“ Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? ”
Jesus kindly asked them whether they had understood these things. If not, he was still willing to teach them. He enjoined on them their duty to make a proper use of this knowledge by speaking anoth...
(9) Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. (9) They ought to be diligent, who have to be wise not only for themselves, but who have to dispense the...
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...
Jesus saith unto them. All the texts omit this clause. Lord. All the texts omit "Lord" here.
51. Have you understood all these things? We must keep in recollection what we have formerly seen, that all the parables of Christ were explained in private. And now the Lord, after having t...
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Have ye understood all these things? - Divine truths must not be lightly passed over. - Our Lord's question h...
Have ye understood, &c.— When Jesus had finished his parables, he asked his disciples if they understood them; and upon their answering in the affirmative, he told them, that every teacher of t...
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Jesus saith unto them - that is, to the Twelve. He had spoken the first four in the hearing of the mi...
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...
Have ye understood all these things? — The verb is the same as that used in the parable of the Sower. An intellectual apprehension of the truth, which is also spiritual, is the condition of the gro...
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...
How Unbelief Hinders Matthew 13:51-58 God's truth is always new and always old. It is as fresh as the morning breeze for each coming generation. But however stated, the fundamental facts are in...
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...
"Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. (52) Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like u...
Jesus saith unto them ,.... This is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions, and in Munster's Hebrew Gospel, and in some Greek exemplars; though it is necessary to the connection and se...
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Ver. 51. Have ye understood all these things? ] See here the ancient use of catechising in the Christian...
Jesus saith, Have ye understood all these things? As well those parables of which I have given you no particular explication, as those that I have explained? Thus a conscientious teacher will sedul...
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...
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,...
A conscientious teacher will have a respect to the profit of his hearers. Christ here setteth us an example, asking his disciples if they had understood all these things; as well those parables of...
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...
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...
Matthew 13:51-52 I. The comparison is between the householder and the disciples. If they understood these few and seemingly simple analogies which He had unfolded to them, they were instructed unt...
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: Jesus never sowed any other kind of seed. The truth...
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....
Have ye understood all these things? A clear understanding I fear there are hundreds of religionists in this country who never think of understanding that which they attend to under the name of...
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...
1 John 5:20 ; Acts 8:30 ; Acts 8:31 ; Luke 9:44 ; Luke 9:45 ; Matthew 13:11 ; Matthew 13:19 ; Matthew 15:17 ; Matthew 16:11 ; Matthew 24:15 ; Mark 4:34 ; Mark 7:18 ; Mark 8:17 ; Mark 8:...