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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 13:33

Matthew 13:33. Another parable spake he unto them With a view still further to illustrate the progress of the gospel in the world, and of true religion in the soul. The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman hid That is, covered up; in three measures of meal Which seems to have been the quantity that they usually baked at once; till the whole was leavened For although the leaven seemed lost for a while in the mass of dough, it secretly wrought through it by a speedy... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 13:34-35

Matthew 13:34-35. All these things spake Jesus in parables Mark has it, With many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to bear it. That is, he preached the doctrines of the gospel in these and many other parables of a like nature, according as his hearers were able to receive them. And without a parable spake he not unto them That is, not at this time; at other times he did. That it might be fulfilled That is, whereby was fulfilled; that which was spoken by... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 13:36-39

Matthew 13:36-39. Then Jesus sent the multitude away The evening probably drawing on, for the people had now been long collected together: and went From the vessel where he had been preaching; into the house Probably a friend’s house, that he might refresh himself a little: and his disciples came, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares They say nothing of the two other parables, because, probably, they understood them; or, perhaps, this parable affected them more than either... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:24-43

55. Wheat and weeds; mustard seed; yeast (Matthew 13:24-43; Mark 4:30-34; Luke 13:18-21)In another parable, two types of seed produce two types of plants in the same field. The plants, wheat and weeds, are not separated while they are growing, but are left till harvest time. Then the wheat is put into the farmer’s barn but the weeds are destroyed (Matthew 13:24-30).As with the parable of the sower, Jesus gave his disciples an interpretation (Matthew 13:34-36; cf. v. 10,16-18). In the present... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 13:33

leaven = sour dough. Always used in a bad sense, as meal is in a good sense: therefore the common interpretation as to the Gospel's improving the world is the exact contrary of the leaven corrupting the whole of the meal. The same is true of the symbol of the "woman", see below. The Lord mentions three kinds of leaven, all of which were evil in their working: the leaven (1) of the Pharisees = hypocrisy or formalism (Luke 12:1 ); (2) of the Pharisees and Sadducees = evil doctrine or teaching... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 13:34

multitude = multitudes (plural). spake He not = was He not speaking. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 13:35

That = So that. fulfilled. Quoted from Psalms 78:2 . See App-107 and App-117 . by = by means of. Greek. dia. App-104 .Matthew 13:1 . utter = pour forth. Greek. ereugomai. Occurs only here. from the foundation of the world. Note the seven occurrences of this expression (here; Matthew 25:34 .Luke 11:50 . Hebrews 4:3 ; Hebrews 9:6 . Revelation 13:8 ; Revelation 17:8 ). Contrast "before the overthrow", &c. (John 17:24 .Ephesians 1:4 . 1 Peter 1:20 ). foundation = overthrow. See Genesis... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 13:36

went into the house. This determines the Structure, on p. 1336. the house. Peter's house. Declare = Expound. Greek. phrazo. Occurs only here, and in Matthew 15:15 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 13:33

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.IV. The Parable of the Leaven in Three Measures of MealThere is a long list of expositors who make the leaven in this parable something evil and the parable itself a prophecy of the ultimate corruption of the church during the apostasy, basing their claims upon the fact that leaven is almost always used in Scripture as a type of something... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 13:34

All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. - Psalms 78:2This concluded the first four parables which were addressed to the multitudes. This restriction of Jesus' teachings to parables only was confined to certain occasions, especially this one. Halley pointed... read more

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