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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.The use of "whale" in this verse is in error; the Greek word is "sea-monster," as a glance at the English Revised Version (1885) margin will show; not that there is any essential difference, for the Bible states that "God prepared" a great fish (Jonah 1:17). In the book of Jonah is related also how God "prepared" a gourd (Jonah 4:6), a worm... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:41

The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.Of surpassing interest in this passage is Christ's reference to "the judgment." Some fancy they see seven judgments in the word of God; but Christ continually spoke of only ONE. As already noted repeatedly in this commentary, THE JUDGMENT was a constant theme of Christ's teaching. Christ's view of the judgment... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:42

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.The superior faith of the Queen of the South is seen in that she came upon a paucity of evidence, responding to rumor, or hearsay.The ends of the earth, according to Barnes, referred to "the most distant parts of the habitable world then known."[13] Christ as "greater than Solomon" was... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:43

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places seeking rest, and findeth it not.This parable of a wandering demon applies to the Jewish nation, which is "the man." The "going out" represents the spiritual rebirth of Israel under the preaching of John the Baptist. The "swept and garnished" period (in next verse) referred to the lack of any meaningful change in the character of the people, and the relatively innocuous neglect of Christ during the early... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:44

Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.See comment on preceding verse. The failure of Israel to carry forward the good impulses initiated by the preaching of John and the early popularity of Christ and his teachings became the occasion for a far more terrible thing than mere neglect and casual indifference. In the diabolical intentions of the wicked leaders, coupled with the relative "emptiness" of the people... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:45

Then goeth he and taketh with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.These words were doubtless spoken in sorrow. They were a firm, dogmatic prophecy of Israel's rejection of Christ, reminding one of 2 Peter 2:20. What state is worse than being unsaved? It is the apostasy from which it is impossible to be renewed (Hebrews 6:4-6). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:38-39

Matthew 12:38-39. Then certain of the Scribes, &c.— Though our Saviour's reasoning was clear and unanswerable, yet some of the Scribes and Pharisees, desirous to divert the discourse to another topic, and fully demonstrating the hardness of their hearts, required a sign from heaven; as much as to say, "Master, thou professest thyself a teacher of extraordinary authority, and we may justly expect some proportionable proof of it: Now these supposed dispossessions which we have lately seen or... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:40

Matthew 12:40. For as Jonas was three days and three nights— See the note on Jonah 1:17. Instead of the whale's, we should read the fish's belly. It is no where in the Old Testament said that it was a whale, and κητος signifies any large fish in general. See Mintert on the word. The heart of the earth is a Hebraism for the earth. See what Ezekiel says of the city of Tyre, which was situated on the seashore, ch. Mat 27:4 Matthew 28:2. Our Saviour, in the expression here used, alludes to Jonah... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:41-42

Matthew 12:41-42. The men of Nineveh, &c.— The Ninevites being judged at the same time with the men of that generation, and their behaviour being compared together, should make the guilt of the latter appear in its true colours, and condemn them: for though they were idolaters, they repented at the preaching of Jonah, a stranger, a poor person, and one who continued among them only three days, and wrought no miracle among them to make them believe him: but the men of that generation, though... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:43-45

Matthew 12:43-45. When the unclean spirit, &c.— Our Lord here finishes his defence, alluding to the occasion of the dispute, Mat 12:22 with a parable of a possessed person who, having had a devilor demon expelled out of him, received him back again, with many others, or was taken possession of by them, and thereby was brought into a worse condition than ever. By ανυδρων , dry places, are meant deserts. See Psalms 106:14; Psalms 70:0. Dr. Whitby and some others interpret this of the devils... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:40

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:41

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:42

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:43

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:44

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 12:45

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:38-39

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:40

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:41-42

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:43-45

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