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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:19

A certain scribe - Though ἑις γραμματευς , One scribe, may be considered as a Hebraism, yet it is probable that the literal construction of it was intended, to show that few of this class came to the Lord Jesus for instruction or salvation. Master - Rather, teacher, διδασκαλε from διδασκω , I teach, which itself seems to be derived from δεικω , I show, and means the person who shows or points out a particular way or science. I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest - A... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:20

The foxes have holes, etc. - Reader! art thou a poor man? and dost thou fear God? Then, what comfort must thou derive from the thought, that thou so nearly resemblest the Lord Jesus! But how unlike is the rich man, who is the votary of pleasure and slave of sin, to this heavenly pattern! Son of man - A Hebrew phrase, expressive of humiliation and debasement; and, on that account, applied emphatically to himself, by the meek and lowly Jesus. Besides, it seems here to be used to point out... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:21

Another of his disciples - This does not mean any of the twelve, but one of those who were constant hearers of our Lord's preaching; the name of disciple being common to all those who professed to believe in him, John 6:66 . Bury my father: probably his father was old, and apparently near death; but it was a maxim among the Jews, that, if a man had any duty to perform to the dead, he was, for that time, free from the observance of any other precept or duty. The children of Adam are always... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:22

Let the dead bury their dead - It was usual for the Jews to consider a man as dead who had departed from the precepts of the law; and, on this ground, every transgressor was reputed a dead man. Our Lord's saying, being in common use, had nothing difficult in it to a Jew. Natural death is the separation of the body and soul; spiritual death, the separation of God and the soul: men who live in sin are dead to God. Leave the spiritually dead to bury their natural dead. All the common offices of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:18

Verse 18 Matthew 8:18And when Jesus had seen great multitudes about him. Matthew, I have no doubt, touches briefly what the others explain in a more ample and copious narrative. The other two state a circumstance, which is not noticed by Matthew that Christ withdrew privately, for the sake of retirement, into a desert place, before it was daylight. Mark afterwards says, that Peter informed him, all seek, thee; and Luke says, that multitudes came to that place. Again, Matthew says, that he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:19

Verse 19 Matthew 8:19.And a scribe approaching. Two men are here presented to us by Matthew, and three by Luke, all of whom were prepared to become disciples of Christ, but who, having been prevented by a diversity of vices from following the right course, receive a corresponding variety of replies. It might at first sight appear strange, that Christ sends back, and does not admit into his family, one who offers to follow him immediately and without delay: while he detains another along with... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:20

Verse 20 20.Foxes have holes. The Son of God describes by these words what was his condition while he lived on the earth, but, at the same time, informs his disciples what sort of life they must be prepared to expect. And yet it is strange that Christ should say, that he had not a foot of earth on which he could lay his head, while there were many godly and benevolent persons, who would willingly receive him into their houses. But this was spoken, it ought to be observed, as a warning to the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:21

Verse 21 21.Lord, permit me to go first and bury my father. We have said, that the scribe was rejected by Christ as a follower, because he made his offer without consideration, and imagined that he would enjoy an easy life. The person whom Christ retains had an opposite fault. He was prevented from immediately obeying the call of Christ by the weakness of thinking it a hardship to leave his father. It is probable that his father was in extreme old age: for the mode of expression, Permit me to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:22

Verse 22 22.Allow the dead to bury their dead. By these words Christ does not condemn burial: for it would have been shameful and cruel to throw away the bodies of the dead unburied, and we know that the custom of burying originated in a divine command, and was practiced by the saints, in order to strengthen the hope of the last resurrection. He intended only to show, that what ever withdraws us from the right course, or retards us in it, deserves no other name than death Those only live, he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:23

Verse 23 As we shall soon meet again with the mention of a lake, where it is said (Matthew 8:33) that the swine were carried into it with violence, it is not universally agreed whether one and the same lake is mentioned in both places. The waters of Gennesareth, all admit, (536) were pleasant and healthful to drink: but the Gadarene lake, Strabo tells us, was so unwholesome and pestilential, that the cattle which drank of it often lost their hair and their hoofs. There is therefore no doubt... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:23

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