“ And Jesus knowing their thoughts said,Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? ”
Jesus, knowing their thoughts - Mark says, “Jesus perceived “in his spirit” that they so reasoned.” The power of searching the heart, and of knowing the thoughts of people, belongs only to God,...
The Healing of the Paralytic ( Mark 2:1-12 * Luke 5:17-26 ). Mt. here resumes Mk.'s order; Matthew 8:18 *. As usual he condenses the narrative, saying nothing of the dense crowd round the house...
knowing . perceiving. Greek. oida. App-132. Same word as "seeing" in Matthew 9:2 . Not the same as "know", Matthew 9:6 , or as in Matthew 9:30 . evil . mischief. Greek. poneros. in, &...
4. And when Jesus saw their thoughts He now gives a proof of his Divinity in bringing to light their secret thoughts: for who knoweth the things of a man but the spirit of man which is in...
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? Jesus knowing (ιδων seeing) their thoughts - In telling them what the thoughts of their hearts were, (for they had expre...
And he entered into a ship— And returning into a vessel, he crossed the lake, and came to his own city [of Capernaum, where he had dwelt after his leaving Nazareth] Matthew 9:2 where they brou...
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. This incident appears to follow next in order of time to the cure of the leper ( Matthew 8:1-4 ). For the exposition, s...
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...
Knowing their thoughts. — The better MSS. give “seeing,” as with an immediate act of intuition. St. Mark adds his usual “immediately,” and both he and St. Luke use the word which implies fulness of...
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...
the Forgiver of Sins Matthew 9:1-8 How inventive and ingenious is human love! Not improbably this was a young man and the others had been his schoolmates and friends for years. They had come to...
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...
In the relation of this miracle by Mark, he names Capernaum as the place where it was wrought; so that this may serve to teach us, that when Christ's own city is spoken of, it means Capernaum, and no...
GOOD CHEER ‘Be of good cheer.’ Matthew 9:2 This seems to be one of our Lord’s favourite expressions. Consider a few instances. I. Because of sins forgiven .—‘ Son, be of good cheer; thy...
And Jesus knowing their thoughts ,.... Which was a clear evidence, and full demonstration of his deity; for none knows the thoughts of the heart but God; and since he knew the thoughts of men's hear...
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? Ver. 4. Wherefore think ye evil, &c. ] Christ confutes their calumny, and proves himself to be God, and to have...
Behold, certain of the scribes , (Luke adds, and Pharisees, ) said within themselves That is, in their hearts, This man blasphemeth Attributing to himself a power (that of forgiving sins) which...
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...
Christ Heals a Man Sick of the Palsy. 1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2 And, behold, t...
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The Healing of the Paralytic (9:1-8). We come now to the third of these revelations of Jesus' authority. He has revealed His authority over some of the most powerful forces of this world, He has r...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 9:1 . Ship. — Boat (R.V.). His own city. —Capernaum (see Matthew 4:13 ; Mark 2:1 ). Matthew 9:2 . Palsy. —Suffering apparently from a less severe type of paralysis...
Matthew 9:1-8 Jesus and Man's deepest Sadness. I. "Jesus saw their faith." Jesus did not see their faith because there was in them no other commendable quality for Him to see; there was their com...
Matthew 9:1-2 . And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith Th...
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...
A man sick of the palsy. The highest cause for joy I. The miserable condition of a human being. II. The power and love of Jesus. III. thy joyous change produced. ( American Homiletical Re...
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...
The condemnation of the scribes:
Acts 5:3 ; Acts 5:4 ; Acts 5:9 ; Acts 8:20-22 ; Ezekiel 38:10 ; Hebrews 4:12 ; Hebrews 4:13 ; John 16:19 ; John 16:30 ; John 2:24 ; John 2:25 ; John 21:17 ; John 6:61 ; John 6:64 ; Luk...
Queries and Criticisms against Christ Matthew 9:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Jesus Christ came among men and announced Himself as One sent from the Father. He claimed every attribute of Deity, anno...