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4161 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1006.89 (Matthew Henry)
2. What it was that they alleged against it; whereas Christ intimated that they needed to be made free, they urge, (1.) “We are Abraham’s seed, and Abraham was a prince …
4162 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1007.89 (Matthew Henry)
III. Christ’s answer to this cavil, which, if it did not convince them, yet silenced them: If you were blind you should have no sin; but now you say, We see, therefore …
4163 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1009.89 (Matthew Henry)
b. His cheerful assurance of a ready answer at any time ( John 11:42 ): And I know that thou hearest me always. Let none think that this was some uncommon favour granted …
4164 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1010.84 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Psalms 89:29 ), that he should have length of days for ever and ever, and his years as many generations ( Psalms 21:4, 61:6 ), from all which they inferred that the Messiah …
4165 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1010.89 (Matthew Henry)
… :17, 89:36, 89:37. The ordinances of heaven are unchangeably fixed, and yet the sun and moon set and are eclipsed; so Christ the Sun of righteousness abides for ever …
4166 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1011.89 (Matthew Henry)
1. Peter’s question was bold and blunt ( John 13:36 ): Lord, whither goest thou ? referring to what Christ had said ( John 13:33 ), Whither I go, you cannot come. The practical …
4167 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1012.89 (Matthew Henry)
1. As confirming what he had often said, that his undertaking, as Mediator, was a demonstration to the world, (1.) Of his compliance with the Father; hereby it appeared …
4168 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1013.19 (Matthew Henry)
… Psalms 89:33. Because he continued to love his Father, he went cheerfully through his sufferings, and therefore his Father continued to love him. 3. That therefore …
4169 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1014.89 (Matthew Henry)
3. The gentle rebuke Christ gave the disciples for their confidence that they now understood him, John 16:31, 16:32. Observing how they triumphed in their attainments …
4170 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1014.92 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Psalms 89:21 ), and to preserve him ( Isaiah 49:8 ); this emboldened him, Isaiah 50:7. Even when he complained of his Father’s forsaking him, yet he called him My God, and …
4171 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1015.61 (Matthew Henry)
… , Psalms 89:35. If he be a holy God and hate sin, he will make those holy that are his, and keep them from sin, which they also hate and dread as the greatest evil. 2. From …
4172 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1015.89 (Matthew Henry)
2. The merit he had for them is another thing here pleaded ( John 17:19 ): For their sakes I sanctify myself. Here is, (1.) Christ’s designation of himself to the work …
4173 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1016.89 (Matthew Henry)
(3.) Pilate resents Christ’s answer, and takes it very ill, John 18:35. This is a direct answer to Christ’s question, John 18:34. [1.] Christ had asked him whether he spoke …
4174 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1017.89 (Matthew Henry)
2. The scripture was fulfilled in the piercing of his side ( John 19:37 ): They shall look on me whom they had pierced; so it is written, Zechariah 12:10. And there the …
4175 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1018.47 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Psalms 89:26 ), that he might be the God of the redeemed, to save them. The summary of the new covenant is that God will be to us a God; and therefore Christ being the …
4176 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1018.89 (Matthew Henry)
(2.) He upbraids him with his former incredulity. He might well be ashamed to think, [1.] That he had been so backward to believe, and came so slowly to his own comforts …
4177 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1021.38 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Psalms 89:21 ), With him my hand shall be established, my arm also shall strengthen him; and therefore he is confident the work shall not miscarry in his hand. If …
4178 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1028.15 (Matthew Henry)
… 7:89 ); and to the prophets. God’s manifestations of himself were never dumb shows, for he magnifies his word above all his name, and what was seen was alway designed …
4179 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1032.36 (Matthew Henry)
… , Psalms 89:20. God himself pitched upon him. Finding implies seeking; as if God had ransacked all the families of Israel to find a man fit for his purpose, and this …
4180 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1032.48 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Psalms 89:1, 89:2, 89:5, 89:24, 89:33 ), and upon the oath God had sworn by his holiness, Psalms 89:35. Now this makes them sure mercies indeed that he who is entrusted with …