Matthew 14:36 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. ”

• Matthew 14:36 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Land of Gennesaret - This region was in Galilee, on the west side of the Sea of Tiberias; and in this land was situated Capernaum, to which he had directed his disciples to go. The hem of his...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Ministry of Healing Resumed ( Mark 6:53-56 *, abbreviated in Mt.). Jesus had not apparently visited Gennesaret before, but some of its people would have seen Him in Capernaum.

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• Matthew 14:36 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  hem . border, or fringes. Compare Matthew 9:20 . made perfectly whole . completely saved or healed. Greek. diasozo . to save throughout. Occurs eight times ( Luke 7:3 . Acts 23:24 ; Acts 27:43...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. That they might only touch the hem of his garment - What mighty influence must th...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And when, &c.— And the men—knowing him, sent out; Jesus ordinarily resided in the neighbourhood of Capernaum; but he had been long absent, namely, ever since his mother had taken him with her...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. For the exposition, see the notes at John 6:15...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Death of the Baptist. Feeding the Five Thousand. Walking on the Sea 1, 2. Herod's opinion of Jesus ( Mark 6:14 ; Luke 9:7 ).

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• Matthew 14:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  That they might only touch the hem of his garment. — The wide-spread belief may be noted as the natural result of the miracle already recorded in Matthew 9:20-22 , and as the touch implied the fai...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1-36 - Matthew 15:1-39 - Matthew 16:1-12 . THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet be...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Help in the Hour of Need Matthew 14:22-36 Jesus always comes in the storm. It had been a great relief to escape from the pressure of the crowd to His place of prayer, on heights swept by the...

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• Matthew 14:36 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The presence and activity of the true King filled the false ruler with alarm. Herod sacrificed John to his lust. Once Herod had heard John, and the remembrance of former conviction was still with him...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. (35) And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him a...

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• Matthew 14:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And besought him that they might touch the hem of his garment ,.... As the woman with the bloody issue did; Matthew 9:20 . This they desired, partly to show the strength of their faith in him, that...

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• Matthew 14:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. Ver. 36. And as many as touched, &c. ] Oh the matchless might and mercy o...

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• Matthew 14:36 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Now authority in high places is seen to reject Him too, by the deliberate rejection of His forerunner and servant John the Baptist. When King Herod hears of His fame, his conscience is troubled, fear...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The People of Gennesaret Flock to Christ.       34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.   35 And when the...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  OLBGrk; Ver. 34-36. Mark relates the same, Mark 6:53-56 , with no difference considerable. Christ had been in this country before, Matthew 8:1-34 , and in it wrought several miracles, so as th...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Messianic Signs Continue (14:35-36). Having fed the new community with ‘bread from Heaven, and having revealed Himself as Lord of sea and storm, thus presenting Himself as their Provider and P...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 14:34 . The land of Gennesaret .—A plain two miles and a half in length and about one mile in breadth. Josephus speaks of its beauty ( Wars , III. x. 8), and Dr. Robinson...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Matthew 14:13 . When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by a ship into a desert place apart: It is well for us to get alone with God when he takes home the best and most faithful of his servan...

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• Matthew 14:36 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Matthew 14:2 . This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead. Mark indicates that Herod was a sadducee by those words of Christ, Beware of the leaven of the sadducees beware of the leaven of...

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• Matthew 14:36 - The Biblical Illustrator

  As many as touched were made perfectly whole. Christ healing the diseased I. Some of the antecedents of the healing. They felt they were diseased. They were anxious to be healed. They were in...

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• Matthew 14:36 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 14:1-40 CHRIST 'S POWER TO SUPPLY AND PROTECT AND HEAL , PREFACED BY A STATEMENT OF HEROD 'S RELATION TO HIM . Matthew 14:1-40 Herod '...

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• Matthew 14:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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• Matthew 14:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 19:11 ; Acts 19:12 ; Acts 3:16 ; Acts 4:10 ; Acts 4:14-16 ; Acts 4:9 ; Exodus 28:33 ; John 6:37 ; John 7:23 ; Luke 6:19 ; Mark 3:10 ; Matthew 23:5 ; Matthew 9:20 ; Matthew 9:21 ;...

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