Matthew 4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:15

The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, The people that sat in darkness saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did Light spring up.Beyond the Jordan ... Jesus fulfilled this prophecy by crossing the sea many times. The trans-Jordan territory was called "Perea" by the Romans.Galilee of the Gentiles is a proverb emphasizing the low estate of those people in Galilee. Gentile customs,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:17

And from that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.Christ's first preaching has a ring similar to that of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:2). Repentance was the prime need of that generation. People had grown hard and indifferent to spiritual values. John's great call to repentance had been heeded by many, but significantly the leaders of the people despised John and set his teachings at naught. Christ's first move was to place the endorsement of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:18

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.Jesus called BUSY men to follow him. Dummelow noted that "He called them while actually at their work, as he called Matthew (Matthew 9:9), in order to show that no idle or useless person can be a Christian."[8] It is wrong to think that these men were of an ordinary or degraded social position. True they were not members of the aristocracy;... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:19

And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.After me ... That is, after Christ, is every disciple's true place. The place of every disciple is behind his Lord, as a follower. Later, Peter was to forsake this place and be rebuked by Christ who said, "Get thee behind me, Satan!" read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:20

And they straightway left the nets and followed him.We have already noted that these men had been unofficial followers of Christ for a year or more. Matthew, in this place, records the bold facts without regard to many of the details some might have considered pertinent. It is a characteristic of the Scriptural writings that some events are sensationally abbreviated, while others, seemingly inconsequential, are elaborately detailed. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:21

And going on from thence, he saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.James was the first apostle to suffer martyrdom, and John was the last to die. These extremes suggest a mystical fulfillment of the request their mother made of Jesus that one of them should sit on the right hand and one on the left hand in his... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:23

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.All Galilee ... indicates an intensive preaching tour in that area.In their synagogues ... indicates the usual places where Jesus did most of his formal teaching.The gospel of the kingdom ... indicates the subject matter. Note that the message of the kingdom was "good news," indicated by the very term GOSPEL, a... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:24

And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them. And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from beyond the Jordan.The various cities mentioned in this place were the ones that provided the vast multitudes that followed Christ in this phase of his ministry. The various diseases, etc.,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4

CHAP. IV. Christ fasteth, and is tempted. The angels minister unto him: he dwelleth in Capernaum, beginneth to preach, calleth Peter and Andrew, James and John, and healeth all the diseased. Anno Domini 29. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:1

Matthew 4:1. Then was Jesus led up, &c.— Then, that is to say, immediately after his baptism, was Jesus led, or borne by a strong impulse of the Spirit on his mind, (see Luke 4:14.) into the wilderness: which Mr. Maundrel is of opinion was the wilderness near Jordan; a miserable and horrid place, according to his account, consisting of high barren mountains; so that it looks as if nature had suffered some violent convulsions there. Our Lord probably was assaulted in the northern part of it,... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:19

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:23

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 4:24

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:1

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