matthew-9:21

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 9:21

WORSHIP AND SUPERSTITION‘If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole.’ Matthew 9:21 This story records a most remarkable instance of our Saviour’s treatment of ignorance and superstition. It was a poor conceit of this woman, says good Bishop Hall, that she thought that she might receive so sovereign a remedy from Christ without His heed, without His knowledge. Christ healed, so she supposed, not by the exertion of His holy will, but rather by a certain magical influence and power which... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 9:10-34

What Jesus Has To Offer And The Growth of Pharisaic Opposition (9:10-34). We are now informed about the first open opposition among the Pharisees to Jesus. The Pharisees had seemingly previously approached John with a critical attitude, along with the Sadducees. They had felt that it was their duty to vet any new prophet. But they had been firmly put in their place (Matthew 3:7-9). Now they will begin to criticise Jesus, and their criticism will grow and will continue on to the end. Not all... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 9:18-26

The Raising of A Ruler’s Daughter And The Healing Of The Woman With A Discharge of Blood (9:18-26). No better illustration of the fact that the new had come can be found than here. In the raising of the anonymous Ruler’s daughter we are provided with a foretaste of the resurrection. It was a pointer to the fact that to all ‘Rulers’, as to all men and women, new life was being offered. And in the woman who was made clean we have a picture of the prospective new Israel who need to reach out and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 9:20-21

‘And behold, a woman, who had a discharge of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border (or ‘fringe’ or ‘tassel’) of his cloak. For she said within herself, “If I do but touch his garment, I will be made whole.” ’ In the crowd that followed Jesus was a woman who ought not to have been there, for she was permanently ritually unclean (Leviticus 15:25). She had a flow of vaginal blood that never stopped flowing. (Luke tells us that she had spent a fortune on doctors, and now she... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 9:18-26

Matthew 9:18-Ezekiel : . Jairas’ Daughter and the Woman with Haemorrhage ( Mark 5:21-John : *, Luke 8:40-Titus :).— Mt. records in nine verses what Mk. takes twenty-three to tell. He again forsakes Mk.’ s order, postponing Mark 2:23 to Mark 4:34 till later (chs. 12, 10, 13). Despite his compression Mt. remarks that the woman (? Veronica) touched the sacred tassel ( Numbers 15:38) of Jesus’ dress, and that the cure was immediate and permanent (“ from that hour” ). As with the paralytic (... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 9:20-21

Mark addeth, Mark 5:26,Mark 5:27, that she had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse; when she had heard of Jesus, she came in the press behind, and touched his garment, &c. Luke saith, the border of his garment. In the crowd there cometh a woman that had a bloody flux twelve years. Inveterate diseases are hard to be cured. Nor had means been neglected, she had tried many physicians, and had spent all her... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 9:18-26

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 9:18. A certain ruler.—The president of a synagogue. His name was Jairus (see Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41). Every synagogue had its president, who superintended and directed the services. The ruler of a synagogue was at the same time president of its college of elders (Lange). My daughter.—Mark 5:23, τὸ θυγάτριον = the “little thing.” Luke says she was about twelve years of age. Is even now dead.—But see Mark 5:23; Luke 8:42. It is probable that he would employ various... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 9:21

Matthew 9:21 I. Consider what this sufferer said within herself. (1) As displaying ignorance of the true nature of Christ. (2) As displaying not only ignorance, but error, along with truth. (3) Was her faith, then, a foolish credulity? Not at all. She knew the wonders He had wrought on others, and responded to goodness and truth. His language and demeanour expressed this, and on this convincing evidence she trusted Jesus and was healed. II. Consider this feeling toward Christ, as finding... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 9:1-38

And so he entered into a ship, and he passed over, and he came to his own city ( Matthew 9:1 ).His own city being Capernaum. I told you that was his headquarters.And, behold, they brought to him a man who was sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus when he saw their faith said to the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven thee ( Matthew 9:2 ).Now I can imagine that that was a tremendous disappointment to his friends. I'm certain that they had in their mind Jesus... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 9:1-38

Matthew 9:1 . Jesus came into his own city, Capernaum, as in Mark. Our Saviour was a stranger on earth, born in Bethlehem, an exile in Egypt, resident at Nazareth, but latterly in Capernaum. Matthew 9:2 . A man sick of the palsy. This is a disease in which the whole nervous system is relaxed and dissolved. Jesus seeing their faith. As the centurion’s faith was advantageous to his servant, so the faith of this paralytic’s friends was of the last service to himself; though it may be... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 9:21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 9:10-34

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 9:18-26

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 9:20-21

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 9:18-26

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 9:20-21

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 9:18-26

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 9:21

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 9:1-38

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 9:1-38

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