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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:55-56

a “Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us?” There was no doubt about the strength of the evidence against His claimed status. He was the son of the local carpenter, and therefore Himself a carpenter. They knew His mother and that she was called Mary, and that there was nothing special about her. They knew the names of each of His brothers, and had seen them playing in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:56

“From where then has this man all these things?” So if what was said about Him was true, from where had He obtained all these things that people were speaking about? It just could not be true. Note how in the next incident with Herod, Herod also learns of rumours about Jesus and comments erroneously on them (Matthew 14:2). Thus there is a general misinterpretation of the evidence by all. Compare also the crowds and the Pharisees in Matthew 9:33-34; Matthew 12:23-24. There too there is a general... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:57

‘And they were offended in him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country, and in his own house.” And the result was that they ‘were offended in Him’. That is they were ‘caused to stumble’ by Him. They were put off by the very fact of His familiarity, which had bred contempt, and they were upset by His attitude. The point here is that they are not of the ‘blessed’ (Matthew 11:6). They were so short sighted that they could not see what was before their... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:58

Jesus Is Unable To Do Many Mighty Works In His Home Town, But His Mighty Works Impress Herod Who Thinks That He May Be John The Baptist Raised From The Dead (13:58-14:2). The mighty works of Jesus, which they have heard of through the tales spreading from elsewhere (Luke 4:23), have not impressed His own home town. They refuse to believe that He can do them and so do not bring their sick to be healed. But Herod is impressed and sees Him as John the Baptist raised from the dead. Analysis. a... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:44-52

Matthew 13:44-1 Thessalonians : . Further Parables of the Kingdom.— The treasure and the pearl ( Matthew 13:44-1 Corinthians :) are one, and have one point— everything must be sacrificed for the highest good, the Kingdom. This urgent, intense wholeheartedness is characteristic of Jesus. The question of concealment, the conflict between individual salvation and social duty, is not to be pressed here. Yet note that, while one man attains the summum bonum, as it were, by accident, another does... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:53-58

Matthew 13:53-Hebrews : . Jesus Rejected at Nazareth ( Mark 6:1-Joshua : *, cf. Luke 4:16-Amos :).— Mt. has already used Mark 4:35-: and Matthew 5. Perhaps the original reading in Matthew 13:55 is neither “ carpenter’ s son” nor “ carpenter” (Mk.), but, as in the Sinaitic Syriac version, “ Joseph’ s son.” It is a nice question whether in Matthew 13:58 Mt. is simply abbreviating Mk. or deliberately altering what seemed a disparagement of Jesus’ power, and making the absence of mighty works... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 13:44

Whatsoever belongeth to the kingdom of God, whether the word, which is called the word of the kingdom, or the grace and favour of God, which he by me dispenses out under the administration of the gospel, is like, that is, should be adjudged, esteemed, and used like as treasure hid in a field. Men should do by it as they would do upon the discovery of a great sum of money, buried up in the earth, in some field not yet their own. Suppose a man had made some such discovery, what would he do? He... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 13:45-46

The state of the gospel dispensation is such, that men in it having a discovery of more excellent things than before they were aware of, life and immortality being brought to light through the gospel, 2 Timothy 1:10, grace and truth coming by Jesus Christ, John 1:17, men and women are set upon seeking for these spiritual things, as merchants do for goodly pearls; and when God makes a discovery of Christ and his grace to the soul, it appears to them as a pearl of great price, of more value than... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 13:47-50

The scope of this parable is much the same with that of the tares, to teach us, that while the church is in this world there will be in it a mixture of good and bad, a perfect separation of which one from another is not to be expected until the day of judgment. Again, the kingdom of heaven. This term signifieth the whole dispensation and administration of the gospel, both the grace dispensed in it, and the means of that grace which is administered under it. I should here interpret it of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 13:51

A conscientious teacher will have a respect to the profit of his hearers. Christ here setteth us an example, asking his disciples if they had understood all these things; as well those parables of which he had given them no particular explication, as those he had explained. They say unto him, Yea, Lord, we have understood them. read more

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