Matthew 13:45 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: ”

• Matthew 13:45 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman - The meaning is, that the proper seeking for salvation, or the proper conduct in reference to religion, is like the conduct of a “merchantman.” I...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Further Parables of the Kingdom. The treasure and the pearl ( Matthew 13:44-46 ) are one, and have one point everything must be sacrificed for the highest good, the Kingdom. This urgent, intense wh...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  a merchant man . a man,. merchant. Compare Matthew 13:28 , "an enemy".

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• Matthew 13:45 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1365 THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE Matthew 13:45-46 . The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant-man seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sol...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: A merchant man, seeking goodly pearls - A story very like this is found in the Talmudical tract Shabbath: "Joseph, who...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure— These three following parables are proposed not so much to the multitude, as to the apostles particularly. The parable of the treasure which a...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman, seeking goodly pearls: Again, the kingdom of heaven...

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• Matthew 13:45 - 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...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls. — Here again the illustration would commend itself to the thoughts of the fishermen of Galilee. The caprices of luxury in the Roman empire had given...

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• Matthew 13:45 - 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...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Securing Treasure; Rejecting the Bad Matthew 13:44-50 The parables of treasure and pearl are a pair. They describe the various ways we come to know God's truth. Some happen on it suddenly. They...

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• Matthew 13:45 - 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...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. (45) Aga...

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• Matthew 13:45 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  TREASURE AND MERCHANT-MAN ‘The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field … is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls.’ Matthew 13:44-45 The two parables should be taken...

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• Matthew 13:45 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ver. 45 46. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man ,.... This parable may be understood of Christ's seeking, finding, and purchasing his elect: for, certain it is, that he has soug...

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• Matthew 13:45 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Ver. 45. The kingdom of heaven, &c. ] The wise merchant, besides the pearl of price, seeks out other goodly pe...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Again, the kingdom of heaven That is, one that earnestly seeks for it; is like unto a merchant-man , who goes about from one city or country to another, seeking goodly , or beautiful pearls , or...

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• Matthew 13:45 - 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...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Various Parables.       44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth,...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Matthew 13:46 " .

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• Matthew 13:45 - 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...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 13:47 . Net. —The reference is to the large drag-net or seine , [σαγήνη—hence sagena (Vulgate) and English sean or seine ]. One end of the seine is held on the sho...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Scofield Reference Notes

  pearls The true Church, "one body" formed by the Holy Spirit ( 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 ). As Israel is the hid treasure, so the Church is the pearl of great cost. Covering the same period of ti...

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• Matthew 13:45 - 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...

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• Matthew 13:45 - 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...

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• Matthew 13:45 - 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....

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• Matthew 13:45 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Seeking goodly pearls. Parable of the pearl I. The soul seeking good. II. The soul seeking good will always want a better. III. The soul, seeking good, wants a better until it finds Chris...

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• Matthew 13:45 - 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...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Ecclesiastes 12:8 ; Ecclesiastes 2:2-12 ; Job 28:18 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Matthew 22:5 ; Proverbs 3:13-18 ; Proverbs 8:10 ; Proverbs 8:11 ; Proverbs 8:18-20 ; Psalms 39:6...

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• Matthew 13:45 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The kingdom of heaven — That is, one who earnestly seeks for it: in Matthew 13:47 it means, the Gospel preached, which is like a net gathering of every kind: just so the Gospel, wherever it is pr...

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