Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 8:16
Possessed] According to St. Luke the devils cried out, 'Thou art the Son of God,' and recognised Him as the Christ.
Possessed] According to St. Luke the devils cried out, 'Thou art the Son of God,' and recognised Him as the Christ.
Verse Matthew 8:16. _WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME_] The Jews kept their sabbath from evening to evening, according to the law, Leviticus 23:32, _From evening to evening shall ye celebrate your sabbath_. An...
WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME ... - The fame of the miracles of Jesus would probably draw together a crowd, and those who had friends that were afflicted would bring them. All that were brought to him he hea...
6. THE KING MANIFESTED BY SIGNS OF DIVINE POWER. Chapter s 8-9. CHAPTER 8 1. The Healing of the Leper. (Matthew 8:1 .) 2. The Healing of the Centurion's Servant. (Matthew 8:5 .) 3. The Healing of P...
MATTHEW 8:14 F. SIMON'S WIFE'S MOTHER (Mark 1:29 *, Luke 4:38 f.). Mt. abbreviates and heightens Mk. the cure is wrought by a mere touch. Matthew 8:16
LOVE IN ACTION (Matthew 8:1-34) Of all the gospel writers Matthew is the most orderly. He never sets out his material haphazardly. If in Matthew one thing follows another in a certain sequence, there...
And, when it was late in the day, they brought to him many who were in the power of evil spirits, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all those who were ill. This happened that the say...
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. WIT...
_with his word_ not by a touch, as in the case of leprosy and fever. Christ never laid his hand on demoniacs....
The Cure of Peter's Mother-in-law of a Fever, Mark 1:29-31; Luke 4:38-39 St Luke's description bears special marks of scientific accuracy....
ΛΌΓΩΙ. Not by a touch, as in the case of leprosy and fever. Christ never laid his hand on demoniacs....
THE CURE OF PETER’S MOTHER-IN-LAW OF A FEVER, Mark 1:29-31; Luke 4:38-39. St Luke’s description bears special marks of scientific accuracy. Both St Mark and St Luke mention that the incident took pla...
VER16. WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME, THEY BROUGHT UNTO HIM MANY THAT WERE POSSESSED WITH DEVILS: AND HE CAST OUT THE SPIRITS WITH HIS WORD, AND HEALED ALL THAT WERE SICK: 17. THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHIC...
_MIRACLES DEMANDED A FOLLOWING MATTHEW 8:16-22:_ Matthew tells us the Jesus did that which Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would do. (Matthew 8:16-17) "When evening had come, they brought to Him ma...
ΌΨΊΑΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΌΨΊΑ (G3798) вечер. ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΗΣ _aor. ind. med. part. (dep.) gen. fem. sing. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096), _gen. abs._: "когда наступил вечер" ΠΡΟΣΉΝΕΓΚΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΦΈΡΩ (G6...
WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME— St. Mark adds, _At even, when the sun was set;_ because it was the sabbath, the people did not come with their sick to Jesus; but as soon as the holy rest was ended, that is to...
Section 14 JESUS HEALS PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW (Parallels: Mark 1:21-34; Luke 4:31-41) TEXT: 8:14-17 14. And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick of a fever....
And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 1:29. The incidents here are two: in the corresponding pas...
5-13 Compare Luk_7:1-10. 5 This is followed by an intimation that, though rejected by His own, He would be accepted by the nations, as is the case in the book of Acts. The priest was at one end of the...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 8 *MIRACLES WHEN JESUS HEALED PEOPLE 8:1–9:38 Matthew showed Jesus’ authority by what he taught in Chapter s 5-7. Now Matthew shows...
WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME. — Or, as St. Luke has it, “While the sun was setting.” There were two reasons why the time should be thus specified. (1) It was natural that the sick should be brought in the c...
CHAPTER 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1 - Matthew 9:1 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23, we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preaching and healing...
Ὀψίας γενομένης : vague indication of time on any day, but especially a Sabbath day. There were two evenings, an early and a late (Exodus 30:8). Which of them was it; before or after sunset? Mark is m...
_Events of that Sabbath evening_ (Mark 1:32-34; Luke 4:40-41). A general statement, which, after Matthew 4:23 f., might have been dispensed with; but it is in the source (Mark) in the same context, an...
THE GREAT PHYSICIAN Matthew 8:11-17 A feast was the Hebrew conception of heaven. The Jews thought they were secure of it, because of their descent from Abraham. Grace is not hereditary; to receive i...
The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His power...
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with [his] word, and healed (c) all that were sick: (c) Of all sorts....
CHAPTER 28 JESUS HOMELESS Matthew 8:1-22, & Luke 9:57-62. “And it came to pass, they journeying on the way, a certain one said to Him, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou mayest go, Lord; and Jesus...
HEALING OF PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW Matthew 8:14-17; Mark 1:2-34; & Luke 14:3-35 Mark: “And immediately coming out of the synagogue? came into the house of Simon and Andrew and James and John. The mother...
What a beautiful representation is here made, in a short compass, of the lovely, and all-loving JESUS! With a word only the Lord healed! Think of. his sovereignty: think of his grace. And let not the...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE DIVINE CONSOLER_ When the even was come … healed all that were sick.’ Matthew 8:16 It is easy to imagine the scene. Our Lord had healed St. Peter’s mother-in-law of a great fever that very day...
Then, in chapter 8, the Lord begins in the midst of Israel His patient life of testimony, which closed with His rejection by the people whom God had so long preserved for Him, and for their own blessi...
WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME,.... The other evangelists say, when "the sun was set", or "setting"; which circumstances are observed, not as some think, because the cool of the evening, and when the sun was...
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with _his_ word, and healed all that were sick: Ver. 16. _When the even was come_] In t...
_When even was come, they brought unto him many_, &c. The news of this miracle being spread through the town, those who had sick relations or friends resolved to apply to Jesus for a cure. Only, becau...
Events of that Sabbath-evening:...
WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME, THEY BROUGHT UNTO HIM MANY THAT WERE POSSESSED WITH DEVILS; AND HE CAST OUT THE SPIRITS WITH HIS WORD, AND HEALED ALL THAT WERE SICK,...
Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compas...
14-17 Peter had a wife, yet was an apostle of Christ, who showed that he approved of the married state, by being thus kind to Peter's wife's relations. The church of Rome, which forbids ministers to...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 8:17"....
Matthew 8:16 When G1161 evening G3798 come G1096 (G5637) brought G4374 (G5656) Him G846 many G4183 demon-possessed...
‘And when evening was come, they brought to him many possessed with demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.' Having given three remarkable examples of healing; o...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
ON OUR LORD'S MIRACLES. The Greek word translated miracle means literally ‘power'; the idea of wondering underlies our word miracle. A miracle is therefore some wonderful display of power; the special...
WHEN EVEN WAS COME (οψιας γενομενης). Genitive absolute. A beautiful sunset scene at the close of the Sabbath day (Mark 1:21). Then the crowds came as Jesus stood in the door of Peter's house (Mark...
POSSESSED (Greek, "daimonizomai", "demonized"). (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 7:22). _...
Matthew 8:16. _When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits, with his word, and healed all that were sick:_ It was the evening after...
Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him,_ Great multitudes often count for nothing; it is here or ther...
Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper_ You see that particular mention is made of this one special case, and, in any co...
CONTENTS: Jesus heals a leper, the centurion's servant and Peter's wife's mother. Professed disciples tested. Stilling of the waves. Casting-out demons at Gadara. CHARACTERS: Jesus, leper, centurion...
Matthew 8:2. _Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him._ After having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome, an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, thereb...
WHEN EVENING CAME. See also Mark 1:32. Jesus had amazed the people by healing one who was demon-possessed (Mark 1:21-28). Now that evening has come and the Sabbath ended (at sundown), the people come...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:16 HE TOOK OUR ILLNESSES AND BORE OUR DISEASES refers to Isaiah’s prophecy of the servant (see Isaiah 53:4)....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:1 The Authoritative Power of the Messiah: Kingdom Power Demonstrated. Jesus has shown himself to be the Messiah through his teaching (chs. Matthew 5:1
JESUS HEALS PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MANY OTHERS MATTHEW 8:14-17; MARK 1:29-34; LUKE 4:38-41; MATTHEW 8:14 And when Jesus was come int
CHAPTER 8 Ver. 2. _And, behold, a leper,_ &c. This same miracle is related by S. Mark (Mar 1:40), and by Luke (Luke 5:12). From a comparison of these it would seem to follow that the miracle was not p...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 8:16. WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME.—Or, as St. Luke has it, “while the sun was setting.” There were two reasons why the time should be thus specified. 1. It was natural that the s...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 8:1 MESSIAH'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING. We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs to the Framework (_vide _I...
Let's turn to Matthew's gospel chapter eight. The fifth chapter of Matthew begins "And seeing the multitude, he went into a mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: And he open...
Acts 19:13; Acts 5:15; Exodus 15:26; Luke 4:40; Mark 1:25;...
THE MIRACLE-WORKING CHRIST Matthew 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. On the mountain top. The mountain tops in the Bible stand forth in bold review. They represent Heavenly experiences, fellowship with God...
Mark 1:32; Luke 4:40....
It was very common about the time of our Saviour's coming in the flesh, for the devil bodily to possess persons, and very grievously to torment them. This is one of the sad and dismal evils which sin...