Matteo 9:8

8 E le turbe, veduto ciò, furon prese da timore, e glorificarono Iddio che avea data cotale autorità agli uomini.

Matteo 9:8 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 9:8

But when the multitude saw it
The miracle that was wrought; when they saw the man take up his bed, and carry it home, which was done by Christ, as a proof of his having power to forgive sin,

they marvelled, and glorified God:
they were struck with amazement and astonishment at the sight, it being what was strange and unusual; the like to which they had never seen before, nor heard of: and concluding it to be more than human; they ascribed it to God; they praised, and adored the divine goodness,

which had given such power unto men;
of working miracles, healing diseases, and delivering miserable mortals from such maladies, as were otherwise incurable; still looking upon Christ as a mere man, by whom God did these things; not knowing yet the mystery of the incarnation, God manifest in the flesh.

Matteo 9:8 In-Context

6 Or affinché sappiate che il Figliuol dell’uomo ha sulla terra autorità di rimettere i peccati: Lèvati (disse al paralitico), prendi il tuo letto e vattene a casa.

7 Ed egli, levatosi, se ne andò a casa sua.

8 E le turbe, veduto ciò, furon prese da timore, e glorificarono Iddio che avea data cotale autorità agli uomini.

9 Poi Gesù, partitosi di là, passando, vide un uomo, chiamato Matteo, che sedeva al banco della gabella; e gli disse: Seguimi. Ed egli, levatosi, lo seguì.

10 Ed avvenne che, essendo Gesù a tavola in casa di Matteo, ecco, molti pubblicani e peccatori vennero e si misero a tavola con Gesù e co’ suoi discepoli.