Matthew 4:17

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 4:17

CHRISTS FIRST SERMON‘Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent.’ Matthew 4:17 It is interesting to note that our blessed Lord ‘began to preach’ immediately the voice of the Baptist was silent ( Matthew 4:12). I. Christ the Preacher.—He was not a teacher only, He was a herald, a proclaimer of a Divine message. As a model Christian preacher, we notice that— (a) Our Lord had a Divine message, and the full conviction of its truth. He had something to say for God, and He knew that He had. This is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:1-25

SECTION 2. THE BIRTH AND RISE OF JESUS THE MESSIAH (THE CHRIST) (1:18-4:25). In this section, following the introduction, Matthew reveals the greatness of Jesus the Christ. He will now describe the unique birth of Jesus, the homage paid to Him by important Gentiles, His exile and protection in Egypt followed by His subsequent bringing forth out of Egypt to reside in lowly Nazareth, His being drenched with the Holy Spirit as God’s beloved Son and Servant, His temptations in the wilderness which... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:12-22

Analysis (4:12-22). a Now when He heard that John was delivered up, He withdrew into Galilee, and leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali (Matthew 4:12-13). b That it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,’ “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, The people that sat in darkness saw a great light, And to those who sat in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:17

‘From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, “Repent you, for the Kingly Rule of heaven is at hand.” ’ From that time.’ That is from the time of John’s imprisonment, which provided Jesus with the opportunity and necessity of establishing His own ministry. What must have seemed a disaster for the true people of God was in fact to be the beginning of an even greater work of God, as so often happens in God’s planning. Jesus’ preaching is deliberately given by Matthew in the same words as... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:12-17

Matthew 4:12-Esther : . Jesus Announces the Kingdom in Galilee ( Mark 1:14 f.*, Luke 4:14 f.)— More precisely than Mk., Mt. gives John’ s arrest by Herod Antipas as the reason why Jesus began to preach. Galilee was part of Antipas’ realm, but it was remote from the scene of John’ s work and imprisonment, hence perhaps the word “ withdrew.” Mt. anticipates Jesus’ settlement at Capernaum in his desire to work in a fulfilment of one of his Messianic testimonia. “ Galilee (lit. the district) of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:17

From the time of Christ’s baptism, or from the time that he heard that John was committed to prison, he, who before had preached and taught privately, and more rarely, began to preach more ordinarily and publicly, and the sum of his doctrine was the same with that of John the Baptist, confirming his doctrine, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. See the sense of those words, Matthew 3:2; Mark 1:15. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 4:12-22

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 4:12. Cast into prison.—Delivered up (R.V.). Galilee = a circle or circuit originally confined to a “circle” of twenty cities given by Solomon to Hiram, 1 Kings 9:11 (cf. Joshua 20:7). From this small beginning the name spread to a larger district, just as the name of Asia spread from a district near the Mæander, first to the Roman Province, then to a quarter of the globe. The Jews were in a minority in those parts. The population mainly consisted of Phœnicians, Arabs, and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:17

Matthew 4:17 The text invites us to look at two things: I. The Preacher. "Jesus began to preach." Jesus was the Son of man and the Son of God. Who, then, can equal Him in sympathy and in wisdom? It should be understood that very much depends upon the preacher as well as upon the doctrine preached. (1) There was more human nature in Jesus Christ than was ever in any other man. He needed not that any should testify of man, for He knew what was in man. He was in all points tempted like as we are,... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 4:17

at hand "At hand" is never a positive affirmation that the person or thing said to be "at hand" will immediately appear, but only that no known or predicted event must intervene. When Christ appeared to the Jewish people, the next thing in the order of revelation as it then stood, should have been the setting up of the Davidic kingdom. In the knowledge of God, not yet disclosed, lay the rejection of the kingdom (and King), the long period of the mystery-form of the kingdom, the world-wide... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:1-25

Chapter FourThen was Jesus led of the Spirit into the wilderness ( Matthew 4:1 )Immediately, He is now being led by the Spirit, walking after the Spirit. The New Testament has so much to say to us concerning the life of the Spirit and walking in the Spirit. There are so many people that put the emphasis upon the baptism of the Holy Spirit; where in reality, the emphasis should be upon the walk of the Spirit, not the gifts, not the phenomenon, not the excitement, not the manifestations. But the... read more

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