Bible Study Tools. rightly transposes sickness and disease; for νόσος (A. V., sickness) carries the notion of something severe, dangerous, and even violent (compare the Latin noceo, to hurt, to which the root is akin). In doing so, Jesus’ life emulates Moses’ journeys. Suppose a … He *preached the good news about the *kingdom. among the The same statement is again made by Matthew in another place, (9:35.) The word is used of the multitude thronging Christ (Luke 8:45). 17:15 those having seizures, and # ch. Compare, also, "how am I straitened (Luke 12:50); and I am in a strait (Philippians 1:1-3). This is in keeping with Matthew’s emphasis on Jesus’ teaching ministry. ", teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom. healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease Christ's ministry, and messages of his grace; which shows the Matthew 4:23-25 KJV. Language Tools. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. These are three things that Jesus did: preaching, teaching, and healing. 24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them. The sacrifices of the Jews were appointed to be held in one place, at Jerusalem. Lamech is the end of Cain’s line of descendants. Gospel of the kingdom": that is, the good news of the kingdom of Alford was a Calvinist, conservative and premillennial, though not dispensational. advertisement. It is in the Greek text, "every sickness and every disease"; that is, all sorts of maladies, disorders and distempers, which attend the bodies of men; and is another instance, besides Matthew 3:5 in which the word "all", or "every", is to be taken in a limited and restrained sense, for "some", or "some of all sorts"; which teaches us how to understand those phrases, when used in the doctrine of redemption by Christ. In doing so, prophecy was fulfilled (2:5-6). with him says, "doing good", ( Acts 10:38 ) , both to Matthew 4:23 - Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people. Teaching is first. Satan, seeking the destruction of men; but as one that went along the word "all", or "every", is to be taken in a limited and So Sophocles ("Antigone," 421) calls a whirlwind θείαν νόσον (a divine visitation). Matthew 4:24. Accordingly, the praises of God were sung in the schools of the prophets; and those who chose were assembled by the prophets and seers on the Sabbath, and the new moons, for religious worship, 2 Kings 4:23; 1 Samuel 10:5-11. And Jesus went about all Galilee Having called four of his disciples, he took a tour throughout Galilee; a country mean and despicable, inhabited by persons poor, illiterate, vile, and wicked: such had the first fruits of Christ's ministry, and messages of his grace; which shows the freeness, sovereignty, and riches, of his abounding goodness. Homer always represents νόσος as the visitation of an angry deity. Gospel According to Matthew, first of the four New Testament Gospels (narratives recounting the life and death of Jesus Christ) and, with The Gospels According to Mark and Luke, one of the three so-called Synoptic Gospels (i.e., those presenting a common view). epileptic, with reference to the real or supposed influence of the changes of the moon upon the victims of epilepsy. It will be seen that they are referred to, not directly as evidence of a supernatural mission, but almost, so to speak, as the natural accompaniments of His work; signs, not of power only or chiefly, but of the love, tenderness, pity, which were the true marks or “notes” of the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 23:24 - You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! Healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease among the people. The second move allows the family to … Continue reading "Commentary on Matthew 4:12-23" 23 And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. Wycliffe renders, "They offered to him all men having evil, taken with divers sorrows and torments;" and Tyndale, "All sick people that were taken with divers diseases and gripings." 2:15. and Tynd. of exhortation to the people; for though they had but one temple, For the third time in Matthew, Jesus finds himself embracing a new hometown. exhorted them to repent of, and relinquish their former And Jesus went about all Galilee Commentary on Matthew 4:23-25 (Read Matthew 4:23-25) Wherever Christ went, he confirmed his Divine mission by miracles, which were emblems of the healing power of his doctrine, and the influences of the Spirit which accompanied it. See the notes at Matthew 21:12. And healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease amongst the people: weakness, deprivation of strength through sickness, πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν, ἡ χρονία παρατροπὴ τῆς τοῦ σώματος ἕξεως, ἀρχὴ χαυνώσεως σώματος, βασάνοις συνεχομένους, Πειρῶντι δὲ καὶ χρυσὸς ἐν βασάνῳ πρέπει καὶ νόος ὀρθός, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. but "preached"; and the subject matter of his ministry was, "the Matthew 4:23. Click to Sign Up Now! But though Christ was constantly employed in performing almost innumerable miracles, we ought not to think it strange, that they are again mentioned, twice or thrice, in a … Teaching - Instructing the people, or explaining the gospel. 21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. The places where he taught were "their synagogues": he did not creep into private houses, as the Pharisees then, and false apostles afterwards did; but he appeared openly, and declared his doctrine in places of public worship; where the Jews met together for divine service, to pray, read the Scriptures, and give a word of exhortation to the people; for though they had but one temple, which was at Jerusalem, they had many synagogues, or meeting places, all over the land: here Christ not only prayed and read, but "preached"; and the subject matter of his ministry was, "the Gospel of the kingdom": that is, the good news of the kingdom of the Messiah being come, and which now took place; wherefore he exhorted them to repent of, and relinquish their former principles; to receive the doctrines, and submit to the ordinances of the Gospel dispensation: he also preached to them the things concerning the kingdom of heaven; as that except a man be born again, he cannot see it; and unless he has a better righteousness than his own, he cannot enter into it: he was also. Hence the word emphasizes the idea of debility rather than of violent suffering or danger. Hence used of the plague which Apollo sent upon the Greeks ("Iliad," 1:10). This is the priority of Jesus’ ministry as stated in Matthew 4:23. i. He did heal and minister to many miraculously; but on the whole, it seems fair to say that Jesus was a preacher and teacher who healed, more than He was a healer who also preached and taught. people. Lunatic, or moon-struck, (σεληνιαζομένους), is rendered by Rev. Restoration to outward health was at once the pledge that the Son of Man had not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them, and often, we cannot doubt, served to strengthen that faith in the love of the Father, some degree of which was all but invariably required as an antecedent condition of the miracle (Matthew 13:58). The law was kept in a chest, or ark, near to the pulpit. Matthew 4:23. The origin of synagogues is involved in much obscurity. is, all sorts of maladies, disorders and distempers, which attend Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. This was done, either by the officers of the synagogue, or by any person who might be invited by the officiating minister. John 4:22 : John 4:24 >> John 4:23. Site Resources. Our Saviour and the apostles were in the habit of attending at those places continually, and of speaking to the people, Luke 4:15-27; Acts 13:14-15. Browse Sermons on Matthew 4:23-24. poor, illiterate, vile, and wicked: such had the first fruits of Sickness, however, suits the other word, μαλακίαν. principles; to receive the doctrines, and submit to the Proud member The description of the ailments to which our Lord's power was applied gains in vividness by study of the words in detail. You give a tenth of your spices -- mint, dill and cummin. creep into private houses, as the Pharisees then, and false Healing all manner of sickness.—In the Greek, as in the English, sickness implies a less serious form of suffering than “disease,” as the “torments” of the next verse imply, in their turn, something more acute. Thus the idea of a test gradually passes entirely out of Βάσανος leaving merely the idea of suffering or torture. 24 So his fame spread throughout all # Luke 2:2 Syria, and # [See ver. The people sat around, facing the pulpit. Matthew 4:23 Ministry in Galilee 23 Jesus was going a throughout all Galilee, b teaching in their synagogues and c proclaiming the 1 gospel of the kingdom, and d healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people. The places where he taught were "their synagogues": he did not He went about, not like Synagogues - Places of worship, or places where the people assembled together to worship God. "Most words," says Professor Campbell ("On the Language of Sophocles") have been originally metaphors, and metaphors are continually falling into the rank of words," used by the writer as mere vehicles of expression without any sense of the picturesque or metaphorical element at their core. the Messiah being come, and which now took place; wherefore he At what time they were commenced is unknown. He Matthew 23:23,24 "Woe to you teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! The people would soon see the necessity of providing convenient places for their services, to shelter them from storms and from the heat, and this was probably the origin of synagogues. Matthew 4:23 Context. went about "all" this country, both upper and nether Galilee, after being read, were expounded. Note the order of the verbs. All rights reserved. Preaching - See the notes at Matthew 3:1. Here, "spirit" stands contrasted to ritual, rite, or form as represented by His mention of the Temple in Jerusalem (verse 20). But there was nothing to forbid the other services of religion to be performed at any other place. Not Yet a Member? And Jesus went about all Galilee — Accompanied, it seems, by the four disciples above named; teaching in their synagogues — The word, συναγωγη, rendered, synagogue, may either signify the congregation, or the place in which they assembled. StudyLıght.org. Hence, naturally, a test; then a test or trial by torture. Then follow the specific forms of suffering, the list headed again by the inclusive word νόσοις, diseases, and the καὶ following having the force of and particularly. were places of note, besides villages. Matthew 4:23. Jesus teaches, preaches, and heals. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Matthew 4:23-25. Pastoral Resources. Salem Media Group. 23 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. Matthew Commentary. In the center building, or chapel, was a place prepared for the reading of the law. (i) Synagogues, that is, the Churches of the Jews. Matthew 4:23 is the twenty-third verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. of We do not now find the Saviour's miraculous healing power in our bodies; but … Those three things are also what we have to do to follow Jesus. 22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. It is in the Greek text, "every sickness and every disease"; that The first move finds the family fleeing Bethlehem and Herod’s furor and arriving in Egypt. Our Saviour imitated their example, and was commonly seated in addressing the people, Matthew 5:1; Matthew 13:1. Matthew 4:23. (m) The word properly signifies the weakness of the stomach: but here it is taken for those diseases which make those that have them faint and wear away. 9:2, 6 paralytics, and he healed them. Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. But as a Samaritan, she is not allowed in—or even near—the Temple, which would seem to condemn her to permanent banishment from God. Comment: Dear Friend, I assume your reference is to John 4:23-24, in which Jesus is speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well. In Matthew 4:24 we have, first, a general expression for ailments of all kinds: all that were sick (lit., all who had themselves in evil case; πάντας τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας). be born again, he cannot see it; and unless he has a better An outcome of this production was the New Testament for English Readers (4 vols.). He taught in the people’s *synagogues. Jesus has just been anointed by God and declined the devil’s offer of owning all the kingdoms of the world. 23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. There is literary and theological significance that comes from Lamechs words, I will list some of them as follows… 1. She is concerned because she has been taught that the only place that God is present on earth is in the Temple in Jerusalem. 24: The Preacher's Commentary Series, Volume 24: Matthew. Galilee; a country mean and despicable, inhabited by persons MATTHEW 4:23. This is peculiarly noticeable in the use of this word and its derivatives throughout the New Testament; for although suffering as a test is a familiar New Testament truth, these words invariably express simply torment or pain. Browse Sermons on Matthew 4:23-25. holden is an improvement on taken, in which the A. V. has followed Wyc. 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