matthew-19:26

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 19:16-30

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 19:16. Good Master.—The better MSS. omit the adjective, and it has probably been added here by later copyists to bring the passage into a verbal agreement with the narrative of St. Mark and St. Luke. From the prominence given to it in the form of our Lord’s answer, as reported by them, we may reasonably believe that it was actually uttered by the questioner (Plumptre).Matthew 19:17. Why callest thou me good?—Here again the older MSS. give a different form to our Lord’s... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 19:1-30

Chapter 19Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and he came to the coast of Judea ( Matthew 19:1 );Now that is the border of Judea, so He is moving south towards Jerusalem, for Jerusalem lies in the area of Judea, which is in the southern kingdom. So He has left the area of Naphtali and Psycar in the north, and has come down now to the area of Judea, there beyond Jordan.And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. Then the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 19:1-30

Matthew 19:3 . The pharisees also came tempting him. These men professed perfection of morality, and of worship; and their object was to tempt our Lord to sin, by giving his sanction to a law of custom, revolting to all the feelings of humanity, and admitting that a man might divorce his wife for any corporeal infirmity, or defect in temper or conduct. Our Saviour confounded their ingenious malice by the non-admission of any just cause of divorce, except that of adultery, and adultery... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 19:1-30

Matthew 13:4; Matthew 19:1-30Some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up.-Way seed devoured by birdsThe birds devour the truth we neglect to cover. Let us study these birds:-1. The first belongs to the heron species, having long legs, a long bill, broad strong wings, and an eye keen as an eagle’s, yet filmy at times, which causes serious mistakes. This is the bird of intellectual scepticism. It delays your acceptance of the truth with all kinds of questions.2. There... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 19:26

26 But Jesus beheld them , and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Ver. 26. With men this is impossible ] Because rich men’s hearts are ordinarily so wedded and wedged to the world that they will not be loosened but by a powerful touch from the hand of Heaven. Think not, therefore, as many do, that there is no other hell but poverty, no better heaven than abundance. a Of rich men they say, What should such a man ail? The Irish ask, What they... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 19:26

but: Genesis 18:14, Numbers 11:23, Job 42:2, Psalms 3:8, Psalms 62:11, Jeremiah 32:27, Zechariah 8:6, Mark 10:27, Luke 1:37, Luke 18:27 Reciprocal: Genesis 17:1 - Almighty Genesis 22:8 - General 1 Samuel 14:6 - for there is no restraint 1 Kings 17:6 - the ravens 1 Kings 17:16 - the barrel Daniel 2:11 - and there Matthew 19:24 - It Romans 4:21 - he was able read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 19:26

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.Jesus looking upon them — To compose their hurried spirits. O what a speaking look was there! Said to them - With the utmost sweetness: With men this is impossible - It is observable, he does not retract what he had said: no, nor soften it in the least degree, but rather strengthens it, by representing the salvation of a rich man as the utmost effort of Omnipotence. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:26

26. With God all things are possible The salvation of a rich man is as miraculous as the putting a camel through a needle’s eye. It is a human impossibility. But God can do it. But does not this reduce the rich man to just the same level as any other man, and so destroy all the force of our Lord’s first reflections on the impossibility of bringing a rich man into the kingdom of heaven? We reply, that our Lord means to represent that the salvation of a rich man bears to the ordinary... read more