Matthew 12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:29-30

Matthew 12:29-30. How can one enter, &c. How could I cast out Satan, and destroy his works, if I did not first overcome him? “The house of the strong man (or, strong one, as του ισχυρου should rather be rendered) into which Christ entered, was the world, fitly called Beelzebub’s house, or palace, because there he is served by luxury, lust, covetousness, pride, anger, and the other evil passions of men. The goods or vessels belonging to the strong one are the wicked, called Satan’s... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:31

Matthew 12:31. All manner of sin and blasphemy The word rendered blasphemy: denotes injurious expressions, whether against God or man. When God is the object, it is properly rendered blasphemy. It is evident that, in this passage, both are included, as the different kinds are compared together: consequently the general term detraction, or injurious speech, ought to be employed, which is applicable alike to both; whereas the term blasphemy, with us, is not used of any verbal injury... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:32

Matthew 12:32. Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man In any other respect, it shall be forgiven him Upon his true repentance: But whosoever speaketh, namely, in this manner, against the Holy Ghost and most unreasonably ascribes his extraordinary and beneficent operations to the grand enemy of God and man, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come The original words, ουτε εν τουτω τω αιωνι , ουτε εν τω μελλοντι , may be rendered, ... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:33-35

Matthew 12:33-35 . Either make the tree good, and his fruit good, &c. That is, you must allow they are both good, or both bad: for if the fruit be good, so is the tree; if the fruit be evil, so is the tree also. “Judge, therefore, by my works, of the power by which I work: if it be not a good work to heal the sick, and blind, and lame, and cast out devils, and preach repentance and forgiveness of sins, to convert and save souls, then God is not the author of them. If they be bad works,... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:36-37

Matthew 12:36-37. But I say unto you You may perhaps think God does not much regard your words, but I assure you, that not only for blasphemous and profane, malicious, false, slanderous, and reviling words, but for every idle word which men shall speak: for all light, vain, trifling expressions; for all useless, unprofitable conversation, and all discourse uttered without seriousness and caution, and which does not conduce to the glory of God and the good of mankind; that men shall speak... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:38-40

Matthew 12:38-40. Then certain of the scribes, &c. Now present, upon hearing how plainly Christ admonished, and how severely he rebuked them, answered Probably with a view to divert the discourse to another topic, We would see a sign from thee As if they had said, Otherwise we will not believe this doctrine. Thus they insinuated that the ejection of devils was but a trifling miracle, which, for all he had said to the contrary, might be done by the help of devils, and that no signs... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:41

Matthew 12:41. The men of Nineveh, &c. “The Ninevites being judged at the same time with the men of that generation, and their behaviour being compared with theirs, should make their guilt appear in its true colour and condemn them. For though they were idolaters, they repented at the preaching of Jonah, a stranger, a poor person, one that continued among them only three days, and wrought no miracle to make them believe him. But the men of that generation, though worshippers of the true... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:42

Matthew 12:42. The queen of the south, &c. Of this queen, see note on 1 Kings 10:1. She came from the uttermost parts of the earth That part of Arabia from which she came was the uttermost part of the earth that way, being bounded by the sea. A greater than Solomon is here “Our Lord speaks of himself in this sublime language with the utmost reason, and with perfect modesty and decorum. The humble form of his appearance, and his necessary reserve in declaring himself the Messiah in... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:43-45

Matthew 12:43-45. When the unclean spirit, &c. In these verses, with a view to show how dreadful the state of the Jewish people would be, if they continued to reject him and his gospel, our Lord introduces a parable, borrowed from the late subject of his dispute with the Pharisees. He compares their condition to that of a man, who, after having had an evil spirit expelled out of him, is again, through God’s permission, as a punishment of his continuing in sin, taken possession of by... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:46-50

Matthew 12:46-50. While he yet talked with the people While he was uttering these solemn truths, and giving these awful warnings, in the audience of the vast multitudes that were gathered around him: behold, his mother and his brethren Or near kinsmen, (namely, the sons of Mary the wife of Cleopas, or Alpheus, his mother’s sister,) stood without, not being able to come near him because of the multitude that sat about him: But he said, Who is my mother? &c. We must not suppose that... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:29-30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:33-35

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:36-37

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:38-40

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:41

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:42

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:43-45

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:46-50

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