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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:38-45

Further manifestation of unbelief. I. THE SIGN FROM HEAVEN . 1 . The demand of the scribes and Pharisees. They had just witnessed a wonderful sign, a striking evidence of the Divine authority of Christ. Some of them wickedly accused the Lord of dealings with Satan; others, less brutal, but equally obstinate in their unbelief, demanded further proof. It must be some visible appearance in the sky, they said ( Luke 11:16 ); nothing else would satisfy them. 2 . The Lord '... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:38-45

Last state worse than first. All that was implied in our Lord's mode of working is here explicitly enounced. The miracles were only subordinately evidences of his Divine commission; primarily they were deeds of mercy. But to heal every one would have been to violate the constitution of man's nature, and upset the equilibrium required for the harmonious co-operation of God and man. Those only who had faith were healed, and this secured that their character was purified and aided, not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:38-45

The sign-seekers. After Jesus had denounced the blasphemy of the scribes and Pharisees, and threatened them with the severity of the judgment, certain of their number demanded of him a sign to sustain his asserted authority. In his reply we notice— I. THAT THE SINNERS ARE REBUKED IN MERCY . 1 . They sought a sign , viz. , from heaven. 2 . But this sign was not for that generation. 3 . He gave them the sign from the earth. (a) As to the fact. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:39

Of the passages mentioned in the introductory note on Matthew 12:38-42 , Matthew 16:4 is verbally identical with the answer of our present verse, except the omission of the words, "the prophet," which occur nowhere else but in this passage. But he answered and said to them, An evil ( πονηρά , Matthew 6:13 , note) and adulterous generation . However frequent the sin of adultery may then have been, the common metaphorical sense of spiritual unfaithfulness to God and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:40

Matthew only. For as Jonas ( Jonah , Revised Version) was three days and three nights in the whale's belly . Verbally from the LXX . of Jonah 1:17 ( Jonah 2:1 ). So shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth . Since, so far as the balance of evidence goes, the Crucifixion was on Friday and the Resurrection on Sunday, the actual time between them was only one clear day and two parts of days (which might fairly be called three days) and two... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:41

Verbally identical with Luke 11:32 . The men of Nineveh ( ἄνδρες νινευῖται ) . No article, because the evangelist desired to call attention to the character of the Ninevites. The men of Nineveh, heathen though they were, shall do this. ἄνδρες (not ἄνθρωποι ); hardly because of the approaching mention of a woman (cf. Luke 11:31 ), but because the men in the city would naturally take the lead, and not the women. So also in the LXX . of Jonah 3:5 (contrast Jonah 3:7 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:42

Almost verbally identical with Luke 11:31 . The queen of the south ( βασίλισσα νότου , anarthrous; Luke 11:41 , note). The south here doubtless represents part of Arabia Felix (see Dr. Lumby, on 1 Kings 10:1 ). Shall rise up . Does ἐγερθήσεται here imply more effort than ἀναστήσονται ( Luke 11:41 )? This would at least be consistent with the energy which the mention of the Queen of Sheba always suggests . In the judgment with this generation, and shall... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:43

When ; but … when (Revised Version); ὅταν δέ . St. Matthew does not bring this forward as a separate utterance; he wishes the connexion between it and the preceding to be seen. There is a contrast between the behaviour of the Ninevites and the Queen of Sheba, and that of the Jews. The unclean spirit ( Matthew 10:1 , note) is gone out of a ( the , Revised Version) man ( τὸ πνεῦμα … τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ) . The first article is inserted for the sake of vividness;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:43

Clean, but empty. A notion prevailed in Chaldea which presents a striking similarity to that appealed to by our Lord in this parable of the evil spirit returning to possess the empty house. It was thought that when once the possessing demons were expelled from the body the only guarantee was to obtain, by the power of incantations, an opposite possession by a favourable demon. A good spirit must take the place of the evil one in the body of the man. This is part of one of their incantations—... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:43-45

Parallel passage: Luke 11:24-26 , almost verbally, but omitting the application at the end of our Luke 11:45 . A solemn warning against a merely negative improvement. External preparation, mechanical religion, is insufficient; a definite acceptance of my teaching is required. Our Lord's primary thought Would appear to be the relation in which those to whom he was speaking stood to himself. But he frames his words so as to include the whole of that generation of Jews ( Luke 11:39 , Luke... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:38-45

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:38-45

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:38-45

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:39

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:40

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:41

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:42

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:43

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:43

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:43-45

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