matthew-8:22,-luke-9:60

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:18-22

18-22 One of the scribes was too hasty in promising; he proffers himself to be a close follower of Christ. He seems to be very resolute. Many resolutions for religion are produced by sudden conviction, and taken up without due consideration; these come to nothing. When this scribe offered to follow Christ, one would think he should have been encouraged; one scribe might do more credit and service than twelve fishermen; but Christ saw his heart, and answered to its thoughts, and therein teaches... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Matthew 8:1-99

Matthew 8 AFTER THESE THREE chapters filled with His teachings, Matthew gives us two chapters occupied with His works of power. It was not enough for Him to enunciate the principles of the kingdom, He displayed the power of the kingdom in a variety of striking ways. There are five main illustrations of that power in Matthew 8.0 , and again in Matthew 9.0 . In each case we may say that the miracle the Lord performed in connection with human bodies, or with visible and tangible things, was a... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 8:21-22

Another lesson: v. 21. And another of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. v. 22. But Jesus said unto him, Follow Me, and let the dead bury their dead. Here was a man that had belonged to the larger circle of disciples, that had made it a point to remain in the neighborhood of Christ. But his was a vacillating nature, he was still undecided. Jesus called him, Luke 9:59. Hesitatingly he asks for leave to bury his father, which may have been a mere... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 8:18-27

IIIMiraculous works of Jesus on His missionary journey: The troubled disciples—the troubled seaMatthew 8:18-27( Matthew 8:23-27, the Gospel for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany.—Parallels: Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25; Luke 9:57-60.)18Now, when Jesus saw great multitudes11 about him, he gave commandment to departunto the other side. 19And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I willfollow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 8:18-27

Leader of Men and Ruler of Nature Matthew 8:18-27 Christ winnows men. Before any enter upon His service, He places before them the inevitable trials which they must meet, among which loneliness and homelessness bulk large. See that in your heart Christ has a home. Where, however, there is lethargy, the Savior stirs the soul to follow Him. Do not mourn about the grave of the past; leave it and enter the life of resurrection and ascension. Storms must sweep over all our lives. The Master’s... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 8:1-34

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 benefits. What a wondrous application of His power; leprosy, palsy, fever, all fly before Him, and mark the cosmopolitanism of His giving-a leper, a Roman, a woman, all the despised in the Jewish mind. In that wonderful evening, when the crowds gathered, and the King took their infirmities and bore their diseases, what a radiant revelation He... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 8:18-34

Discipleship in Training Matthew 8:18-34 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let us consider the insincerity of the multitude. The last study closed with the crowds pressing upon Christ that they might be dispossessed of demons, and healed of all manner of sicknesses. The Lord did heal them all. We are sure, however, that He saw the real intent of the populace. They sought Him, not because they loved Him, nor because they received Him as the Son of God. They sought Him because of the benefits they would... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:22

A THREEFOLD FOLLOWING‘But Jesus said unto him, follow Me; and let the dead bury their dead.’ Matthew 8:22 Whither must we follow Christ? I. Along the road He trod.—That was the road of self-denial, self-abnegation, of poverty, of homelessness, of the base man’s hatred and the proud man’s scorn. II. On the road of toil.—It was the first law of Eden, ‘Work’; and though the work was changed to toil by a penal decree, even that toil by faithful obedience has been transformed into an honour and a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:18-22

Two Disciples Are Faced Up With The Cost Of following Jesus (8:18-22). Jesus’ command to His disciples to prepare to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 8:18) sparks off the need for some of His followers to face up to the question of discipleship. The question now is, are they going to follow Him all the way? We are given two as an example. The first is a Scribe, an interpreter of the Law (although not necessarily a Pharisee), and the second is one on whom Jesus has His eye,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:18-34

Jesus Is Revealed As Lord Over Nature, Lord Over The Spirit World, and Lord Over Sin and Forgiveness (8:18-9:9). This subsection from Matthew 8:18 to Matthew 9:9 can be seen as united around a series of travel descriptions deliberately used in order to unite them together: a It commences with Jesus command to go to the other side (Matthew 8:18) b That is followed by their entering into a boat and setting sail (Matthew 8:23). c They arrive at the other side (Matthew 8:28). b They cross... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:18-22

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Matthew 8:1-99

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 8:21-22

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 8:18-27

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 8:18-27

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 8:1-34

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 8:18-34

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 8:22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:18-22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:18-34

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