_CHRIST TEACHETH THE PEOPLE OUT OF PETER'S SHIP; IN A MIRACULOUS TAKING OF FISHES, SHEWETH HOW HE WILL MAKE HIM AND HIS PARTNERS FISHERS OF MEN; CLEANSETH THE LEPER; PRAYETH IN THE WILDERNESS; HEALETH ONE SICK OF THE PALSY; CALLETH MATTHEW THE PUBLICAN; EATETH WITH SINNERS, AS BEING THE PHYSICIAN OF... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEIR NET BRAKE.— Διερρηγνυτο,— _was breaking,_ or _began to break._ This translation is justified by the words ωστε βυθιζεσθαι αυτα, in the following verse, which without dispute is there properlyrendered _so that they began to sink._ Thus also Matthew 9:18. _My daughter_ u945?ρτι ετελευτησεν,... [ Continue Reading ]
DEPART FROM ME,— Peter's words on this occasion may be variously interpreted; for we may suppose that, conscious of his sinfulness, he was afraid to be in Christ's company, lest some infirmity or offence might have exposed him to more than ordinary chastisements. Compare Judges 6:22; Judges 13:22. O... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT CATCH MEN.— _Thou shalt captivate,_ or _take alive._ The exact meaning of the word ζωγρων. See 2 Timothy 2:26 in the margin. To _catch,_ implies something more of artifice than the word carries with it, or the occasion seems to require.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT THEIR SHIPS TO LAND,— Or, _Their boats to shore._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE POWER OF THE LORD WAS PRESENT, &C.— Our Lord not only preached such awakening sermons as might have converted them to righteousness, but he was ready to perform such astonishing miracles as ought to have removed all their scruples with respect to his mission. Some suppose, that the word _the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE SAW THEIR FAITH,— That of the man, and of his friends,—though they themselves spake nothing; the miserable condition of the paralytic yet pleading with a voice far more eloquent than all language. St. Chrysostom, speaking of this act of the bearers, says, "So ingenious a thing is affecti... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY WERE ALL AMAZED,— That is, the Pharisees and doctors of the law, mentioned Luke 5:17 as well as all the people. See Matthew 9:8. And indeed, whether you examine the nature of this miracle, as being a perfect and instantaneous cure of an obstinate universal palsy, under which a person advanced i... [ Continue Reading ]
A PUBLICAN NAMED LEVI,— There were at this time in the Roman empire two sorts of people, who might be called _publicans,_ (τελωναι .) First, such as farmed the taxes of whole provinces. These generally were Roman knights, men of very honourable characters, as we learn from the commendations which Ci... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHILDREN, &C.— _The bridemen._... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTTLES SHALL PERISH.— Some render it, _Skins will be lost._... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MAN ALSO, HAVING DRUNK OLD WINE— That is, "As people who have been accustomed to drink wine made mellow with age, do not willingly drink new wine, which for the most part is harsh and unpleasant; so Christ's disciples, having been accustomed for some time to live without practising any kind of se... [ Continue Reading ]