Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Matthew 15:38
Verse Matthew 15:38. Four thousand] Let the poor learn from these miracles to trust in God for support. Whatever his ordinary providence denies, his miraculous power will supply.
Verse Matthew 15:38. Four thousand] Let the poor learn from these miracles to trust in God for support. Whatever his ordinary providence denies, his miraculous power will supply.
The miracle recorded here - the feeding of the four thousand - took place on a mountain near the Sea of Galilee. The same account is recorded in Mark 8:1. The circumstances of the miracle are so simil...
3. THE CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES; THE CANAANITISH WOMAN AND HER FAITH; THE MULTITUDES HEALED. CHAPTER 15 1. The Question of the Scribes and Pharisees.(Matthew 15:1 .) 2. His Answer. (M...
THE SECOND FEEDING OF THE MULTITUDE (Mark 8:1 *) Mt. follows Mk. closely, but again adds women and children. I would not send them away fasting (Matthew 15:32), according to Allen, heightens the note...
And Jesus left there, and went to the Sea of Galilee; and he went up into a mountain, and he was sitting there; and great crowds came to him, bringing with them people who were lame and blind and deaf...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Matthew 15:1-9)...
FOUR THOUSAND MEN, BESIDES WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ARE MIRACULOUSLY FED Mark 8:1-9...
Ver 32. Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fa...
_MORE REASON TO CHANGE YOUR HEART MATTHEW 15:32-39_ : The multitude had been listening to Jesus three days without eating. He had compassion on them and did not want to send them away hungry and faint...
ΈΣΘΊΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. пот. masc. pl._ от ΈΣΘΊΩ (G2068), _part._ в роли _subst._ ΉΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510)....
I HAVE COMPASSION ON THE MULTITUDE— Σπλαγχνιζομαι, a very expressive word, signifying _My bowels yearn,_ or _are moved,_ see ch. Matthew 9:36. It is pleasing to remark the strong compassion which our...
SECTION 38 JESUS HEALS MANY IN DECAPOLIS AND FEEDS FOUR THOUSAND (Parallel: Mark 7:31 to Mark 8:9) TEXT: 15:29-39 29 And Jesus departed then, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went up in...
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 7:31; Mark 8:1. Verse 1-12 For the...
21 Compare Mar_7:24-30. 21 The incident of the Canaanitish woman is of surpassing interest to us, for it shows clearly what was the status of the nations in our Lord's ministry. Her very mistakes are...
THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS. THE CANAANITISH WOMAN. FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders (Mark 7:1). In this important controversy Jesus defined His positio...
FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND (Mark 8:1). The multitudes in this case being heathen (see Matthew 15:31), the miracle is no bare repetition of the feeding of the five thousand (Matthew 14:13). That symboli...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 15 The three sections of chapter 15 show Jesus’ attitude to people who were not *Jews. He wanted them to be happy with the good news...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
_Second feeding_ (Mark 8:1-9)....
MINISTERING TO THE MULTITUDES Matthew 15:29-39 Our Lord's mission of grace and truth was at its height. His help was sought with the utmost eagerness. Large numbers of sick were cast at His feet in h...
The question was not of cleanliness, but of ritual. This washing of hands to remove imaginary evil was a part of the tradition of the elders. Against the binding of such burdens on men our Lord passio...
FEEDING THE MULTITUDES AGAIN Matthew 15:32-38; Mark 8:1-9. “During these days [i.e., His sojourn in Decapolis], the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus, calling to Him...
"And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. (30) And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame,...
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...
chapter 15 displays man and God, the moral contrast between the doctrine of Christ and that of the Jews; and thus the Jewish system is rejected morally by God. When I speak of the system, I speak of t...
AND THEY THAT DID EAT, WERE FOUR THOUSAND MEN,.... This number of men, as well as of the baskets of fragments, clearly shows this to be a distinct miracle from the former of this kind, recorded in Mat...
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. Ver. 38. _And they that did eat_] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 14:21 _"_ Herein was the majesty of the miracle, that there was no prop...
_Jesus called his disciples, and said, I have compassion_, &c. For some observations on the contents of these verses, see the notes on Mark 8:1....
AND THEY THAT DID EAT WERE FOUR THOUSAND MEN, BESIDE WOMEN AND CHILDREN....
The miracle:...
After the power and grace of the Lord Jesus has wrought so great, refreshing blessing, the cold, barren criticism of scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem is an example of how the deadening principle of...
29-39 Whatever our case is, the only way to find ease and relief, is to lay it at Christ's feet, to submit it to him, and refer it to his disposal. Those who would have spiritual healing from Christ,...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 15:39"....
Matthew 15:38 Now G1161 ate G2068 (G5723) were G2258 (G5713) thousand G5070 men G435 besides G5565 women...
‘And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.' Those who ate were about four thousand men, as well as women and children. Again the counting of ‘the men' suggests an assembly...
THE FEEDING OF FOUR THOUSAND IN GENTILE TERRITORY BY A MIRACLE (15:32-39). It was one thing for Jesus to preach and heal in Gentile territory where there were many Jews, while allowing Gentiles to sha...
Matthew 15:32-38. This miracle is not identical with that described in chap. Matthew 14:15-21. The circumstances vary in every possible respect: the number fed, the amount of provision present, the fr...
Matthew 15:38. FOUR THOUSAND, instead of ‘five thousand.' In this case the material miracle seems not to have been so great, as respects the number fed and the fragments remaining. All these variation...
Matthew 15:1. then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread....
Matthew 15:1. _Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,_ Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, and now these pettifoggers came round about him to try...
Jesus had been in conflict with the Scribes and Pharisees. He never liked such discussions, and though he was always victorious in every controversy, it grieved his spirit. Matthew 15:21. _Then Jesus...
CONTENTS: Scribes and Pharisees rebuked. Syrophonecian's daughter healed. The multitude healed. 4000 fed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, (disciples), Syrophonecian woman, her daughter. CONCLUSION: The Ch...
Matthew 15:2. _Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?_ The cabala, or unwritten law, was counted by the pharisees of equal authority with the law itself. Rabbi Aquiba says, he wh...
FOUR THOUSAND MEN. Not quite as many as the former feeding of five thousand men....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 15:35 For a similar occurrence, see note on 14:15–21. ⇐...
JESUS FEEDS FOUR THOUSAND MATTHEW 15:32-39; MARK 8:1-10; MATTHEW 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples [_unto him_], and said, Mark 8:1 In
CHAPTER 15 _Then there came to Him_, &c. The Scribes of Jerusalem, as being at the very fountain head of faith and religion, arrogated to them selves the right of censuring the doctrine of new teache...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 15:29. A MOUNTAIN.—Rather, _the_ mountain country; the high land, as distinguished from the low land, which He had left (_Carr_). From Mark 7:31 R.V., it would appear that Hi...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 15:1 _Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. _(Mark 7:1.) MATTHEW 15:1 THEN. This is after the third Passover, which wheth
Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were from Jerusalem (Matthew 15:1), Hey, these guys had come a long way to challenge Him. They came all the way from Jerusalem clear up to Galilee, whi...