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"Take his cross": is in the sense of "willingly to undergo the severe trials that fall to his lot" (2 Corinthians 1:5; Philippians 3:10); a figurative expression taken from the practice that "condemned criminals were compelled to take up their own cross and carry it to the place of execution" (Matthew 27:32; Luke 23:26; John 19:16). [a] [17]
Chrysostom: " Then that those to whom the love of God is preferred should not be offended thereat, He leads them to a higher doctrine.Nothing is nearer to a man than his soul, and yet He enjoins that this should not only be hated, but that a man should be ready to deliver it up to death, and blood; not to death only, but to a violent and most disgraceful death, namely, the death of the cross ...
Matthew 4 is the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament of Christian Bible. [1] [2] Many translations of the gospel and biblical commentaries separate the first section of chapter 4 (verses 1-11, Matthew's account of the Temptation of Christ by the devil) from the remaining sections, which deal with Jesus' first public preaching and the gathering of his first disciples.
Mark 4 is the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It tells the parable of the Sower , with its explanation, and the parable of the Mustard Seed . Both of these parables are paralleled in Matthew and Luke , but this chapter also has a parable unique to Mark, the Seed Growing Secretly .
The New International Version (NIV) organises the material in this chapter as follows: Judas Hangs Himself (verses 1–10) Jesus Before Pilate (verses 11–26) The Soldiers Mock Jesus (verses 26-31) The Crucifixion of Jesus (verses 32–44) The Death of Jesus (verses 45–56) The Burial of Jesus (verses 57–61) The Guard at the Tomb (verses 62 ...
Matthew 11:2-19 = Messengers from John the Baptist (Luke 7:18–35) Matthew 11:20–24 = Cursing Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum (Luke 10:13–15) Matthew 11:25–30 = Praising the Father (Luke 10:21–22) The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows: Matthew 11:1–19 = John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus
The verses quoted from Isaiah are from the Septuagint version of Isaiah 42:1–4. [4] One difference from the Hebrew version is found in verse 21 (Isaiah 42:4). In translation from the Hebrew version, this reads: and the coastlands shall wait for His law. In the Septuagint and in Matthew's Gospel this reads: and in his name shall the Gentiles ...
Chapter 18 of the Gospel of Matthew contains the fourth of the five Discourses of Matthew, also called the Discourse on the Church or the ecclesiastical discourse. [1] [2] It compares "the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven" to a child, and also includes the parables of the lost sheep and the unforgiving servant, the second of which also refers to the Kingdom of Heaven.
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