Matthew 20:30 BSB

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 20:29-34

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 20:29. Jericho.—See p. 480.Matthew 20:30. Two blind men.—Here occurs one of the most marked of the apparent discrepancies of the Gospels. According to Matthew, Jesus healed two blind men on departing; according to Mark, one blind man on departing; according to Luke, one blind man on entering the city. The older Harmonists assumed that there were two miracles; that one blind man was healed at the entrance, and two at the departure, of Christ; and that Mark gave prominence... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 20:30

two blind men A discrepancy has been imagined between this account and those in Mark 10:46; Luke 18:35. Matthew and Mark obviously refer to a work of healing as Jesus departed from Jericho. Bartimaeus, the active one of the two, the one who cried, "Jesus, thou Son of David," is specifically mentioned by Mark. Of the other one of the "two," we know nothing. The healing described by Luke 18:35 occurred before Jesus entered Jericho. As to the form of appeal, "Son of David" (cf) ; Matthew 9:27;... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 20:1-34

Shall we turn to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty, and continue our book-by-book study through the Word of God? Matthew chapter twenty opens with the parable of the laborers going out into the vineyard.And Jesus said,For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard ( Matthew 20:1-2 ).Now a penny was a denarius and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 20:1-34

Matthew 20:1 . A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the custom among the jews to begin their labour with the rising sun, which at the time of the vintage in their climate would not be earlier than six in the morning. But the master must have been active by the break of day. Matthew 20:2 . He agreed with the labourers for a penny a day. The denarius ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 20:29-34

Matthew 20:29-34And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by.Jesus of Nazareth passing byThe time of this transaction was critical. He never was to come that way again. It was necessary for these blind men to be by the way while Jesus was passing. Had they been elsewhere they could not have received their sight. They caught the first sound of the approaching Saviour. Some men are too buried in their merchandize to know that He is passing. It is not... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 20:30

30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. Ver. 30. When they heard that Jesus passed by ] Happy it was for them that, though blind, yet they were not deaf. For as death came in by the ear, so doth life. "Hear, and your soul shall live," Isaiah 55:3 ; a heavy ear is a singular judgment, Isaiah 6:11 ; a hearing ear a special favour, Proverbs 20:12 . When God struck Zacharias,Luke... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 20:30

two: Matthew 9:27-Obadiah :, Matthew 12:22, Matthew 21:14, Psalms 146:8, Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 35:5, Isaiah 35:6, Isaiah 42:16, Isaiah 42:18, Isaiah 59:10, Isaiah 61:1, Isaiah 61:2, Mark 10:46, Luke 4:18, Luke 7:21, John 9:1-2 Kings : Have: Matthew 12:23, Matthew 15:22, Matthew 21:9, Matthew 22:42, Acts 2:30, Romans 1:3, Romans 1:4 Reciprocal: Mark 10:47 - thou Luke 17:13 - have Luke 18:35 - as read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 20:30

And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.Behold two blind men cried out — St. Mark and St. Luke mention only one of them, blind Bartimeus. He was far the more eminent of the two, and, as it seems, spoke for both. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:30

30. Behold, two blind men Mark mentions but one, and tells us his name. He was Bartimeus; and the very fact that he so names him seems to indicate that he was a well-known person at the time. As his was the case of special interest, whose cure Mark wishes to narrate, so he omits to state that another man was healed at the same time. It is very possible that Mark was not informed of that fact. Inspiration does not imply omniscience. One inspired writer may be more fully informed than... read more