matthew-10:28

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 10:28

As I told you before, you will in the publication of my gospel meet with opposition from men. Now that it is preached as it were in darkness, and whispered in men’s ears, there is no great noise made in the world; but the case will be otherwise when it cometh to be publicly revealed, and published upon the housetops. But consider, the enemies can only kill the bodies of my disciples: you have souls as well as bodies; they have no power over your souls; but he that hath sent you to preach, and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 10:24-33

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 10:25. Beelzebub.—In the original, Beelzebul, which is probably the true reading in all the places of the New Testament where this name occurs. Two principal explanations have been given of the word as thus written: 1. According to the Hebrew of the Old Testament, the signification is, lord of the dwelling, a term, perhaps, corresponding to that of prince of the power of the air (Ephesians 2:2). To this meaning there may possibly be an allusion in the choice of the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 10:26-28

Matthew 10:26-28 Jesus Comforting and Warning. Consider: I. What the disciples were not to fear. They were not to fear them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Man's power in God is very great, but out of Him very little. He is not able to kill the soul; he can, however, kill the body, and the power to kill the body is, after all, a terrible power. It was not in disdain of the body, with its functions and sensibilities, that Christ said, "Fear not them which kill the body."... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 10:28

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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 10:1-42

Shall we turn now in our bibles to the tenth chapter of the gospel of Matthew?In the beginning of the tenth chapter we find Christ sending His disciples out, telling them to go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. But in the fact that He is sending them to go, in the first part of chapter ten, makes the last verse of chapter nine quite significant. For in the last verse of chapter nine, Jesus said to His disciples: "Pray ye therefore the Lord of harvest, that he will send forth labourers... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 10:1-42

Matthew 10:1 . He called to him his twelve disciples. Jesus chose twelve that they might sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Luke 22:30. And that they might be the twelve foundations and gates of his church. Revelation 21:12-14. But this preference to the twelve did not hinder the extraordinary powers of the Spirit from being conferred on other apostolic men. And who would have thought, when they left their nets, that they should fill eternal thrones? Believer, take... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 10:28

Matthew 10:28Fear not them which kill the body.-It is prudent to give up the body in order to cave the soul; it is like casting the cargo of the vessel into the sea to preserve the crew from destruction. (Quesnel.)Body and soulI. That human nature is made up of body and soul.II. That the body may be destroyed, while the soul remains uninjured.III. That the honest working out of duty may expose the body to destruction.IV. That the neglect of the duty exposes both body and soul to destruction.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 10:28

28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Ver. 28. And fear not them which kill the body ] That cruelly kill it, αποκτεινειν (as the word signifies), that wittily torture it, as those primitive persecutors, with all the most exquisite torments that the wit of malice could devise: that kill men so that they may feel themselves to be killed, as Tiberius bade. Odull Gemmet suffered a... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 10:28

And: Matthew 10:26, Isaiah 8:12, Isaiah 8:13, Isaiah 51:7, Isaiah 51:12, Daniel 3:10-Job :, Luke 12:4, Luke 12:5, Acts 20:23, Acts 20:24, Acts 21:13, Romans 8:35-Malachi :, 2 Timothy 4:6-Ruth :, Hebrews 11:35, 1 Peter 3:14, Revelation 2:10 him: Psalms 119:120, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 8:13, Isaiah 66:2, Jeremiah 5:22, Hebrews 12:28, Hebrews 12:29 able: Matthew 25:46, Mark 9:43-Galatians :, Luke 16:22-Ezekiel :, John 5:29, 2 Thessalonians 1:8-2 Samuel :, Revelation... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 10:28

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.And be not afraid — of any thing which ye may suffer for proclaiming it.Be afraid of him who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell — It is remarkable, that our Lord commands those who love God, still to fear him, even on this account, under this notion29,30. The particular providence of God is another reason for your not fearing man. For this... read more