John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away ,.... That his disciples might have the opportunity of conversing with him alone, about the sense of the parables he had delivered; and that he might instruct them by some others hereafter mentioned, And went into the house : left the ship in which he had been preaching to the multitude, came on shore, and returned to the house he came out of, Matthew 13:1 . and his disciples came to him ; and being alone, make an humble request to him, saying,... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet ,.... Not Isaiah, as some copies in the times of Jerom read, but Asaph, who is called Asaph the seer, 2 Chronicles 29:30 which is all one as a prophet; vision is one sort of prophecy F4 R. David Kimchi, Shorash. rad. חזה . ; and there was such a thing as prophesying with harps, psalteries and cymbals, as well as in other ways, and with which Asaph and his sons are said to prophesy, 1 Chronicles 25:1 so that he is very... read more