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Selected Verse: Matthew 9:31 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 9:31 |
King James |
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country--(See on Mat 8:4).
A Dumb Demoniac Healed (Mat 9:32-34). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame - The report of what he had done. This was not unnatural for them. They were so filled with joy that they could not repress their feelings. In this, however, they violated the express command of the Saviour; but he was not responsible for that. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
But they - spread abroad his fame - They should have held their peace; for to obey is better than sacrifice, Sa1 15:22; but man must always be wiser than God, however, it may be profitable to remark,
1st. That honor pursues those who fly from it.
2dly. He who is thoroughly sensible of God's mercy cannot long contain his acknowledgments.
3dly. That God in general requires that what a man has received, for his own salvation, shall become subservient to that of others - Let your light so shine, etc.
God chooses to help man by man, that all may be firmly knit together in brotherly love. |
32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.