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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 16:25-26

Matthew 16:25-27 all begin with "for" (Gr. gar). Jesus was arguing logically. Matthew 16:25 restates the idea that Jesus previously expressed in Matthew 10:28. The Greek word translated "life" is psyche, translated some other places in the New Testament "soul." It means the whole person (cf. James 1:21; James 5:20). Jesus was not talking about one’s eternal salvation. [Note: See Dillow, pp. 116-18.] The point of Jesus’ statement is that living for oneself now will result in a leaner life later... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 16:25

16:25 life (k-8) The word signifies both 'life' and 'soul.' read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 16:1-28

St. Peter’s great Confession1-4. A sign from heaven demanded (Mark 8:11 cp. Luke 11:16: see on Matthew 12:38). 1. Pharisees.. Sadducees] An unnatural and unholyalliance of men whose only bond of union was hatred of Jesus. The Sadducees had probably been sent from Jerusalem by the chief priests, but some regard them as the same as the Herodians mentioned by St. Mark, and, therefore, Galileans.From heaven] Jewish superstition held that the demons could work signs on earth, but that only God could... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 16:25

(25) Whosoever will save his life, . . . whosoever will lose his life. . . .—There is a subtle distinction between the two clauses in the Greek which the English fails to represent. “Whoso ever willeth—i.e., wishes—to save his life” (the construction being the same as in Matthew 16:24) in the first clause, “Whosoever shall lose his life” in the second. It is as though it was felt that no man could wish to lose his life for the sake of losing it, though he might be ready, if called on, to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Matthew 16:1-28

Spiritual Discernment Matthew 16:3 Jesus Christ found that He was in the midst of a number of weather-wise people; they were quite experts in the reading of the cloudy signs, they knew what the weather would be Today and perhaps tomorrow, and they published their forecasts of the weather; but when it came to higher reading, reading on another level, they were as moles and bats from whom the genius of daylight penetration had been withheld. Do we make one another up? do we hold varied... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Matthew 16:13-28

Chapter 13The New Departure (Founding of the Church.) - Matthew 16:13-28; Matthew 17:1-21THIS conversation at Caesarea Philippi is universally regarded as marking a new era in the life of Christ. His rejection by "His own" is now complete. Jerusalem, troubled at His birth, had been troubled once again when He suddenly came to His Temple, and began to cleanse it in His Father’s name; and though many at the feast were attracted by His deeds of mercy, He could not commit Himself to any of them:... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Matthew 16:1-28

4. The Great Announcements of the Rejected King Concerning Himself. CHAPTER 16 1. Pharisees and Sadducees Asking a Sign. (Matthew 16:1-4 .) 2. Instructions Concerning the Leaven. (Matthew 16:5-12 .) 3. Peter's Confession. (Matthew 16:13-16 .) 4. The Future Building of the Church Announced. (Matthew 16:17-20 .) 5. The Announcement of His Death and Resurrection. (Matthew 16:21 .) 6. Peter's Rebuke and the Lord's Answer. (Matthew 16:22-23 .) 7. The Path of the Disciple. (Matthew 16:24-26 ... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 16:25

16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall {t} find it.(t) Shall gain himself: And this is his meaning, they that deny Christ to save themselves, not only not gain that which they look for, but also lose the thing they would have kept, that is, themselves, which is the greatest loss of all: but as for them that doubt not to die for Christ, it goes well with them otherwise. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 16:1-28

The enmity against the true Messiah increases now to the point of Pharisee's and Sadducee's (usually hostile to each other) conspiring together to tempt Him, in an effort to trap Him in some way. Both saw their hold over the people weakening through the transparent honesty of His teaching. They demand that He would show them a sign from heaven; for they had blinded themselves to the fact of His multiplying the loaves and fishes on two occasions, and to what was involved in His many other... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Matthew 16:1-28

FIRST STATEMENT OF HIS DEATH In the first of these chapters there are several revelations, from one of which we take the title of the lesson. We need not dwell on the first section (Matthew 16:1-4 ), in which Jesus once more rebukes the Pharisees and Sadducees. Nor need we dwell on the second section which is self-explanatory (Matthew 16:5-12 ). But at the third (Matthew 16:13-16 ) we reach something of much importance. Of course, Jesus knew what men said of Him, but the question of... read more