Bible Commentary

When Jesus heard [it,] he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. When Jesus heard it, he marveled – He wondered at it, or he deemed it remarkable. I have not found so great faith – The word faith, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 8:10”

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this [man,] Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth [it.] 9. my servant ] Rather, slave. Observe the centurion’s orders, his soldiers come and go, i. e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 8:9”

The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 8. The centurion answered ] The argument lies in a comparison between the centurion’s command and the authority of Jesus. “If I who am under authority command … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 8:8”

And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. Verse 7. I will come and heal him.] , I am coming, and will heal him. This saying is worthy of observation. Jesus did not positively say, I will came and heal him; this could not have been strictly true, because our Lord healed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 8:7”

And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 6. my servant ] or “slave;” the Greek word is a more affectionate term than the word translated servant in Mat 8:9. the palsy ] i. e. paralysis, a disease often free from acute suffering, but when it is accompanied by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 8:6”

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 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 centurion was probably an officer in the army … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 8:5”

And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 4. the gift that Moses commanded ] “two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet and hyssop.” And on the eighth day … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 8:4”

And Jesus put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus …touched him – It was an offence to the Jews to touch a leprous person, and was regarded as making him who did it ceremonially impure, Lev 13:3. The act of putting … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 8:3”

And, behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 2. a leper ] St Luke has “full of leprosy,” a term implying the gravity of the disease, not that it covered the whole body, in which case the leper was pronounced clean, Lev 13:12-13; Lev … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 8:2”

For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as the scribes. 29. having authority ] He was Himself a lawgiver. His teaching was not a mere expansion of the old law. Much less did he confine himself to the words of any particular Rabbi. the scribes ] Sopherim = either (1) “those who … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 7:29”