Matthew 20:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. ”

• Matthew 20:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See Mark 10:46-52 , and Luke 18:35-43 ; Luke 19:1 , where this account of his restoring to sight two blind men is also recorded. “And as they departed from Jericho.” This was a large town about...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Two Blind Men Healed ( Mark 10:46-52 *, Luke 18:35-43 ). Mt. gives Bartimæ us (?) a companion (he is fond of doubling, cf, Matthew 8:28 , Matthew 9:27 ). But he says Jesus touched their eyes...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  received . regained. they followed. As in Mark 10:52 , and Luke 18:43 .

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• Matthew 20:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Matthew 20:34 . And followed him. This was an expression of gratitude, (673) when the blind men became followers of Christ; for, though it is uncertain how long they discharged this duty...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  So Jesus had compassion on them , and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. So Jesus had compassion on them - Σπλαγχνιαθεις, He was moved with tender...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And they followed him— The blind men travelled along with Jesus, perhaps all the way to Jerusalem, being deeply affected with a sense of his power and goodness, and earnestlydesirous to shew their...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 18:35-43 .

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• Matthew 20:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Labourers in the Vineyard. The Journey to Jerusalem 1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St. Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes before, an...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  So Jesus had compassion. — Literally, and Jesus. It was not His purpose to meet the popular demand for signs and wonders, but compassion drew from Him the work of power which otherwise He would h...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 16 To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17-34 - Matthew 21:1-17 I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17-34 WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey to Jerusalem. From the co...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Great Healer and the Lowly King Matthew 20:29-34 ; Matthew 21:1-7 The Lord is always saying: What will ye that I shall do? Let us not ask small things. We honor Him by making great deman...

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• Matthew 20:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service, but according to fidelity to opportunities. The Master was n...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. (30) And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us,...

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• Matthew 20:34 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE REFORM OF THE IDLER ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.’ Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6-7 This parable is one of the most difficult in the...

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• Matthew 20:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  So Jesus had compassion on them ,.... His bowels moved towards them as a man; he pitied their miserable and distressed condition, and discovered the tenderness of his heart towards them by some outw...

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• Matthew 20:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  So Jesus had compassion on them , and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. Ver. 34. And Jesus had compassion on them ] He made their case his own...

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• Matthew 20:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his viney...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Sight Given to the Blind.       29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.   30 And, behold, two blind men sit...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 29-34. Mark repeateth the same story, Mark 10:46-52 , with several more circumstances. 1. He mentions only one blind man, and nameth him Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus. He saith, the blin...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Among The Pilgrims On The Jericho Road Leading To Jerusalem Blind Men Declare Him To Be The Son Of David Preparatory To His Triumphal Entry (20:29-34). As we have already seen, Matthew's Gospel op...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 20:29 . Jericho. —See p. 480. Matthew 20:30 . Two blind men. —Here occurs one of the most marked of the apparent discrepancies of the Gospels. According to Matthew, Jes...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Matthew 20:29-30 . And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Hav...

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• Matthew 20:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Matthew 20:1 . A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the cust...

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• Matthew 20:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by. Jesus of Nazareth passing by The time of this transaction was critical. He never was to come that way a...

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• Matthew 20:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 20:1-40 Parable of the labourers in the vineyard . (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) Matthew 20:1 For . The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm...

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• Matthew 20:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The healing:

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• Matthew 20:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 3:8 ; Acts 26:18 ; Hebrews 2:17 ; Hebrews 4:15 ; Hebrews 4:16 ; John 11:33-35 ; John 9:6 ; John 9:7 ; Luke 18:43 ; Luke 22:51 ; Luke 7:13 ; Mark 7:33 ; Matthew 14:14 ; Matthew 1...

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