Matthew 8:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ”

Matthew 8:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The children of the kingdom - That is, the children, or the people, who “expected the kingdom,” or to whom it properly belonged; or, in other words, the Jews. they supposed themselves to be the s...
Matthew 8:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into (b) outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (b) Who are outside the kingdom: For in the kingdom is light, and outside the...
Matthew 8:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Centurion's Servant ( Luke 7:1-10 ; Luke 13:28 f.; cf. John 4:46 to John 5:3 ). Lk.'s version immediately follows his account of the sermon; probably it was so in Q. Mt. ( cf. Jn.) may...
Matthew 8:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons. Greek. huios . App-108. (and heirs).. Hebraism, denoting those who were related by any ties of friendship: e.g. followers, learners, inhabitants, &c. outer . the outer. Gr ....
Matthew 8:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. But the children of the kingdom Why does he call those persons children of the kingdom, who were nothing less than children of Abraham? for those who are aliens from the faith have no...
Matthew 8:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Shall be cast out into outer darkness - As the enjoyment of that salvation which J...
Matthew 8:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And I say unto you— From this exalted pitch of faith found in a heathen, Jesus took occasion to declare the merciful purpose which God entertained towards the Gentiles, namely, that he would accept...
Matthew 8:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, This incident belongs to a later stage. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 7:1-10 .
Matthew 8:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Leper Cleansed. The Centurion's Servant Healed. Healing of Peter's Wife's Mother and many others. Stilling of the Tempest. Healing of the Gadarene Demoniacs 1-4. Cleansing of the leper ( Mark...
Matthew 8:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The children of the kingdom. — The form of the phrase is a Hebraism, indicating, as in “the children of the bride-chamber,” those who belonged to the kingdom, i.e., in this case, the Israelites,...
Matthew 8:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1-34 - Matthew 9:1-35 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23 , we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preach...
Matthew 8:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Great Physician Matthew 8:11-17 A feast was the Hebrew conception of heaven. The Jews thought they were secure of it, because of their descent from Abraham. Grace is not hereditary; to rece...
Matthew 8:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His powe...
Matthew 8:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have here another of CHRIST'S. miracles. Capernaum was a city of Galilee, not far from Nazareth. A centurion was an officer among the Romans. This man had a servant sick, of the palsy. Luke, in h...
Matthew 8:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HOME CITIZENS DEFEATED ‘And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the ki...
Matthew 8:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the children of the kingdom ,.... The Jews, who were subjects of the kingdom, and commonwealth of Israel, from which the Gentiles were aliens; and who were also in the church of God, which is hi...
Matthew 8:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Ver. 12. But the children of the kingdom ] Those that had made a covenant with...
Matthew 8:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

From this exalted pitch of faith, found in a heathen, Jesus took occasion to declare the merciful purpose which God entertained toward all the Gentiles, namely, that he would accept their faith as re...
Matthew 8:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compa...
Matthew 8:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Heals the Centurion's Servant. 5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,...
Matthew 8:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 11,12. That is, in short, many of those who are now heathens shall be saved; and many of the Jews shall be damned. Many, not all, shall come from the east and west, from all parts, from the...
Matthew 8:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Centurion's Servant (8:5-13). Jesus' first miracle had been on one who was skin-diseased, an outcast from society, one who was unclean and rendered all who came in contact with him as unclean....
Matthew 8:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 8:5 . A centurion. — I.e . a captain or commander of a century—a company normally composed of a hundred men, the sixtieth part of a legion in the Roman army. This centurio...
Matthew 8:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 8:11-12 I. There ought to have been nothing which startled the Jews in the first part of this announcement. The name of Abraham ought to have recalled to them the covenant on which their n...
Matthew 8:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 8:1 . When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. There was a charm about his preaching, not that he modified his doctrine, or that he cut down his precepts; h...
Matthew 8:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 8:2 . Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him. After having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome, an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, the...
Matthew 8:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Many shall come from the east and west. The extent if God’s family I. That the number of the saved shall be great. “Many.” Might expect the contrary from aspect of society. God has secret serva...
Matthew 8:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 8:1-40 MESSIAH 'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING . We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs...
Matthew 8:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The astonishment of Jesus;
Matthew 8:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:17 ; 2 Peter 2:4 ; Acts 3:25 ; Jude 1:13 ; Luke 13:28 ; Matthew 13:42 ; Matthew 13:50 ; Matthew 21:43 ; Matthew 22:12 ; Matthew 22:13 ; Matthew 24:51 ; Matthew 25:30 ; Matthew...
Matthew 8:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Miracle-Working Christ Matthew 8:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. On the mountain top. The mountain tops in the Bible stand forth in bold review. They represent Heavenly experiences, fellowship...
Matthew 8:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The outer darkness — Our Lord here alludes to the custom the ancients had of making their feast in the night time. Probably while he was speaking this, the centurion came in person. Matthew 13:42...

Matthew 8:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 8:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 8:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 8:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 8:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 8:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 8:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 8:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 8:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 8:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 8:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 8:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 8:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 8:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 8:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 8:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 8:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 8:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 8:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes