Matthew 9:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then saith he unto his disciples,The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; ”

Matthew 9:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The harvest truly is plenteous ... - Another beautiful image. A waving field of golden grain invites many reapers and demands haste. By the reference to the harvest here, he meant that the multit...
Matthew 9:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 9:36 to Matthew 10:4 . The Sending of the Twelve. Jesus sees the people distressed and scattered better, mishandled and lying helpless utterly unprepared, through lack of spiritual guida...
Matthew 9:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

truly . indeed. plenteous . great.
Matthew 9:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

37. The harvest is indeed abundant By this metaphor he intimates, that many of the people are ripe for receiving the gospel. Though the greater number afterwards rejected basely and with vil...
Matthew 9:37 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1340 OUR DUTY TO THE BENIGHTED WORLD Matthew 9:36-38 . when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scatteredm abroad, as sheep hav...
Matthew 9:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; The harvest - The souls who are ready to receive the truth are very numerous; but the laborers are few...
Matthew 9:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The harvest truly is plenteous— The multitude that followed Jesus, and expressed so earnest a desire of receiving his instruction, gave him an occasion of making this reflection. He compares Judaea...
Matthew 9:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous. His eye doubtless rested immedia...
Matthew 9:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sick of the Palsy. Call of Matthew. Raising of Jairus' Daughter 1-8. The paralytic healed and his sins forgiven ( Mark 2:1 ; Luke 5:17 ). The peculiarity of this miracle is that it was worked...
Matthew 9:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then saith he unto his disciples. — No where in the whole Gospel record is there a more vivid or more touching instance of the reality of our Lord’s human emotions. It is not enough for Him to feel...
Matthew 9:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 9 The King's Ambassadors - Matthew 9:36-38 ; Matthew 10:1-42 I - THE MISSION. Matthew 9:36-38 - Matthew 10:1-5 So far the King Himself has done all the work of the kingdom. But it...
Matthew 9:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Planning the Harvest Matthew 9:35-38 ; Matthew 10:1-4 A new chapter in our Lord's ministry opens at this point. As He walked amid the crowded towns and villages of Galilee, His heart was deepl...
Matthew 9:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The King now exercised His authority in a new way. He pronounced pardon on a sinner, and straightway opposition was aroused. To the questioning and rebellious hearts He vindicated His authority to fo...
Matthew 9:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What an interesting sight must it have been to have seen Jesus thus engaged, preaching the doctrines of grace, and confirming the word with ministering to all the wants of nature. And I beg the Reade...
Matthew 9:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then saith he unto his disciples ,.... His heart being drawn out, and filled with pity to these poor people, upon observing the miserable and sad condition they were in; he turns himself to his disc...
Matthew 9:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Ver. 37. But the labourers few ] Such as will labour to lassitude (εργαται) in preaching Christ cr...
Matthew 9:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then saith he to his disciples To quicken their devotion and zeal, The harvest Namely, of souls to be gathered in, is plenteous The multitudes that followed Jesus, and expressed so earnest a de...
Matthew 9:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Returning to His own city, Capernaum, He has brought to Him a man totally helpless, lying on a bed. This case of palsy is indicative of the complete debilitating effects of sin: man is left without s...
Matthew 9:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jesus Preaching throughout the Country. 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and prea...
Matthew 9:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 9:38 " .
Matthew 9:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Then says he to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the labourers are few. Pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.” ' Jesus saw th...
Matthew 9:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Matthew 9:36-38 Preparing for change.—We seem here to be like men arriving at a new stage on their journey. At such a juncture they naturally ask, on the one h...
Matthew 9:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 9:36-38 Jesus Seeing the People. Note: I. What Jesus saw. He saw the multitudes. The range of His vision could not be limited, nor His ministry confined, to the immediate requirement of...
Matthew 9:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 9:1 . And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. Our Lord had given these Gergesenes an opportunity of becoming his disciples, the kingdom of God had come ve...
Matthew 9:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 9:1 . Jesus came into his own city, Capernaum, as in Mark. Our Saviour was a stranger on earth, born in Bethlehem, an exile in Egypt, resident at Nazareth, but latterly in Capernaum. Mat...
Matthew 9:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 9:1-40 The paralytic forgiven and healed. Parallel passages: Mark 2:1-41 ; Luke 5:17-42 . (For connexion of thought, cf. Matthew 8:18 , note.) In the parallel pass...
Matthew 9:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ's compassion:
Matthew 9:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:13 ; 1 Timothy 5:17 ; 2 Corinthians 6:1 ; Acts 16:9 ; Acts 18:10 ; Colossians 4:11 ; John 4:35 ; John 4:36 ; Luke 10:2 ; Luke...
Matthew 9:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The harvest truly is great — When Christ came into the world, it was properly the time of harvest; till then it was the seed time only. But the labourers are few — Those whom God sends; who are hol...

Matthew 9:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 9:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 9:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 9:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 9:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 9:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 9:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 9:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 9:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 9:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 9:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 9:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 9:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 9:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 9:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 9:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 9:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes