(2) And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the (d) receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
(2) Christ calls the humble sinners unto him, but he condemns the proud hypocrites.
(d) At the table where the tax was received.
Verse Matthew 9:9. _NAMED MATTHEW_] Generally supposed to be the same who wrote this history of our blessed Lord. _Mathai_ signifies a _gift_ in Syriac; probably so named by his parents as implying a...
HE SAW A MAN, NAMED MATTHEW, SITTING AT THE RECEIPT OF CUSTOM - That is, at the place where “custom,” or “tribute,” was received; or, in other words, he was a “publican” or tax-gatherer. See the notes...
CHAPTER 9 1. A Man Sick of the Palsy Healed. (Matthew 9:1 .) 2. The Call of Matthew (Matthew 9:9 .) 3. With the Publicans and the Sinners. (Matthew 9:10 .) 4. The Question of John's Disciples. ...
THE CALL OF MATTHEW. JESUS EATS WITH TAX-COLLECTORS (Mark 2:13 *, Luke 5:27). We need not doubt the identification of Matthew (= gift of Yahweh) and Levi; Peter had a double Jewish name, Simon and Kep...
THE GROWTH OF OPPOSITION (Matthew 9:1-34) We have repeatedly seen that in Matthew's gospel there is nothing haphazard. It is carefully planned and carefully designed. In Matthew 9:1-38 we see another...
FORTH. along. MATTHEW. An Aramaic word. See App-94. AT. over. Greek. _epi._ THE RECEIPT OF CUSTOM. the custom-house....
The Call of St Matthew. Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27-28 St Mark has "Levi, the son of Alphæus," St Luke "a publican named Levi." The identification of Matthew with Levi can scarcely be seriously disputed. Th...
THE CALL OF ST MATTHEW Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27-28. St Mark has ‘Levi, the son of Alphæus,’ St Luke ‘a publican named Levi.’ The identification of Matthew with Levi can scarcely be seriously disputed. Th...
Ver 9. And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, "Follow me." And he arose, and followed him. 10. And it came to pass...
_WISDOM FROM ABOVE CONCERNING DIVORCE MATTHEW 19:1-12:_ The Pharisees tested Jesus with the question, "Is it lawful and right to dismiss and divorce one's wife for any and every cause?" They intended...
_COMPASSION CALLED FOLLOWERS AND ANSWERED CRITICISM MATTHEW 9:9-17:_ The compassion of Jesus called a hated man to follow Him. Matthew was a tax collector, a publican. Jesus called him to be His disci...
ΠΑΡΆΓΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΆΓΩ (G3855) intr. проходить мимо. _Temp. part._ выражает одновременное действие, ΕΊΔΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part....
AS JESUS PASSED—THENCE, HE SAW A MAN, &C.— St. Luke, in the parallel place, calls St. Matthew a _publican,_ which was a very odious name among the Jews, as the employment was attended with so much cor...
SECTION 19 JESUS CALLS MATTHEW LEVI (Parallels: Mark 2:13-22; Luke 5:27-39) TEXT: 9:9-17 9. And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he...
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. AND AS JESUS PASSED FORTH FRO...
25 Ever and anon, while revealing His own glory and exercising the faith of His followers, our Lord presents a marvelous prophetic picture of the course of the kingdom proclamation. Here we have a pre...
CALL OF MATTHEW (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27 : see Intro.). The call of a publican was another challenge to the Pharisaic party. Considering the low estimation in which publicans were held (see on Matthew 5:...
MATTHEW] The other Gospels call him 'Levi.' Matthew ('gift of Jehovah') was the name by which he was known among Christians. He may have adopted it at his call. THE RECEIPT OF CUSTOM] RV 'the place of...
THE SICK OF THE PALSY. CALL OF MATTHEW. RAISING OF JAIRUS' DAUGHTER 1-8. The paralytic healed and his sins forgiven (Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17). The peculiarity of this miracle is that it was worked to prov...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 3. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT WALK 9:1-8 V1 Then Jesus stepped into a boat. He went back across the lake and arrived at his own town. V...
AS JESUS PASSED FORTH FROM THENCE. — All three Gospels agree, as has been noticed, in the sequence of the two events. And the sequence was probably, in part at least, one of cause and effect. The symp...
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...
_The publican feast_ (Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32). The point of interest for the evangelist in this narrative is not the _call_ of the publican disciple, but the feast which followed, a feast of publi...
παράγων ἐκεῖθεν : passing along from the scene of the last incident, Jesus arrives at the custom-house of Capernaum (τελώνιον). εἶδεν … Ματθαῖον λεγ.: there He saw a man named _Matthew_. (On the ident...
THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Matthew 9:9-17 The name Levi indicates that Matthew sprang from a priestly line. He had lost all self-respect to become the abhorred instrument of the Roman government, collect...
The King now exercised His authority in a new way. He pronounced pardon on a sinner, and straightway opposition was aroused. To the questioning and rebellious hearts He vindicated His authority to for...
Named Matthew. 'Tis remarked by St. Jerome, that the other evangelist, out of respect to this apostle, did not call him Matthew, (the name he generally went by) but Levi; whereas he, in his own gospel...
The call of Matthew is most interesting, and serves to mark the distinguishing grace of God. His name from Mattan, a gift, seems suited to one who received the free gift of the Lord. Here was no prepa...
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...
_STEADY OBEDIENCE_ ‘And as Jesus passed forth from thence, He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and He saith unto him, Follow Me. And he arose, and followed Him.’ Matthew 9...
Matthew 9:9._Jesus saw a man sitting at the customhouse. _The _custom-house _has usually been a place noted for plundering and for unjust exactions, and was at that time particularly infamous. In the...
In the following chapter (chapter 9), while acting in the character and according to the power of Jehovah (as we read in Psalms 103), "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases...
AND AS JESUS PASSED FORTH FROM THENCE,.... That is, from Capernaum to the sea side; where, as Mark says, the multitude resorted, and he taught them; HE SAW A MAN NAMED MATTHEW; the writer of this Gos...
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. Ver. 9. _A man named Matthew_]...
_And as Jesus passed from thence_ That is, from the house in which the paralytic had been cured, _he saw a man named Matthew_ Modestly so called by himself: the other evangelists call him by his more...
MATTHEW; the writer of this gospel. RECEIPT OF CUSTOM; the place where taxes were paid. Some abandoned men are called by the grace of Christ; and when he speaks to their hearts, they will immediately...
THE CALL OF MATTHEW AND HIS FEAST. AND AS JESUS PASSED FORTH FROM THENCE, HE SAW A MAN NAMED MATTHEW SITTING AT THE RECEIPT OF CUSTOM. AND HE SAITH UNTO HIM, FOLLOW ME. AND HE AROSE AND FOLLOWED HIM....
Returning to His own city, Capernaum, He has brought to Him a man totally helpless, lying on a bed. This case of palsy is indicative of the complete debilitating effects of sin: man is left without st...
9 Matthew was in his calling, as the rest of those whom Christ called. As Satan comes with his temptations to the idle, so Christ comes with his calls to those who are employed. We are all naturally...
Mark hath the same story, MARK 2:14, only he calleth him _Levi, _ and tells us he was the _son of Alphaeus._ Luke also mentions it, LUKE 5:27,28, and calls him LEVI, adding that he was _a publican, _...
Tertullian On Idolatry while Matthew is roused up from the toll-booth;[89] Tertullian On Baptism left the toll-booth behind for ever;[133] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV But you will obser...
Matthew 9:9 As G2532 Jesus G2424 on G3855 (G5723) there G1564 saw G1492 (G5627) man G444 named...
THE CALL OF MATTHEW 9:9. With this verse Matthew comes to the end of the subsection which began in Matthew 8:18 with the reference to other disciples considering following Jesus. Perhaps there is a st...
CHRONOLOGY AND CONNECTION. Three Evangelists join together the events we group in this section. Mark and Luke, however, place them immediately after the healing of the leper near Capernaum. We agree w...
Matthew 9:9. FROM THENCE. According to all three accounts, immediately after the miracle just mentioned. MATTHEW, the Apostle and Evangelist ‘A publican named Levi' (Luke 5:27); ‘Levi the son of Alph...
AT THE PLACE OF TOLL (επ το τελωνιον). The tax-office or custom-house of Capernaum placed here to collect taxes from the boats going across the lake outside of Herod's territory or from people going...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city._ Our Lord had given these Gergesenes an opportunity of becoming his disciples, the kingdom of God had come very...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto...
Matthew 9:1. _And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith_ The fait...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Answering the Pharisees. Healing of woman with issue of blood. Daughter of a ruler raised from the dead. Two blind men healed. A demon cast out....
Matthew 9:1. _Jesus came into his own city,_ Capernaum, as in Mark. Our Saviour was a stranger on earth, born in Bethlehem, an exile in Egypt, resident at Nazareth, but latterly in Capernaum. Matthew...
HE SAW A TAX COLLECTOR. Matthew introduces himself. He is also called Levi (Luke 5:27). It was his duty to collect taxes for the Occupation Government of the Romans. Tax collectors were hated, because...
_He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom._ THE FOLLOWING CHRIST Whom are we to follow, and on what road, and to what place? I. We are to follow Christ. Do not the soldiers follow...
LET HIM WHO LOVES ME FOLLOW ME He saith unto him, Follow me. Matthew 9:9. About four hundred years ago a great war for the possession of Italy was raging between the king of France and the king of S...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 9:9 MATTHEW 1:1. See Introduction: Author, Date, and Recipients. ROSE AND FOLLOWED HIM. Matthew had likely witnessed Jesu
JESUS EATS WITH SINNERS AT MATTHEW ' S HOUSE MATTHEW 9:9-13; MARK 2:14-17; LUKE 5:27-32; MATTHEW 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, h
CHAPTER 9 _Passed over_ : that is, sailed across the sea of Galilee, to its western side. _And came into his own city._ Sedulius thinks Bethlehem is meant because he was born there. S. Jerome, with mo...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 9:9. RECEIPT OF CUSTOM.—_Place of toll_ (R. V.). See Introduction. Matthew 9:10. JESUS.—_He_ (R. V.), probably Matthew. SAT AT MEAT IN THE HOUSE.—The modesty of our Evangelis...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 9:1 _The_ _paralytic forgiven and healed. _Parallel passages: Mark 2:1; Luke 5:17. (For connexion of thought, cf....
And so he entered into a ship, and he passed over, and he came to his own city (Matthew 9:1). His own city being Capernaum. I told you that was his headquarters. And, behold, they brought to him a ma...
1 Kings 19:19; Galatians 1:16; Luke 15:1; Luke 15:2; Luke 19:2;...
Receipt of custom [τ ε λ ω ν ι ο ν]. Rev., place of toll. Wyc., tollbooth, toll - booth, or toll - cabin, which is an excellent word, though obsolete. Sitting at, is, literally sitting on : the elevat...
QUERIES AND CRITICISMS AGAINST CHRIST Matthew 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Jesus Christ came among men and announced Himself as One sent from the Father. He claimed every attribute of Deity, announced Him...
EATING WITH SINNERS Matthew 9:9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS For our opening word we have chosen the first verse of the study "He saw a man, * * sitting at the receipt of custom: and He saith unto him, Follo...
He saw a man named Matthew — Modestly so called by himself. The other evangelists call him by his more honourable name, Levi. Sitting — In the very height of his business, at the receipt of custom — T...
Observe here, The number of our Lord's apostles not being filled up, what. strange election and choice he makes; Matthew,. grinding publican is the man. Learn, Such is the freeness of God's grace, th...