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James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Matthew 9:1-38

CREDENTIALS OF THE KING We have seen that the Sermon on the Mount was probably separate discourses grouped by the evangelist under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, for a particular purpose. That purpose was the presentation of Jesus to the Jews as the Messiah, the King promised them in the Old Testament. In like manner, the miracles now following were probably wrought at different times but grouped by the evangelist for the same purpose. Jesus had come proclaiming the Kingdom to be at hand;... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Matthew 9:18-26

Chapter 38 Prayer Almighty God, thou art wonderful in healing: there is none so wounded that he cannot be cured by thy touch or by thy word. Thou canst even heal the broken heart, and bind up with many balms the wounded spirit, which no hand of man can touch. Behold thou art very kind, thy patience is more than the long-suffering of our mother, and thy care is beyond all the wisdom of our father's understanding. Yet thou hast given us our father and our mother, as helps to know somewhat of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Matthew 9:18-26

We have here two most interesting miracles of the Lord Jesus; and they are blended into one view, because the one runs into the other, and both serve mutually to illustrate the glory of Jesus. The importunity of the poor man, that Jesus should hasten to his child, and the interruption which took place from the woman in detaining Christ for her cure, are finely worked up, both to heighten the miracle, to exercise the faith of the patient, and to manifest the sovereignty of the Lord. What an... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 9:18-26

18-26 The death of our relations should drive us to Christ, who is our life. And it is high honour to the greatest rulers to attend on the Lord Jesus; and those who would receive mercy from Christ, must honour him. The variety of methods Christ took in working his miracles, perhaps was because of the different frames and tempers of mind, which those were in who came to him, and which He who searches the heart perfectly knew. A poor woman applied herself to Christ, and received mercy from him by... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Matthew 9:1-99

Matthew 9 THE GERGESENE PEOPLE not desiring His presence, He again crossed the sea, and was at once met by further cases of human need. In Matthew 9.0 we are shown how He wrought deliverance for the man sick of the palsy, the diseased woman, the daughter of Jairus, the two blind men, and the dumb man possessed with a demon again a five-fold exhibition of the power of the kingdom that had drawn near in His presence. In the first of these cases the Lord plainly stated the connection that existed... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 9:20-22

An interlude: v. 20. And, behold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Him, and touched the hem of His garment. v. 21. For she said within herself, If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole. v. 22. But Jesus turned Him about, and when He saw her, He said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith had made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.) Another applicant for help, a woman that had a bloody flux, a disagreeable,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 9:18-26

VIThe woman with an issue of blood, and the dead maiden; or, the twofold miracle.—Miraculous working of the Lord in the face of despair and deathMatthew 9:18-26(The Gospel for the 24th Sunday after Trinity.—Parallels: Mark 5:22-43; Luke 8:41-56.)18While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain [there came in a]15 ruler [of the synagogue], and worshipped him, saying,16 My daughter is even now dead [has just now died]: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Matthew 9:18-31

Matthew THE TOUCH OF FAITH AND THE TOUCH OF CHRIST Mat_9:18-31 . The three miracles included in the present section belong to the last group of this series. Those of the second group were all effected by Christ’s word. Those now to be considered are all effected by touch. The first two are intertwined. The narrative of the healing of the woman is embedded in the account of the raising of Jairus’s daughter. Mark the impression of calm consciousness of power and leisurely dignity produced by... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 9:18-26

Lord of Life and Death Matthew 9:18-26 No grief appeals to Christ in vain. He always arises to follow. Let us as His disciples ever follow where He leads. We are permitted to be His fellow-workers and to help by our sympathy, prayers, and faith. This poor woman’s faith was very imperfect. She believed that there was virtue in His dress, as the ritualist in the emblems of His death. She cared more for her healing than for the healer. She was full of fear and trembling. But her touch was a... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 9:1-38

The King now exercised His authority in a new way. He pronounced pardon on a sinner, and straightway opposition was aroused. To the questioning and rebellious hearts He vindicated His authority to forgive sins by a different exhibition of power, the power of healing. The effect was instantaneous and remarkable. The multitudes feared and glorified God. The record of a triumphal progress of the Shepherd King follows. A ruler, a woman ostracized because of her plague, two blind men, a dumb man... read more