Matthew 8:11

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Many shall come from the east ... - Jesus takes occasion from the faith of a Roman centurion to state that this conversion would not be solitary;...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall (a) sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven....
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 ser...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

many. Used by Figure of speech Euphemismos for Gentiles (App-6), to avoid giving offence at this stage of His ministry. sit down . recline as...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. Many will come from the east and west In the person of the servant, Christ gave to the Gentiles a taste and a kind of first-fruits of hi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Man...
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...
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 ex...
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 Gadare...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Healing of the centurion's servant ( Luke 7:1 , not, however, John 4:47 , q. v.). The accounts in St. Matthew and St. Luke are partly drawn from i...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Shall sit down (lit. 'recline at table') with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob ] The rabbis taught that the Messianic age would be ushered in by a gr...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

St. Luke does not give the words that follow, and the omission is significant. Either he did not know of them, and then we must infer the entire inde...
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...
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 desc...
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...
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...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and west ,.... On occasion of the faith of the centurion, who was a Gentile, our Lord makes a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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....
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 Gentil...
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 exp...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Heals the Centurion's Servant. 5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum...
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 ren...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And I say to you, that many will come from the east and the west, and will recline (at table) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingly Rule...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

heaven kingdom, ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 3:2 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 8:11 Faith the title for justification. Hearing and believing that is, knowing, confessing, and asking give us under the covenant of grace...
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 h...
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 8:1-2 . When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, Grea...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 8:1-2 . When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper You see that particular...
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 opport...
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 con...
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 resembl...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The astonishment of Jesus;
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:20 ; 1 Corinthians 6:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:5 ; Acts 10:45 ; Acts 11:18 ; Acts 14:22 ; Acts 14:27 ; Colossians 3:11 ; Daniel...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Many from the farthest parts of the earth shall embrace the terms and enjoy the rewards of the Gospel covenant established with Abraham. But the Je...

¹¹ 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.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 8:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 8:11