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Selected Verse: Matthew 4:23 - Strong Concordance
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| Mt 4:23 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] Jesus [2424] went about [4013] all [3650] Galilee [1056], teaching [1321] in [1722] their [846] synagogues [4864], and [2532] preaching [2784] the gospel [2098] of the kingdom [932], and [2532] healing [2323] all [3956] manner of sickness [3554] and [2532] all [3956] manner of disease [3119] among [1722] the people [2992]. |
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King James |
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. |
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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] |
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues--These were houses of local worship. It cannot be proved that they existed before the Babylonish captivity; but as they began to be erected soon after it, probably the idea was suggested by the religious inconveniences to which the captives had been subjected. In our Lord's time, the rule was to have one wherever ten learned men or professed students of the law resided; and they extended to Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, and most places of the dispersion. The larger towns had several, and in Jerusalem the number approached five hundred. In point of officers and mode of worship, the Christian congregations are modelled after the synagogue.
and preaching the gospel of the kingdom--proclaiming the glad tidings of the kingdom,
and healing all manner of sickness--every disease.
and all manner of disease among the people--every complaint. The word means any incipient malady causing "softness." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
All Galilee - See the notes at Mat 2:22.
Synagogues - Places of worship, or places where the people assembled together to worship God. The origin of synagogues is involved in much obscurity. The sacrifices of the Jews were appointed to be held in one place, at Jerusalem. But there was nothing to forbid the other services of religion to be performed at any other place. 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, Kg2 4:23; Sa1 10:5-11. 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. At what time they were commenced is unknown. They are mentioned by Josephus a considerable time before the coming of Christ; and in his time they were multiplied, not only in Judea, but wherever there were Jews. There were no less than 480 in Jerusalem alone before it was taken by the Romans.
Synagogues were built in any place where ten men were found who were willing to associate for the purpose, and were the regular customary places of worship. In them the law, i. e. the Old Testament, divided into suitable portions, was read, prayers were offered, and the Scriptures were expounded. The law was so divided that the five books of Moses, and portions of the prophets, could be read through each year. The Scriptures. after being read, were expounded. This was done, either by the officers of the synagogue, or by any person who might be invited by the officiating minister. Our Saviour and the apostles were in the habit of attending at those places continually, and of speaking to the people, Luk 4:15-27; Act 13:14-15.
The synagogues were built in imitation of the temple, with a center building, supported by pillars, and a court surrounding it. See the notes at Mat 21:12. In the center building, or chapel, was a place prepared for the reading of the law. The law was kept in a chest, or ark, near to the pulpit. The uppermost seats Mat 23:6 were those nearest to the pulpit. The people sat around, facing the pulpit. When the law was read, the officiating person rose; when it was expounded, he was seated. Our Saviour imitated their example, and was commonly seated in addressing the people, Mat 5:1; Mat 13:1.
Teaching - Instructing the people, or explaining the gospel.
The gospel of the kingdom - The good news respecting the kingdom he was about to set up; or the good news respecting the coming of the Messiah and the nature of his kingdom.
Preaching - See the notes at Mat 3:1.
All manner of sickness - All kinds of sickness. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
kingdom
(See Scofield) - (Mat 3:2). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
, Mat 4:24
Sickness, Disease, Torments, Taken, Lunatic
The description of the ailments to which our Lord's power was applied gains in vividness by study of the words in detail. In Mat 4:23, the Rev. 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). Homer always represents νόσος as the visitation of an angry deity. Hence used of the plague which Apollo sent upon the Greeks ("Iliad," 1:10). So Sophocles ("Antigone," 421) calls a whirlwind θείαν νόσον (a divine visitation). Disease is, therefore, the more correct rendering as expressing something stronger than sickness or debility. Sickness, however, suits the other word, μαλακίαν. The kindred adjective, μαλακος, means soft, as a couch or newly-ploughed furrow, and thus easily runs into our invidious moral sense of softness, namely, effeminacy or cowardice, and into the physical sense of weakness, sickness. Hence the word emphasizes the idea of debility rather than of violent suffering or danger.
In Mat 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). Then the idea of suffering is emphasized in the word taken (συνεχομένους), which means literally held-together or compressed; and so the Rev. holden is an improvement on taken, in which the A. V. has followed Wyc. and Tynd. The word is used of the multitude thronging Christ (Luk 8:45). Compare, also, "how am I straitened (Luk 12:50); and I am in a strait (Phi 1:1-3). 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. Note the word torments (βασάνοις). Βάσανος originally meant the "Lydian stone," or touchstone, on which pure gold, when rubbed, leaves a peculiar mark. Hence, naturally, a test; then a test or trial by torture. "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. Thus the idea of a test gradually passes entirely out of Βάσανος leaving merely the idea of suffering or torture. 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. 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." Lunatic, or moon-struck, (σεληνιαζομένους), is rendered by Rev. epileptic, with reference to the real or supposed influence of the changes of the moon upon the victims of epilepsy. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The Gospel of the kingdom - The Gospel, that is, the joyous message, is the proper name of our religion: as will be amply verified in all who earnestly and perseveringly embrace it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Teaching in their synagogues - Synagogue, συναγωγη, from συν, together, and αγω, I bring, a public assembly of persons, or the place where such persons publicly assembled. Synagogues, among the Jews, were not probably older than the return from the Babylonish captivity. They were erected not only in cities and towns, but in the country, and especially by rivers, that they might have water for the convenience of their frequent washings.
Not less than ten persons of respectability composed a synagogue; as the rabbins supposed that this number of persons, of independent property, and well skilled in the law, were necessary to conduct the affairs of the place, and keep up the Divine worship. See Lightfoot. Therefore, where this number could not be found, no synagogue was built; but there might be many synagogues in one city or town, provided it were populous. Jerusalem is said to have contained 480. This need not be wondered at, when it is considered that every Jew was obliged to worship God in public, either in a synagogue or in the temple.
The chief things belonging to a synagogue were:
1st. The ark or chest, made after the mode of the ark of the covenant, containing the Pentateuch.
2dly. The pulpit and desk, in the middle of the synagogue, on which he stood who read or expounded the law.
3dly. The seats or pews for the men below, and the galleries for the women above.
4thly. The lamps to give light in the evening service, and at the feast of the dedication.
5thly. Apartments for the utensils and alms-chests.
The synagogue was governed by a council or assembly, over whom was a president, called in the Gospels, the ruler of the synagogue. These are sometimes called chiefs of the Jews, the rulers, the priests or elders, the governors, the overseers, the fathers of the synagogue. Service was performed in them three times a day - morning, afternoon, and night. Synagogue, among the Jews, had often the same meaning as congregation among us, or place of judicature, see Jam 2:2.
Preaching the Gospel of the kingdom - Or, proclaiming the glad tidings of the kingdom. See the preceding notes. Behold here the perfect pattern of an evangelical preacher:
1. He goes about seeking sinners on every side, that he may show them the way to heaven.
2. He proclaims the glad tidings of the kingdom, with a freedom worthy of the King whom he serves.
3. He makes his reputation and the confidence of the people subservient not to his own interest, but to the salvation of souls.
4. To his preaching he joins, as far as he has ability, all works of mercy, and temporal assistance to the bodies of men.
5. He takes care to inform men that diseases, and all kinds of temporal evils, are the effects of sin, and that their hatred to iniquity should increase in proportion to the evils they endure through it.
6. And that nothing but the power of God can save them from sin and its consequences.
For glad tidings, or Gospel, see chap. 1. title (note). Proclaiming, see Mat 3:1 (note), and end (note); and for the meaning of kingdom, see Mat 3:2 (note).
All manner of sickness, and all manner of disease - There is a difference between νοσος, translated here sickness, and μαλακια, translated disease. The first is thus defined: νοσος, την χρονιαν κακοπαθειαν, a disease of some standing, a chronic disorder.
Infirmity, μαλακια, την προσκαιρον ανωμαλιαν· τοι σωματος, a temporary disorder of the body. Theophylact. This is a proper distinction, and is necessary to be observed. |
1 [1161] In [1722] those [1565] days [2250] came [3854] John [2491] the Baptist [910], preaching [2784] in [1722] the wilderness [2048] of Judaea [2449],
1 [1161] The same [1722] [1565] day [2250] went [1831] Jesus [2424] out of [575] the house [3614], and sat [2521] by [3844] the sea side [2281].
1 And [1161] seeing [1492] the multitudes [3793], he went up [305] into [1519] a mountain [3735]: and [2532] when he [846] was set [2523], his [846] disciples [3101] came [4334] unto him [846]:
6 And [5037] love [5368] the uppermost rooms [4411] at [1722] feasts [1173], and [2532] the chief seats [4410] in [1722] the synagogues [4864],
12 And [2532] Jesus [2424] went [1525] into [1519] the temple [2411] of God [2316], and [2532] cast out [1544] all them [3956] that sold [4453] and [2532] bought [59] in [1722] the temple [2411], and [2532] overthrew [2690] the tables [5132] of the moneychangers [2855], and [2532] the seats [2515] of them that sold [4453] doves [4058],
14 But [1161] when they [846] departed [1330] from [575] Perga [4011], they came [3854] to [1519] Antioch [490] in Pisidia [4099], and [2532] went [1525] into [1519] the synagogue [4864] on the sabbath [4521] day [2250], and sat down [2523].
15 And [1161] after [3326] the reading [320] of the law [3551] and [2532] the prophets [4396] the rulers of the synagogue [752] sent [649] unto [4314] them [846], saying [3004], Ye men [435] and brethren [80], if [1487] ye have [2076] [1722] [5213] any word [3056] of exhortation [3874] for [4314] the people [2992], say on [3004].
15 And [2532] he [846] taught [1321] in [1722] their [846] synagogues [4864], being glorified [1392] of [5259] all [3956].
16 And [2532] he came [2064] to [1519] Nazareth [3478], where [3757] he had been [2258] brought up [5142]: and [2532], as [2596] his [846] custom [1486] was [2596], he went [1525] into [1519] the synagogue [4864] on [1722] the sabbath [4521] day [2250], and [2532] stood up [450] for to read [314].
17 And [2532] there was delivered [1929] unto him [846] the book [975] of the prophet [4396] Esaias [2268]. And [2532] when he had opened [380] the book [975], he found [2147] the place [5117] where [3757] it was [2258] written [1125],
18 The Spirit [4151] of the Lord [2962] is upon [1909] me [1691], because [1752] he hath anointed [5548] me [3165] to preach the gospel [2097] to the poor [4434]; he hath sent [649] me [3165] to heal [2390] the brokenhearted [4937] [2588], to preach [2784] deliverance [859] to the captives [164], and [2532] recovering of sight [309] to the blind [5185], to set [649] at [1722] liberty [859] them that are bruised [2352],
19 To preach [2784] the acceptable [1184] year [1763] of the Lord [2962].
20 And [2532] he closed [4428] the book [975], and he gave it again [591] to the minister [5257], and sat down [2523]. And [2532] the eyes [3788] of all them [3956] that were [2258] in [1722] the synagogue [4864] were fastened [816] on him [846].
21 And [1161] he began [756] to say [3004] unto [4314] them [846], This [3754] day [4594] is [4137] this [3778] scripture [1124] fulfilled [4137] in [1722] your [5216] ears [3775].
22 And [2532] all [3956] bare [3140] him [846] witness [3140], and [2532] wondered [2296] at [1909] the gracious [5485] words [3056] which [3588] proceeded [1607] out of [1537] his [846] mouth [4750]. And [2532] they said [3004], Is [2076] not [3756] this [3778] Joseph's [2501] son [5207]?
23 And [2532] he said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], Ye will [2046] surely [3843] say [2046] unto me [3427] this [5026] proverb [3850], Physician [2395], heal [2323] thyself [4572]: whatsoever [3745] we have heard [191] done [1096] in [1722] Capernaum [2584], do [4160] also [2532] here [5602] in [1722] thy [4675] country [3968].
24 And [1161] he said [2036], Verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], [3754] No [3762] prophet [4396] is [2076] accepted [1184] in [1722] his own [846] country [3968].
25 But [1161] I tell [3004] you [5213] of [1909] a truth [225], many [4183] widows [5503] were [2258] in [1722] Israel [2474] in [1722] the days [2250] of Elias [2243], when [3753] the heaven [3772] was shut up [2808] [1909] three [5140] years [2094] and [2532] six [1803] months [3376], when [5613] great [3173] famine [3042] was [1096] throughout [1909] all [3956] the land [1093];
26 But [2532] unto [4314] none [3762] of them [846] was [3992] Elias [2243] sent [3992], save [1508] unto [1519] Sarepta [4558], a city of Sidon [4605], unto [4314] a woman [1135] that was a widow [5503].
27 And [2532] many [4183] lepers [3015] were [2258] in [1722] Israel [2474] in the time [1909] of Eliseus [1666] the prophet [4396]; and [2532] none [3762] of them [846] was cleansed [2511], saving [1508] Naaman [3497] the Syrian [4948].
5 After [0310] that thou shalt come [0935] to the hill [01389] of God [0430], where is the garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430]: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither [0935] to the city [05892], that thou shalt meet [06293] a company [02256] of prophets [05030] coming down [03381] from the high place [01116] with a psaltery [05035], and a tabret [08596], and a pipe [02485], and a harp [03658], before [06440] them; and they shall prophesy [05012]:
6 And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] will come [06743] upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy [05012] with them, and shalt be turned [02015] into another [0312] man [0376].
7 And let it be, when these signs [0226] are come [0935] unto thee, that thou do [06213] as occasion [04672] serve [03027] thee; for God [0430] is with thee.
8 And thou shalt go down [03381] before [06440] me to Gilgal [01537]; and, behold, I will come down [03381] unto thee, to offer [05927] burnt offerings [05930], and to sacrifice [02076] sacrifices [02077] of peace offerings [08002]: seven [07651] days [03117] shalt thou tarry [03176], till I come [0935] to thee, and shew [03045] thee what thou shalt do [06213].
9 And it was so, that when he had turned [06437] his back [07926] to go [03212] from Samuel [08050], God [0430] gave [02015] him another [0312] heart [03820]: and all those signs [0226] came [0935] to pass that day [03117].
10 And when they came [0935] thither to the hill [01389], behold, a company [02256] of prophets [05030] met [07125] him; and the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] came [06743] upon him, and he prophesied [05012] among [08432] them.
11 And it came to pass, when all that knew [03045] him beforetime [0865] [08032] saw [07200] that, behold, he prophesied [05012] among the prophets [05030], then the people [05971] said [0559] one [0376] to another [07453], What is this that is come unto the son [01121] of Kish [07027]? Is Saul [07586] also among the prophets [05030]?
23 And he said [0559], Wherefore wilt thou go [01980] to him to day [03117]? it is neither new moon [02320], nor sabbath [07676]. And she said [0559], It shall be well [07965].
22 But [1161] when he heard [191] that [3754] Archelaus [745] did reign [936] in [1909] Judaea [2449] in the room [473] of his [846] father [3962] Herod [2264], he was afraid [5399] to go [565] thither [1563]: notwithstanding [1161], being warned of God [5537] in [2596] a dream [3677], he turned aside [402] into [1519] the parts [3313] of Galilee [1056]:
2 And [2532] saying [3004], Repent ye [3340]: for [1063] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is at hand [1448].
1 Paul [3972] and [2532] Timotheus [5095], the servants [1401] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], to all [3956] the saints [40] in [1722] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424] which are [5607] at [1722] Philippi [5375], with [4862] the bishops [1985] and [2532] deacons [1249]:
2 Grace [5485] be unto you [5213], and [2532] peace [1515], from [575] God [2316] our [2257] Father [3962], and [2532] from the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547].
3 I thank [2168] my [3450] God [2316] upon [1909] every [3956] remembrance [3417] of you [5216],
50 But [1161] I have [2192] a baptism [908] to be baptized with [907]; and [2532] how [4459] am I straitened [4912] till [2193] [3739] it be accomplished [5055] !
45 And [2532] Jesus [2424] said [2036], Who [5101] touched [680] me [3450]? When [1161] all [3956] denied [720], Peter [4074] and [2532] they that were with [3326] him [846] said [2036], Master [1988], the multitude [3793] throng [4912] thee [4571] and [2532] press [598] thee, and [2532] sayest [3004] thou, Who [5101] touched [680] me [3450]?
24 And [2532] his [846] fame [189] went [565] throughout [1519] all [3650] Syria [4947]: and [2532] they brought [4374] unto him [846] all [3956] sick [2560] people [2192] that were taken with [4912] divers [4164] diseases [3554] and [2532] torments [931], and [2532] those which were possessed with devils [1139], and [2532] those which were lunatick [4583], and [2532] those that had the palsy [3885]; and [2532] he healed [2323] them [846].
23 And [2532] Jesus [2424] went about [4013] all [3650] Galilee [1056], teaching [1321] in [1722] their [846] synagogues [4864], and [2532] preaching [2784] the gospel [2098] of the kingdom [932], and [2532] healing [2323] all [3956] manner of sickness [3554] and [2532] all [3956] manner of disease [3119] among [1722] the people [2992].
24 And [2532] his [846] fame [189] went [565] throughout [1519] all [3650] Syria [4947]: and [2532] they brought [4374] unto him [846] all [3956] sick [2560] people [2192] that were taken with [4912] divers [4164] diseases [3554] and [2532] torments [931], and [2532] those which were possessed with devils [1139], and [2532] those which were lunatick [4583], and [2532] those that had the palsy [3885]; and [2532] he healed [2323] them [846].
2 And [2532] saying [3004], Repent ye [3340]: for [1063] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is at hand [1448].
1 [1161] In [1722] those [1565] days [2250] came [3854] John [2491] the Baptist [910], preaching [2784] in [1722] the wilderness [2048] of Judaea [2449],
2 For [1063] if [1437] there come [1525] unto [1519] your [5216] assembly [4864] a man [435] with a gold ring [5554], in [1722] goodly [2986] apparel [2066], and [1161] there come in [1525] also [2532] a poor man [4434] in [1722] vile [4508] raiment [2066];