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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:31

Suffer us to go away - Επιτρεψον ημιν απελθειν : this is the common reading; but αποστειλον ημας , send us away, appears more likely to be genuine. This latter reading Griesbach has adopted, on the authority of three ancient MSS., the Coptic, Sahidic, Ethiopic, Syriac, all the Arabic, Saxon, most of the Itala, and the Vulgate. Send us away seems to express more fully the absolute power Jesus Christ had over them - permission alone was not sufficient; the very power by which they were to... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:25

Verse 25 25.Lord, save us A pious prayer (538), one would think: for what else had they to do when they were lost than to implore safety from Christ? But as Christ charges them with unbelief, we must inquire in what respect they sinned. Certainly, I have no doubt that they attached too much importance to the bodily presence of their Master: for, according to Mark, they do not merely pray, but expostulate with him, Master, hast thou no care that we perish? Luke describes also confusion and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:26

Verse 26 26.He rebuked the winds Mark relates also the words of Christ, by which, addressing the sea, he enjoins silence, ( σιώπα,) that is, stillness not that the lake had any perception, but to show that the power of his voice reached the elements, which were devoid of feeling. And not only the sea and the winds, which are without feeling, but wicked men also, with all their obstinacy, obey the commands of God. For when God is pleased to allay the tumults of war, he does not always soften the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:27

Verse 27 27.But the men wondered Mark and Luke appear to say this in reference to the apostles; for, after having stated that Christ reproved them, they add that they cried out with fear, Who is this? It applies, however, more properly to others, who had not yet known Christ. Whether we take the one or the other of these views, the result of the miracle appears in the display of the glory of Christ. If any one shall suppose that it is the apostles who speak, the meaning of the words will be,... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:31

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 8:27

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