Go before you (proagousin). In front of you (Weymouth). The publicans and harlots march ahead of the ecclesiastics into the kingdom of heaven. It is ...
Liars All men are liars Psalms 116:11 Satan, a deceiver John 8:44 John 8:55 Prohibited from the Kingdom of Heaven Revelation 21:8 See DECEITSee...
That have been persecuted for righteousness' sake (oi dediwgmenoi eneken dikaiosunh). Posing as persecuted is a favourite stunt. The kingdom of heave...
Chapter?41 - After the prophet had observed the courts, he was brought to the temple. If we attend to instructions in the plainer parts of religion, ...
RepentTo change one's mind & purpose; regret.From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, REPENT: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ( Matthew...
Luke 13:30 And behold, there are last which shall be first The Gentiles, the most mean and abject, afar from God, aliens from the commonwealth of Isra...
Luke 13:18 Then said he, unto what is the kingdom of God like? &c.] The same with the kingdom of heaven, in ( Matthew 13:31 ) and so the Ethiopic vers...
Kingdom of heaven ComparedTo a man who sowed good seed Matthew 13:24-30 Matthew 13:38-43 ; Mark 4:26-29 To a granule of mustard seed Matthew 1...
Matthew 13:31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying As the former parable sets forth the condition of the Gospel church state until the end o...
MeekGentle; tender; free from pride.Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall b...
TaresWeeds found in grain.Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his fie...
Babes In the mouths of, is praise perfected Matthew 21:16 A symbol of the guileless Psalms 8:2 ; Matthew 11:25 ; Luke 10:21 A symbol of the chil...
Chapter 1313:2 1 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shor...
Matthew 3:2 And saying, repent ye The doctrine which John preached was the doctrine of repentance; which may be understood either of amendment of life...
Psalms 113:8 That he may set [him] with princes As all the saints are by birth, being the sons of God, the King of kings; born of him, and not of the ...
Matthew 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples. &c.] When the young man was gone; taking this opportunity to make some proper observations for the u...
But they to whom it is given (all oi dedotai). A neat Greek idiom, dative case of relation and perfect passive indicative. The same idea is repeated ...
Made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven (maqeteuqei th basileiai twn ouranwn). First aorist passive participle. The verb is transitive in Matthew 2...
He is at hand (hggiken). The same verb and tense used of the hour above, present perfect active of eggizw, to draw near, the very form used by John t...
Began Jesus to preach (hrxato o Ihsou khrussein). In Galilee. He had been preaching for over a year already elsewhere. His message carries on the wor...