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Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 16:26

world kosmos = world-system. John 7:7 (See Scofield "John 7:7- :") . read more

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 16:1-28

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came [And now they are seeking to trap Him], and they desire that he would show them a sign from heaven. And he answered and said unto them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, you say, It's gonna be foul weather today: for the sky is red, and lowering. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky; but you can not discern the signs of the times? ( Matthew 16:1-3 )Now the Lord is rebuking... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 16:1-28

Matthew 16:1 . The pharisees also with the sadducees came, soliciting a sign from heaven: Matthew 12:38. This was the second time, and they received the appellation of hypocrites, as professing the highest attainments of oriental literature, and yet blind as to the signs of the times. If they could augur future weather from present appearances of the sky, why not discern the aspects of providence, and study the signs of the times? The weeks of Daniel were coming to a completion. In Herod... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 16:26

Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? The great exchange1. The text assumes a certain inherent dignity in the human soul itself.2. The folly of those competing rivalries, on account of which men seem willing that this inestimably precious soul should be lost. (D. Moore. M. A.)The value of the soul1. In its origin.2. In its operations.3. In its redemption. (J. Sherman.)LostWhat volumes of meaning there are in that one word lost. A ship... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 16:26

26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Ver. 26. Yet what is a man profited ] Francis Xanerius counselled John the Third, King of Portugal, to meditate every day a quarter of an hour on this divine sentence. If there could, saith a reverend divine, be such a bargain made, that he might have the whole world for the sale of his soul, he should, for all that, be a loser by it. a For he might,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 16:26

what is: Matthew 5:29, Job 2:4, Mark 8:36, Luke 9:25 gain: Matthew 4:8, Matthew 4:9, Job 27:8, Luke 12:20, Luke 16:25 or: Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:8, Mark 8:37 Reciprocal: Genesis 37:26 - What profit Genesis 37:27 - sell him Genesis 47:19 - buy us Numbers 22:17 - I will promote 2 Kings 1:14 - let my life 2 Kings 7:15 - had cast away Job 1:9 - Doth Job Job 20:28 - and his goods Job 33:27 - it profited Psalms 120:3 - What shall Proverbs 3:14 - General Proverbs 8:11 - wisdom Proverbs 11:4 -... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 16:24-28

24-28. It is a key to the interpretation of the four remaining verses of this paragraph, (which commentators have generally missed,) that the kingdom of Matthew 16:28 is the kingdom of Matthew 16:19. The meaning of the entire paragraph then is plain. This kingdom, now conferred under emblems of keys and binding and loosing, is a kingdom of suffering as well as of power. It is to be brought in by endurances and crosses for his sake as king, and under him as our final judge and rewarder at... read more