Matthew 17:22

And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: AND WHILE THEY ABODE IN GALILEE, JESUS SAID UNTO THEM. Mark (), as usual, is very precise here: "And they departed thence" - that is, from the scene of the last miracle - "and passed through Galilee; and He would not that any man should know it." So this was not a preaching, but a private, journey though Galilee. Indeed, His public ministry in Galilee was now all but all but concluded. Though He sent out the Seventy after this to preach and heal, Himself was little more in public there, and He was soon to bid it a final adieu. Until this hour arrived He was chiefly occupied with the Twelve, preparing them for the coming events. THE SON OF MAN SHALL BE BETRAYED INTO THE HANDS OF MEN;...

Matthew 17:22._And while they remained in Galilee. _The nearer that the time of his death approached, the more frequently did Christ warn his disciples, lest that melancholy spectacle might give a violent shock to their faith. It was shortly after the miracle had been performed that this discourse was delivered; for Mark says that he went from that place to Galilee, in order to spend there the intervening time in privacy; for he had resolved to come to Jerusalem on the day of the annual sacrifice, because he was to be sacrificed at the approaching Passover. The disciples had previously received several intimations on this subject, and yet they are as much alarmed as if nothing relating to it had ever reached their ears. So great is the influence of preconceived opinion, that it brings darkness over the mind in the midst of the clearest light. The apostles had imagined that the

22,23 Christ perfectly knew all things that should befall him, yet undertook the work of our redemption, which strongly shows his love. What outward debasement and Divine glory was the life of the Redeemer! And all his humiliation ended in his exaltation. Let us learn to endure the cross, to despise riches and worldly honours, and to be content with his will....

Verse Matthew 17:22. _THEY ABODE IN GALILEE_] Lower _Galilee_, where the city of _Capernaum_ was. _THE SON OF MAN SHALL BE BETRAYED INTO THE HANDS OF MEN_] Μελλει - παραδιδοσθαι εις χειρας - _The Son of man is about to be_ _delivered into the hands_, c. I am fully of the mind of two eminent critics, _Grotius_ and _Wakefield_, that παραδιδοσθαι should be here translated _delivered_, or _delivered up_, not _betrayed_ and that the agency, in this case, should be referred to _God_, not to _Judas_. Jesus was _delivered up_, by the counsel of God, to be an atonement for the sin of the world. See Acts 4:27. _Against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed to do what_ thy hand and thy counsel determined be

See also Mark 9:30; Luke 9:43. AND WHILE THEY ABODE IN GALILEE - Galilee, the northern part of Palestine. See the notes at Matthew 2:22. THE SON OF MAN SHALL BE BETRAYED ... - To betray means to deliver up in a treacherous manner. This was done by Judas Iscariot, called for that act the traitor, Matthew 26:14, Matthew 26:47. A traitor, or betrayer, is one who makes use of confidence reposed in him for the purpose of delivering him up who puts t

EXPOSITION MATTHEW 17:1 _The Transfiguration of Jesus_._ _(Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28.) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who were to have the chief hand in founding the Church. The Lord had just announced his future sufferings and death. This prediction had been a grievous blow to Peter, and doubtless to the others also. He had stumbled at the cross, and had brought on himself a stern rebuke for his slowness and worldliness. So to comfort the chosen three under the thought of what awaited their Master, they were shown a glimpse of the glory which he has in heaven; they saw the Law and the prophets yielding subjection to him; t

AND WHILE THEY ABODE IN GALILEE,.... Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads it וכשהלכו, "and while they were walking in Galilee", for they passed through it, when they departed from hence; see Mark 9:30 and as they were going to Capernaum, and so onward, to the coasts of Judea, in order to be at Jerusalem at the feast of the passover; where, and when, Christ was to suffer: and observing that the time of his death drew nigh, he inculcates it again to his disciples a third time, that they might be prepared for it, and not be discouraged and terrified by it; JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, THE SON OF MAN SHALL BE BETRAYED INTO THE HANDS OF MEN: some copies read, "sinful men"; and so the angels report the words, in Luke 24:7 by whom may be meant the Gentiles, who, by the Jews, were reckoned very wicked men, and called sinne

MATTHEW 17:22 sustrefome,nwn {B} It is probable that the reading sustrefome,nwn (taken to mean “were gathering together”) would strike copyists as strange, and therefore would be changed into what seemed more appropriate (avnastrefome,nwn, “were staying”). The verb sustre,fein, which occurs only twice in the New Testament, apparently means here “while they were crowding (around Jesus).”...

5. THE COMING GLORY; the Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. The Tribute Money. CHAPTER 17 _ 1. The Transfiguration. (Matthew 17:1 .) 2. The Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. (Matthew 17:14 .) 3. The Second Announcement of His Death and Resurrection. (Matthew 17:22 .) 4. The Tribute Money.(Matthew 17:24 .)_ The first part of this chapter gives us the record of the transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ. The portion before us is one of the richest in the entire book of Matthew; so full of precious teachings and suggestions that one almost shrinks from attempting an expos

MATTHEW 17:22 F. FURTHER PREDICTION OF THE PASSION (Mark 9:30 *, Luke 9:43) Again the disciples understand; they are not so utterly obtuse as in Mk. and Lk....