Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 10:8
(3) Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
(3) Miracles are signs verifying the word.
(3) Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
(3) Miracles are signs verifying the word.
MATTHEW 10:8 nekrou.j evgei,rete The clause nekrou.j evgei,rete involves five variant readings. (1) The words are absent from a considerable number of (mostly later) witnesses, including C3 L X Y G Q...
Verse Matthew 10:8. _RAISE THE DEAD_] This is wanting in the MSS. marked EKLMS of _Griesbach_, and in those marked BHV of _Mathai_, and in upwards of _one hundred_ others. It is also wanting in the _...
FREELY YE HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE - That is, they were not to sell their favors of healing, preaching, etc. They were not to make a money-making business of it, to bargain specifically to heal for...
7. THE MESSENGERS OF THE KINGDOM. CHAPTER 10 1. The Twelve Disciples. (Matthew 10:1 .) 2. Their Commission. (Matthew 10:5 .) 3. Persecutions Promised. (Matthew 10:16 .) 4. Words of Encouragement....
THE CHARGE TO THE TWELVE. The section forms the second of five passages into which Mt. col lected the sayings of Jesus. The Markan account (Matthew 6:7) is followed by Luke 9:1, but Luke 10:2 (the Sev...
HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE LEPERS, ETC. To those who see in the external acts of Christ's ministry. parable of his spiritual work, and especially in his ministry to the body. type of his ministry to the s...
a Jesus sent out these twelve, and these were the orders he gave them: "Do not, he said, "go out on the road to the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans; but go rather to the she...
THE MESSENGERS OF THE KING (Matthew 10:1-4)...
THE SICK. sick ones. THE LEPERS. leprous ones. THE DEAD. dead people. See App-139. DEVILS. demons. Compare Matthew 10:1....
Christ's Charge to the Apostles This discourse falls naturally into two divisions; of which the first (Matthew 10:5) has reference to the immediate present, the second relates rather to the church of...
_cleanse the lepers_ Leprosy is not classed with the other diseases. As especially symbolical of a sin-stricken man, the leper requires cleansing or purification. _raise the dead_ These words are omi...
ΝΕΚΡΟῪΣ ἘΓΕΊΡΕΤΕ (א B C D), omitted in most of the later uncials and by many cursives and versions. Tischendorf has replaced the words in his text, ed. 8. 8. ΛΕΠΡΟῪΣ ΚΑΘΑΡΊΖΕΤΕ. Leprosy is not classe...
CHRIST’S CHARGE TO THE APOSTLES This discourse falls naturally into two divisions; of which the first (Matthew 10:5-15) has reference to the immediate present, the second relates rather to the church...
VER 5. THESE TWELVE JESUS SENT FORTH, AND COMMANDED THEM, SAYING, "GO NOT INTO THE WAY OF THE GENTILES, AND INTO ANY CITY OF THE SAMARITANS ENTER YE NOT: 6. BUT GO RATHER TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUS...
_JESUS SENT OUT THE APOSTLES MATTHEW 10:1-15_ : In this limited commission the Lord sent the apostles to "the lost sheep of the house of Israel." The apostles were sent forth to "preach and to heal....
ΆΣΘΕΝΟΎΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ AΣΘΕΝΈΩ (G770) быть обессиленным, больным, ΘΕΡΑΠΕΎΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΘΕΡΑΠΕΎΩ (G2323) исцелять, ΕΓΕΊΡΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΈΓΕΊΡΩ (G1453) будить, по...
DISCOURSE: 1342 DIFFUSION OF THE GOSPEL, A DUTY Matthew 10:8. _Freely ye have received, freely give_. COMPASSION for the wants and miseries of men is a very distinguished feature of the Christian cha...
RAISE THE DEAD— In several copies this clause is wanting; for which reason, and because the disciples did not raise any person from the dead whom we read of, till after Christ's ascension, Dr. Mill ta...
SECTION 23 JESUS COMMISSIONS TWELVE APOSTLES TO EVANGELIZE GALILEE II. JESUS INSTRUCTS AND CHARGES THE TWELVE HOW THEY ARE TO PROCEED (Parallels; Mark 6:8-11; Luke 9:2-5) TEXT: 10:5-15 A. THEIR WO...
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE THE LEPERS, [RAISE THE DEAD,] CAST OUT DEVILS. [The bracketed clause...
1 Compare Mar_3:13-19; Luk_6:12-16. See Luk_9:1. 2 There is some variation in the order of the names, as well as of the names themselves, in the lists of the twelve apostles, but they are always found...
RAISE THE DEAD] to be taken literally. The clause is accepted by all recent editors. It is omitted by a few MSS, perhaps because there is no mention of raising the dead on this occasion. For the fulfi...
MISSION OF THE TWELVE 1. Mission of the Twelve (Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1). This mission was intended partly to prepare the way for visits from Jesus Himself, and partly to train the apostles for their futur...
CHARGE TO THE TWELVE (Mark 6:7 Luke 9:1 : cp. also Luke 10:2, charge to the Seventy). The first eleven vv. of this great charge (Matthew 10:5) represent Christ's words act
The charge delivered on the occasion of the mission. 5. Way of the Gentiles] i.e. a road which leads to a Gentile district or city. The restriction to the Jews was part of the divine purpose that the...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS CHOOSES 12 MEN AND SENDS THEM AS HIS WORKERS 10:1-4 V1 Jesus called his 12 *disciples to come to him. Then he gave them auth...
RAISE THE DEAD. — The words are omitted by the best MSS., and their absence is more in accordance with the facts of the Gospel history, which records no instance of that highest form of miracle as wro...
CHAPTER 9 The King's Ambassadors - Matthew 9:36; Matthew 10:1 I - THE MISSION. Matthew 9:36 - Matthew 10:1 So far the Kin
νεκροὺς ἐγείρετε. This clause is wanting in several Codd., including L [58], so often associated with [59] [60] in good readings. It is, however, too well attested to be omitted. It must either have f...
_Instructions to the missioners_....
_The Twelve: their names, mission, and relative instructions_ (Mark 3:14-19; Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6)....
MISSIONARIES SENT OUT Matthew 10:5-15 For the present, the Twelve were to confine themselves to Jews, because the Lord's ministry was the climax of the Jewish probation and it was desirable that ever...
As a result of this, the King calls, equips, and sends forth His disciples. No work can be done to extend His Kingdom that is not the direct outcome of His compassion. To men in communion with that co...
Heal the sick, &c. This verse contains the third observation respecting the mission of the apostles: Christ not only gave them power to preach, but also to work miracles, in order, says St. Gregory, t...
CHAPTER 29 MATTHEW'S BEAST Matthew 10:1-17; Mark 2:15-22; Luke 5:29-39. Luke “And Levi made a great feast for Him in his own house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were si...
HE SENDS OUT THE TWELVE Matthew 9:37-38. _“Then He says to His disciples, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest, in order that He may send out th...
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...
8._Cure the diseased _As he has bestowed on them power, so he enjoins them to be faithful and liberal in dispensing it, and charges them not to suppress that power, which had been lodged with them for...
So long as God gives Him access to the people, He continues His labour of love. Nevertheless, He was conscious of the iniquity that governed the people, although He did not seek His own glory. Having...
HEAL THE SICK,.... For so he had given them power to do, and this both for the confirmation of their doctrine, and the recommendation of them to men; for nothing could more evidently prove their missi...
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Ver. 8. _Heal the sick_] God glorifies himself by the fruits of our sin and the effects of hi...
_And as ye go, preach_ Κηρυσσετε, _proclaim_, namely, with ardour and zeal, as becomes my heralds. The word is derived from κηρυξ, _a herald._ “Probably,” says Doddridge, “they were to make this procl...
FREELY GIVE; as you have received miraculous powers without paying for them, exert those powers without receiving compensation....
The message itself and the accompanying signs:...
HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE THE LEPERS, RAISE THE DEAD, CAST OUT DEVILS. FREELY YE HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE. While on your missionary journey, preach; preaching the first and foremost duty and necessity....
When He instructs us to pray, He fully intends to answer such prayer, as we see now in His sending forth His twelve disciples. It is precious to see Him exercising authority to communicate authority t...
5-15 The Gentiles must not have the gospel brought them, till the Jews have refused it. This restraint on the apostles was only in their first mission. Wherever they went they must proclaim, The king...
OLBGrk; Ver. 7,8. In these words he gives them power, 1. To preach the gospel. 2. To confirm the doctrine they preached to be of God by miraculous operations, healing the sick, cleansing lepers, rai...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I For these doctrines are not at all similar to those of which our Lord said, "Freely ye have received, freely give."[65] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II from them...
Matthew 10:8 Heal G2323 (G5720) sick G770 (G5723) cleanse G2511 (G5720) lepers G3015 raise G1453 ...
“Heal sick people, raise dead people, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.” And the evidence that the Kingly Rule of Heaven is here is found not only in the establishing...
Matthew 10:8. According to the best authorities, RAISE THE DEAD should come before CLEANSE THE LEPERS. The Apostles did raise the dead after the resurrection of Christ, whether they availed themselves...
THE FIRST PREACHING OF THE TWELVE. The locality from which the Twelve were sent out, and the length of their tour are unknown. But Galilee, where our Lord had Himself labored so long, was doubtless th...
DEVILS demons. (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 7:22). _...
Matthew 10:8 The opening of this commission, in a world eaten up by selfishness, proclaimed the advent of a new era, and was the sign of the establishment of the kingdom of God among men. From that t...
Matthew 10:1 Jesus giving His Power to His Followers. Note: I. The work Christ's followers were to do. They were to do the mysterious work which the Master had done, and to preach as both He and Joh...
Matthew 10:1. And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the...
Matthew 10:1. _And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease._ They...
CONTENTS: The twelve instructed and sent out. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, Judas. CONCLUSION: The ca...
Matthew 10:1. _He called to him his twelve disciples._ Jesus chose twelve that they might sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Luke 22:30. And that they might be the twelve foundations...
HEAL THE SICK. They were to duplicate the work of Jesus. Later, both the apostles and all Christians would do "greater works" in calling others into the church of Christ (John 14:12)....
_Heal the sick._ HEAL THE SICK I. A confirmation of our sincerity. II. An illustration of the completeness Of Christianity. 1. Its concern with the whole nature of man. 2. Its care for the indivi...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 10:7 AND PROCLAIM... “THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.” HEAL THE SICK. The apostles’ message (the kingdom of heaven) is the same as Jesus’ message ...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 10:1 The Authoritative Mission of the Messiah’s Messengers. This is Jesus’ second major teaching (see Introduction: Key Themes). It focuses on the disciples’ mission to Israel...
JESUS SENDS OUT THE TWELVE DISCIPLES Matthew 10:1-16 Mark 6:7-13 Luke 9:1-6 Matthew 10:1 And when he had called unto [_him_] his twelve disciples, he gave them power [_against_] unclean spirits, t...
CHAPTER 10 _And when He had called_, &c. Observe that Christ, out of all His disciples, chose principally twelve, as S. Luke shows more at length (vi. 13.). He chose twelve Apostles that they should b...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 10:1. CALLED.—We must distinguish three calls, the first to be disciples; the second to serve as Evangelists; and now the third to the Apostolic office. This call to the Apost...
EXPOSITION For introductory notes to this chapter, see Matthew 9:35. MATTHEW 10:1 Parallel passages: Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1. Th
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SENDING OUT THE TWELVE Matthew 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Scripture for this study opens with the statement, "And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples." We want to speak of the facts t...
Cast out devils — It is a great relief to the spirits of an infidel, sinking under a dread, that possibly the Gospel may be true, to find it observed by a learned brother, that the diseases therein as...
Here our Saviour empowers his apostles to work miracles for the confirmation of their doctrine; but gives them. charge to work them freely, without making any private advantage to themselves. Where ob...