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97161 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.7 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:4 ), were very urgent with him, pleading for the centurion that which he would never have pleaded for himself, that he was worthy for whom he should do this …
97162 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.8 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:7 ), yet Christ thought him worthy to be visited by him; for those that humble themselves shall be exalted .
97163 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.9 (Matthew Henry)
… , Luke 7:8. Christ has a sovereign power over all the creatures and all their actions, and can change the course of nature as he pleases, can rectify its disorders …
97164 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.10 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:9 ): He turned him about, as one amazed, and said to the people that followed him, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel. Note, Christ will have those …
97165 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.11 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:10 ). They that were sent knew they had their errand, and therefore went back, and found the servant well, and under no remains at all of his distemper. Christ …
97166 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.13 (Matthew Henry)
… , Luke 7:11. Christ was doing good every day, and never had cause to complain that he had lost a day. It was done at the gate of a small city, or town, called Nain, not far …
97167 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.14 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:11 ), and a crowd of relations and neighbours attending the funeral of the young man, Luke 7:12. Thus there was a sufficient number to attest the truth of …
97168 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.18 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:13 ): When the Lord saw the poor widow following her son to the grave, he had compassion on her. Here was not application made to him for her, not so much as that …
97169 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.19 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:14 ): He came, and touched the bier, or coffin, in or upon which the dead body lay; for to him it would be no pollution. Hereby he intimated to the bearers that …
97170 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.20 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:16 ): There came a fear on all; it frightened them all, to see a dead man start up alive out of his coffin in the open street, at the command of a man; they were all …
97171 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.23 (Matthew Henry)
… , Luke 7:19, 7:20. We are sure that God has promised that a Saviour shall come, an anointed Saviour; we are as sure that what he has promised he will perform in its season …
97172 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.25 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:22 ) he bade them go and tell John what they had seen. And he and they might easily argue, as even the common people did ( John 7:31 ), When Christ cometh, will he …
97173 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.26 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:23 ): Blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me, or scandalized at me. We are here in a state of trial and probation; and it is agreeable to such a state …
97174 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.27 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:24 ), to make the people sensible of the advantages they had enjoyed in John’s ministry, and were deprived of by his imprisonment. Let them now consider …
97175 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.29 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:25 ); but, on the contrary, he lived in a wilderness and was clad and fed accordingly. Instead of adorning and pampering the body, he brought it under, and kept …
97176 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.30 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:26 ), than any of the prophets of the Old Testament; for they spoke of Christ as at a distance, he spoke of him as at the door.
97177 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.31 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:27 ): This is he of whom it is written ( Malachi 3:1 ), Behold, I send my messenger before thy face. Before he sent the Master himself, he sent a messenger, to give …
97178 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.34 (Matthew Henry)
… , Luke 7:29. The people indeed, the vulgar herd, of whom it was said, This people, who know not the law, are cursed ( John 7:49 ), and the publicans, men of ill fame, as being …
97179 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.36 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Luke 7:31 ): “ Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation ? What can I think of absurd enough to represent them by? They are, then, like children sitting in the …
97180 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 981.37 (Matthew Henry)
… , Luke 7:34. He would go and dine with Pharisees, though he knew they did not care for him; and with publicans, though he knew they were no credit to him; yet, in hopes …