Luke 17
Verse 1
Luke 17:1. Then said he unto the disciples — Our Lord, about this time, thought proper to repeat to the people, who then attended on his ministry, and were desirous of being instructed by him, several particulars of his doctrine, which he had ... read more
Luke 18
Verse 1
Luke 18:1. And he spake, &c. — ελεγε δε και παραβολην αυτοις. He also spake a parable to them. The particle δε, here used, plainly implies, that this parable has a relation to the preceding discourse, of which indeed ... read more
Luke 19
Verse 1-2
Luke 19:1-2. Jesus entered and passed through Jericho — Namely, after performing the miracle recorded at the close of the preceding chapter. He was now on his way from the other side Jordan to Bethany, near Jerusalem, to which place he h ... read more
Luke 2
Verse 1
Luke 2:1. And it came to pass in those days — That is, about the time in which John the Baptist was born, and Christ conceived, in the manner related in the preceding chapter; there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, the Roman emperor, that ... read more
Luke 20
Verses 1-8
Luke 20:1-8. And on one of those days the chief priests, scribes, and elders — That is, some of the first men of the nation; came — By appointment of the senate, to Jesus; and spake, saying, Tell us by what authority, &c. — See on M ... read more
Luke 21
Verses 1-4
Luke 21:1-4. And he looked up — From those on whom his eyes were fixed before; and saw the rich men casting their gifts, &c. — See on Mark 12:41.
Verse 5-6
Luke 21:5-6. And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with good ... read more
Luke 22
Verses 1-6
Luke 22:1-6. Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh — Being to be celebrated within two days after our Lord had delivered the prophecies and admonitions recorded above. Concerning this feast, see on Matthew 26:2. The chief priests and s ... read more
Luke 23
Verses 1-3
Luke 23:1-3. And the whole multitude of them — Namely, of the chief priests, scribes, and elders, arose and led him unto Pilate — See on Matthew 27:42; and Mark 15:1. And they began to accuse him, — Charging him with three capital c ... read more
Luke 24
Verse 1
Luke 24:1. Upon the first day of the week, &c. — On the morning of the first day of the week, when every thing was made ready, all the women, mentioned Luke 24:10; and Mark 16:1; and certain others with them, who were not from Galilee, went out ... read more
Luke 3
Verse 1-2
Luke 3:1-2. Now in the fifteenth year of Tiberius — Reckoning from the time when Augustus made him his colleague in the empire: Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea — He was made governor in consequence of Archelaus being banished, and hi ... read more
Luke 4
Verse 1
Luke 4:1. And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, &c., was led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, &c. — Supposed by some to have been in Judea; by others to have been the great desert of Horeb, or Sinai, where the children of Israel were tr ... read more
Luke 5
Verses 1-10
Luke 5:1-10. As the people pressed upon him, with great eagerness, to hear the word of God — Insomuch that no house could contain them: they perceived Christ’s word to be the word of God, by the divine power and evidence that accompa ... read more
Luke 6
Verses 1-5
Luke 6:1-5. On the second sabbath after the first — The original expression here, εν σαββατω δευτεροπρωτω, says Dr. Whitby, “should have been rendered, In the first sabbath after the second day, namely, of unleavened b ... read more
Luke 7
Verses 1-10
Luke 7:1-10. When he had ended all his sayings — Namely, those contained in the preceding chapter; in the audience of the people — For though his discourse was immediately addressed to his disciples, he delivered it in the hearing of the ... read more
Luke 8
Verse 1
Luke 8:1. And it came to pass afterward — Probably the day after he had dined with Simon; or, as the expression, εν τω καθεξης, may be understood to imply, in the order of his work; for he went through it regularly, and the end of on ... read more
Luke 9
Verses 1-6
Luke 9:1-6. Then he called his twelve disciples — See notes on Matthew 10:1; and Mark 6:7-12. There abide and thence depart — That is, Stay in that house till ye leave the city. See note on Matthew 10:11.
Verses 7-9
Luke 9:7-9. No ... read more
Malachi 1
Verses 1-3
Malachi 1:1-3. The burden of the Lord — The word burden is here, as often elsewhere, equivalent to prophecy; to Israel — To those of all the tribes that were returned from captivity. I have loved you, saith the Lord — That is, in a ... read more
Malachi 2
Verses 1-4
Malachi 2:1-4. O ye priests, this commandment is for you — Or decree, rather, for properly speaking no commandment is here given to the priests, only punishment is denounced upon them if they did not repent. If ye will not hear, &c., to give ... read more
Malachi 3
Verse 1
Malachi 3:1. Behold, &c. — To silence the cavils of unbelievers, spoken of in the last verse of the preceding chapter, the prophet here foretels the coming of the Messiah, who should set things in order; and of his harbinger, who should pr ... read more
Malachi 4
Verse 1
Malachi 4:1. For behold the day cometh — Though it may appear to be at a distance from you, yet it is coming, and will soon overtake and overwhelm you: even that great and terrible day of the Lord, as it is called Joel 2:31. That shall bur ... read more
Mark 1
Verses 1-3
Mark 1:1-3. The beginning of the gospel — That is, of the gospel history; of Jesus Christ, the Son of God — Who was, or is, in the bosom of the Father, John 1:18, and came down from heaven, John 3:13, to reveal his Father’s will unto us, ... read more
Mark 10
Verses 1-12
Mark 10:1-12. He cometh into the coasts of Judea, &c. — This paragraph is explained at large in the notes on Matthew 19:1-11. From the beginning of the creation — Therefore Moses, in the first chapter of Genesis, gives us an account of th ... read more
Mark 11
Verses 1-3
Mark 11:1-3. And when they came nigh to Jerusalem — See on Matthew 21:1-3; unto Bethphage and Bethany — The limits of Bethany reached to the mount of Olives: and joined to those of Bethphage, which was part of the suburbs of Jerusalem, and ... read more
Mark 12
Verses 1-11
Mark 12:1-11. He began to speak unto them by parables — “Christ having showed the rulers, chief priests, and scribes, the heinousness of their sin, in rejecting John the Baptist, (Matthew 21:28-32,) judged it proper, likewise, publicly to ... read more
Mark 13
Verse 1-2
Mark 13:1-2. See what manner of stones, &c. — Our Lord, in the conclusion of his lamentation over Jerusalem, (Matthew 23:38-39,) had declared that the temple should never be favoured with his presence any more; a declaration which, doubtless, ... read more
Mark 14
Verses 1-9
Mark 14:1-9. After two days was the feast of the passover — For an explanation of these verses, see the notes on Matthew 26:1-13. Of ointment of spike-nard, very precious — “Either the word πιστικη,” says Dr. Whitby, “answers ... read more
Mark 15
Verse 1
Mark 15:1. And straightway in the morning — Succeeding the dismal night in which the Jewish rulers had been so busily engaged in the horrid transactions related in the preceding chapter; the chief priests — As soon as it was day; held a ... read more
Mark 16
Verse 1
Mark 16:1. Mary Magdalene, &c., had bought sweet spices — These Galilean women, who had waited on Jesus in his last moments, and attended his body to the sepulchre, observing that his funeral rites were performed in haste, (the body being ... read more
Mark 2
Verse 1-2
Mark 2:1-2. And again — After having been in desert places for same time, he returned privately to Capernaum. It was noised that he was in the house — The rumour immediately spread, that he was come to the city, and was in Peter’s house. ... read more
Mark 3
Verses 1-5
Mark 3:1-5. He entered again into the synagogue — Luke says, On another sabbath. The synagogue seems not to have been at Capernaum, but in some city which lay in his way as he went through Galilee. And there was a man which had a withered ha ... read more
Mark 4
Verses 1-9
Mark 4:1-9. And he began to teach by the seaside — See notes on Matthew 13:1-17. He taught them many things by parables — After the usual manner of the eastern nations, to make his instructions more agreeable to them, and to impress them t ... read more
Mark 5
Verses 1-17
Mark 5:1-17. They came into the country of the Gadarenes — Called Gergesenes, Matthew 8:28. Gadara and Gergasa being towns near each other, and their inhabitants, and those of the country adjacent, taking their name indifferently from ... read more
Mark 6
Verses 1-6
Mark 6:1-6. And he came into his own country, &c. — For an explanation of this paragraph, see the notes on Matthew 13:53-58. Is not this the carpenter’s son? — There can be no doubt that Jesus in his youth wrought with his supposed fathe ... read more
Mark 7
Verse 1-2
Mark 7:1-2. Then came the Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem — They probably came on purpose to find occasion against him. For some of them followed him from place to place, looking on every thing he did, even on his most innocent, yea ... read more
Mark 8
Verses 1-4
Mark 8:1-4. In those days, the multitude being very great — The multitude mentioned Matthew 15:30; and having nothing to eat — They had, as on a former occasion, consumed all the provision they had brought with them; Jesus said — I have ... read more
Mark 9
Verse 1
Mark 9:1. Some that stand here shall not taste of death, &c. — See on Matthew 16:28; till they see the kingdom of God come with power — So it began to do when three thousand were converted to God at once.
Verses 2-10
Mark 9:2-10. Jesus ta ... read more
Matthew 1
Verse 1
Matthew 1:1. The book — That is, This is the book, the verb being elegantly omitted, according to the custom of the Hebrews, and also of the Greeks and Romans; of the generation — Or, as the Syriac expresses it, The writing, narrative, or acc ... read more
Matthew 10
Verse 1
Matthew 10:1. And when he had called his twelve disciples — From the evangelist’s naming them the twelve, it appears that he considered them as elected before this, though he has given no account of it in his gospel. The number seems to have ... read more
Matthew 11
Verse 1
Matthew 11:1. When Jesus had made an end of commanding, that is, of giving instruction to his twelve disciples, and thereby of preparing them for the service they were now to undertake, he departed to teach and preach in their cities — The othe ... read more
Matthew 12
Verse 1
Matthew 12:1. Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn — The cornfields near Jerusalem, attended by his disciples and some of the Pharisees, whose curiosity, it is probable, prompted them to mix with the crowd on this occasion, in expecta ... read more
Matthew 13
Verse 1-2
Matthew 13:1-2. The same day — On which Jesus delivered the discourse, and performed the miracles recorded in the preceding chapter, being unwearied and incessant in the blessed work in which he was engaged, he went out of the house, into whi ... read more
Matthew 14
Verse 1-2
Matthew 14:1-2. Now at that time — When our Lord had spent about a year in his public ministry, and had sent out his disciples to preach the gospel, to cast out devils, and to heal diseases, and they, by virtue of his name, had been successfu ... read more
Matthew 15
Verses 1-6
Matthew 15:1-6. Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees — See notes on Mark 7:1-23, where the facts here spoken of are related more at large. Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders — That is, of the principal doctors ... read more
Matthew 16
Verse 1
Matthew 16:1. The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came — Notwithstanding the difference of their principles, and the alienation of their affections from each other, they now agreed to join in an attempt upon Christ; his doctrine being equally ... read more
Matthew 17
Verse 1-2
Matthew 17:1-2. After six days — Reckoning exclusively from that in which the discourse recorded in the preceding chapter was delivered, to that on which the transfiguration took place, or, including those two days, about eight days after, as ... read more
Matthew 18
Verse 1
Matthew 18:1. At the same time — When Jesus had just foretold his own sufferings, death, and resurrection; came the disciples, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — Which of us shall be thy prime minister in the kingdom which th ... read more
Matthew 19
Verse 1-2
Matthew 19:1-2. When Jesus had finished these sayings — Had delivered the instructions contained in the preceding chapter, to his disciples at Capernaum; he departed from Galilee — Where he had long dwelt, and through which he had made repe ... read more
Matthew 2
Verse 1
Matthew 2:1. Now when Jesus was born — It is matter of great doubt when the following remarkable occurrence happened. The received time of celebrating the Epiphany imports that it was within thirteen days of the birth of Christ. But as it is no ... read more
Matthew 20
Verse 1
Matthew 20:1. For the kingdom of heaven, &c. — The manner in which the following parable is here introduced, (and it is the same in the original,) evidently shows that it was spoken in illustration of the sentence with which the preceding chapt ... read more
Matthew 21
Verses 1-3
Matthew 21:1-3. And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem — Namely, on the first day of the week, five days before his death, for the passover was kept on the fourteenth day of the month, and this was the tenth; on which day the law appointed t ... read more
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