Mateus 9
David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin
Mateus 9
Guzik points out that "In one way this was more of a sacrifice than some of the other disciples made. Peter, James, and John could more easily go back to their fishing business, but it would be hard for Levi to go back to tax collecting. There is archaeological evidence that fish taken from the Sea of Galilee were taxed. So Jesus took as His disciple the taxman that may have taken money from Peter, James, and John and the other fishermen among the disciples. This might have made for some awkward introductions." (Matthew 9 Commentary)
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Guzik - This ruler did the right thing in coming to Jesus, but his faith is small in comparison to the centurion of Matthew 8. The ruler thought it is essential that Jesus personally come touch the little girl, while the centurion understood Jesus had the authority to heal with a word, even at a great distance. (Matthew 9 Commentary)
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Guzik says "her faith was in Jesus; and the object of faith is much more important than the quality or even quantity of faith." (Matthew 9 Commentary) NET Note - The edge of his cloak refers to the kraspedon, the blue tassel on the garment that symbolized a Jewish man's obedience to the law (cf. Num 15:37-41). The woman thus touched the very part of Jesus' clothing that indicated his ritual purity.
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Guzik - Because this woman’s condition was embarrassing, and because she was ceremonially unclean and would be condemned for touching Jesus or even being in a pressing crowd, she wanted to do this secretly. She would not openly ask Jesus to be healed, but she thought “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” (Matthew 9 Commentary) Great fear kept her from facing Him: great faith led her to believe that a touch of his robe behind him would cure her. C H
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Guzik points out that "In the previous verses Jesus was terribly and unfairly criticized, yet it did not make Him stop His work. He didn’t say, “Oh, they are saying terrible things about Me! What can I do? How can I make them stop?” Jesus simply ignored terrible and unfair criticism and got about His Father’s business." (Matthew 9 Commentary) Adrian Rogers - Jesus looked at the marching, milling multitudes on their way to Hell, and Jesus wept tears over them. “He was moved with compassion”—not just that He had compassion; “he was moved with compassion” (Matthew 9:36). His compassion caused Him to do something. That’s what the word means. It literally means “to suffer.” And, dear friend, what good is orthodoxy without compassion? What good is it to dot every “I” and to cross every “T” if we can’t spell the word compassion? Someone has well said, “People really don’t care how much we know until they know how much we care.” Compassion. (Source: Sermon Rescue the Perishing - see page 75) He felt compassion for them - Here we see the true heart of Jesus, for His ultimate mission was to seek and save the lost (Lk 19:10+, Mk 10:45+) and as he encountered the depth of their depravity and thus their great need, He was moved with compassion. He felt sympathy with and for the people. He took pity on them. We should never think of Jesus as unfeeling or stoic in the face of the problems of people and this same truth applies today. He is still filled with great compassion for His creatures. Adrian Rogers - "Actually, the word compassion means, “from the pit of your stomach.” Have you ever hurt so bad that it feels like someone has kicked you in the stomach? That’s the word moved with compassion. The Bible speaks of His churning with pain. The Latin word compassio is a word that we get our word compassion from. It means, “to suffer with.”...It’s a very powerful word; it literally means “to convulse; convulsed.” I mean, it has the idea of just hurting right in here. “He was moved with compassion.” Do you know what the word compassion means? It comes from our English word meaning “with” and “passion,” meaning “to feel” or “to suffer.” Jesus was convulsed as He felt with those sheep. He saw them as sheep having no shepherd. That’s what caused Him to leave heaven and come and die for us....The word compassion comes from two Latin words: the first one, com, which means “with”; the second one, passion, which means “to suffer.” When we have compassion, we learn to suffer with other people. No man has ever been a great man of God, no man has ever been a great deacon, until he’s a man of compassion." (Source: Sermon on Zechariah 13:6 The Scars of Jesus - see page 64) Because - Term of explanation, explaining why Jesus was moved with compassion.
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Guzik - The good of a harvest can go to waste if there are no laborers to take advantage of the bounty. Jesus warned us that opportunities to meet human need and bring people into His kingdom may be wasted because of a shortage of laborers. (Matthew 9 Commentary) Luther - “The householder hath somewhat to do, the magistrate more, but the minister most of all. He labours more in a day many times, than the husbandman does in a month. The sweat of the brow is nothing to that of the brain; the former furthers health, the latter impairs it, wearying and wearing out the body, wasting the vitals, and hastening old age and untimely death.”
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Guzik - This is a prayer we must pray, but we can only pray it honestly if we pray with an ear open to hearing Him tell us, “You go into the harvest.” (Matthew 9 Commentary)