Matthew 13:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: ”

Matthew 13:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That it might be fulfilled - This is taken from Psalms 78:2-3 . The sense, and not the very words of the Psalm, are given. Christ taught, as did that prophet - Asaph - in parables. The words of...
Matthew 13:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

multitude . multitudes (plural). spake He not . was He not speaking.
Matthew 13:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 13:34 . All these things Jesus spoke in parables. Though Mark expressly says, that Christ spoke the word to them as they were able to bear it, yet I think it probable that he cont...
Matthew 13:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: All these things spoke Jesus - in parables - Christ descends from Divine mysteries to parabl...
Matthew 13:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And without a parable spake he not, &c.— That is, "not at that time," or "to the people who then heard him." See the note on Matthew 13:1 . Beausobre and Lenfant observe, that the quotation fr...
Matthew 13:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable s...
Matthew 13:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A Day of Parables 1-3a. Teaching by parables begun ( Mark 4:1 ; Luke 8:4 ). This chapter introduces a new type of teaching, that by parables. St. Matthew gives us a group of seven, the first four...
Matthew 13:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Without a parable spake he not unto them. — The words are, of course, limited by the context to this occasion, but it is noticeable from this time forward that parables are the dominant element in...
Matthew 13:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 The Parables of the Kingdom - Matthew 13:1-58 "THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side." We can well imagine that, after such a series of discouragements an...
Matthew 13:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genuine and Counterfeit Matthew 13:34-43 Throughout the Synoptic Gospels-Matthew, Mark, and Luke-a consistent distinction is made between the outer ranks of the people, or disciples, and the in...
Matthew 13:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter contains the seven parables of the Kingdom. The reason for the parabolic teaching of Christ is set forth here. This first parable was spoken to the multitudes (verses Mat 13:2-3). Its ex...
Matthew 13:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: (35) That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mou...
Matthew 13:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude ,.... In the hearing of his disciples, whilst in the ship, the multitude being on the shore, in parables ; in the four foregoing ones; and without...
Matthew 13:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: Ver. 34. And without a parable spake he not, &c. ] A singular judgment of God upon t...
Matthew 13:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All these things spake Jesus in parables Mark has it, With many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to bear it. That is, he preached the doctrines of the gospel in these...
Matthew 13:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter begins a new division of the book. Israel is looked at as set aside because of unbelief: the Lord went out of the house (typically Israel's house), and set by the seaside. The sea is typ...
Matthew 13:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Parable of the Tares, the Mustard-Seed, the Leaven, c.. 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is...
Matthew 13:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 13:35 " .
Matthew 13:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Eight Parables of The Kingly Rule of Heaven (13:1-53). Having made clear that the Kingly Rule of Heaven is advancing forcefully ( Matthew 11:12 ) and that through Jesus' activities as the Serv...
Matthew 13:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 13:35 . Fulfilled. —The quotation illustrates, much in the same way as those in Matthew 8:17 ; Matthew 12:17 , St. Matthew’s peculiar way of dealing with the prophetic l...
Matthew 13:34 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 13:3-50 The Parables of the Kingdom. I. Taking these seven parables all together, notice, first, the fact that our Lord, in describing the kingdom of heaven, did deliberately use many par...
Matthew 13:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 13:24 . Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: He knew that it was good. It had been tested: it wa...
Matthew 13:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 13:2 . He went into a ship. A small vessel or boat, probably belonging to one of the disciples, several of whom were fishermen. Matthew 13:3 . He spake many things to them in parables....
Matthew 13:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares. The tares and the wheat This parable relates chiefly to the condition of the Church. I. The mixed condition of His Church in our world....
Matthew 13:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A few remarks by way of introduction to the characteristic portion of this chapter ( Matthew 13:1-40 ). (1) We have here a collection of the Lord's parables, all spoken, as it woul...
Matthew 13:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake He not unto them,
Matthew 13:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 13:13 ; Mark 4:33 ; Mark 4:34
Matthew 13:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Without a parable spake he not unto them — That is, not at that time; at other times he did.

Matthew 13:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 13:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 13:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 13:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 13:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 13:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 13:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 13:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 13:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 13:34 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 13:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 13:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 13:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 13:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 13:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 13:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 13:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes