matthew-8-15

Above when He said, Sacrifice and offering, and burnt-offerings, and [offering] for sin, You would not, neither had pleasure [therein], which are offered by the Law, then said He, Lo! I come to do Your will, O God. He takes away the first, that He may establish the second. By the which will we are s... Read More

They wandered about in sheep-skins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented (of whom this world was not worthy); wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 1. At all times indeed, but especially then when I reflect upon the achievements of the saints, ... Read More

Acts 1:1-2 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach, until the day on which, having given charge to the Apostles, whom He had chosen, by the Holy Spirit, He was taken up. To many persons this Book is so little known, both it and i... Read More

Rom. VI. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection. What I had before occasion to remark, that I mention here too, that he continually digresses into exhortation, without making any twofold division as he does in the oth... Read More

Matt. IV. 12. Now when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, He departed into Galilee. 1. Wherefore does He depart? Again instructing us not to go to meet temptations, but to give place and withdraw ourselves. For it is no reproach, the not casting one's self into danger, but the failing to st... Read More

Matt. V. 17. Think not that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. Why, who suspected this? Or who accused Him, that He should make a defense against this charge? Since surely from what had gone before no such suspicion was generated. For to command men to be meek, and gentle, and merciful,... Read More

Matt. VII. 28. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine. Yet was it rather natural for them to grieve at the unpleasantness of His sayings, and to shudder at the loftiness of His injunctions; but now so great was the power of the Teacher, th... Read More

Romans XIV. 1, 2 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believes that he may eat all things; another, who is weak, eats herbs. I Am aware that to most what is here said is a difficulty. And therefore I must first give the subject of the whole of this pass... Read More

Matt. VIII. 5. And when He was entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a centurion, beseeching Him, and saying, Lord, my servant lies at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. The leper came unto Him when He had come down from the mountain, but this centurion, when He was entered into Cap... Read More

Matt. VIII. 14. And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother laid and sick of a fever: and He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered unto Him. But Mark adds also, immediately, meaning to declare the time as well; but this evangelist has set dow... Read More