Mark 1:24; Mark 5:7; Luke 4:34; Luke 8:28. and John 2:4. JESUS. All the texts (App-94.) omit "Jesus" here. "Jesus" omitted _here_ by the texts probably out of respect for His name being spoken by demons. Demons irreverent... [ Continue Reading ]
DEVILS. demons. IF. Assuming that He would do so.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO. Greek. _hupago =_ go forth, i.e. _out of_ the man. A. the. Evidently, the well-known precipice. PERISHED. died. Those who defiled the temple (Matthew 21:12; Matthew 21:12. Joh 2:14-16) lost their trade; and those who defiled Israel (here) lost their animals.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WHOLE. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6, for the greater part. TO MEET. for. meeting with. Greek. _sunantesis._ Occurs only here, but. T Tr. WH read _hupantesin,_ which occurs also as the same reading in Matthew 25:1 and John 12:13. BESOUGHT. Same word as in verses: Matth... [ Continue Reading ]