MATTHEW'S CALL AND FEAST. ( = Mar 2:14-17; Luk 5:27-32). (Mat 9:9-13) And as Jesus passed forth from thence--that is, from the scene of the paralytic's cure in Capernaum, towards the shore of the Sea of Galilee, on wh…
1Entonces, entrando Jesús en la barca, pasó al otro lado y vino a su ciudad.
2Y sucedió que le trajeron un paralítico, tendido sobre una cama; y al ver Jesús la fe de ellos, dijo al paralítico: Ten ánimo, hijo; tus pecados te son perdonados.
3Entonces algunos de los escribas decían dentro de sí: Este blasfema.
4Y conociendo Jesús los pensamientos de ellos, dijo: ¿Por qué pensáis mal en vuestros corazones?
5Porque, ¿qué es más fácil, decir: Los pecados te son perdonados, o decir: Levántate y anda?
6Pues para que sepáis que el Hijo del Hombre tiene potestad en la tierra para perdonar pecados (dice entonces al paralítico): Levántate, toma tu cama, y vete a tu casa.
7Entonces él se levantó y se fue a su casa.
8Y la gente, al verlo, se maravilló y glorificó a Dios, que había dado tal potestad a los hombres.
9Pasando Jesús de allí, vio a un hombre llamado Mateo, que estaba sentado al banco de los tributos públicos, y le dijo: Sígueme. Y se levantó y le siguió.
10Y aconteció que estando él sentado a la mesa en la casa, he aquí que muchos publicanos y pecadores, que habían venido, se sentaron juntamente a la mesa con Jesús y sus discípulos.
11Cuando vieron esto los fariseos, dijeron a los discípulos: ¿Por qué come vuestro Maestro con los publicanos y pecadores?
12Al oír esto Jesús, les dijo: Los sanos no tienen necesidad de médico, sino los enfermos.
13Id, pues, y aprended lo que significa: Misericordia quiero, y no sacrificio. Porque no he venido a llamar a justos, sino a pecadores, al arrepentimiento.
14Entonces vinieron a él los discípulos de Juan, diciendo: ¿Por qué nosotros y los fariseos ayunamos muchas veces, y tus discípulos no ayunan?
15Jesús les dijo: ¿Acaso pueden los que están de bodas tener luto entre tanto que el esposo está con ellos? Pero vendrán días cuando el esposo les será quitado, y entonces ayunarán.
16Nadie pone remiendo de paño nuevo en vestido viejo; porque tal remiendo tira del vestido, y se hace peor la rotura.
17Ni echan vino nuevo en odres viejos; de otra manera los odres se rompen, y el vino se derrama, y los odres se pierden; pero echan el vino nuevo en odres nuevos, y lo uno y lo otro se conservan juntamente.
18Mientras él les decía estas cosas, vino un hombre principal y se postró ante él, diciendo: Mi hija acaba de morir; mas ven y pon tu mano sobre ella, y vivirá.
19Y se levantó Jesús, y le siguió con sus discípulos.
20Y he aquí una mujer enferma de flujo de sangre desde hacía doce años, se le acercó por detrás y tocó el borde de su manto;
21porque decía dentro de sí: Si tocare solamente su manto, seré salva.
22Pero Jesús, volviéndose y mirándola, dijo: Ten ánimo, hija; tu fe te ha salvado. Y la mujer fue salva desde aquella hora.
23Al entrar Jesús en la casa del principal, viendo a los que tocaban flautas, y la gente que hacía alboroto,
24les dijo: Apartaos, porque la niña no está muerta, sino duerme. Y se burlaban de él.
25Pero cuando la gente había sido echada fuera, entró, y tomó de la mano a la niña, y ella se levantó.
26Y se difundió la fama de esto por toda aquella tierra.
27Pasando Jesús de allí, le siguieron dos ciegos, dando voces y diciendo: ¡Ten misericordia de nosotros, Hijo de David!
28Y llegado a la casa, vinieron a él los ciegos; y Jesús les dijo: ¿Creéis que puedo hacer esto? Ellos dijeron: Sí, Señor.
29Entonces les tocó los ojos, diciendo: Conforme a vuestra fe os sea hecho.
30Y los ojos de ellos fueron abiertos. Y Jesús les encargó rigurosamente, diciendo: Mirad que nadie lo sepa.
31Pero salidos ellos, divulgaron la fama de él por toda aquella tierra.
32Mientras salían ellos, he aquí, le trajeron un mudo, endemoniado.
33Y echado fuera el demonio, el mudo habló; y la gente se maravillaba, y decía: Nunca se ha visto cosa semejante en Israel.
34Pero los fariseos decían: Por el príncipe de los demonios echa fuera los demonios.
35Recorría Jesús todas las ciudades y aldeas, enseñando en las sinagogas de ellos, y predicando el evangelio del reino, y sanando toda enfermedad y toda dolencia en el pueblo.
36Y al ver las multitudes, tuvo compasión de ellas; porque estaban desamparadas y dispersas como ovejas que no tienen pastor.
37Entonces dijo a sus discípulos: A la verdad la mies es mucha, mas los obreros pocos.
38Rogad, pues, al Señor de la mies, que envíe obreros a su mies.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
Versículo 10
I. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house--The modesty of our Evangelist signally ap…
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house--The modesty of our Evangelist signally appears here. Luke says (Luk 5:29) that "Levi made Him a great feast," or "reception," while Matthew merely says, "He sat at meat"; and Mark and Luke say that it was in Levi's "own house," while Matthew merely says, "He sat at meat in the house." Whether this feast was made now, or not till afterwards, is a point of some importance in the order of events, and not agreed among harmonists. The probability is that it did not take place till a considerable time afterwards. For Matthew, who ought surely to know what took place while his Lord was speaking at his own table, tells us that the visit of Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, occurred at that moment (Mat 9:18). But we know from Mark and Luke that this visit of Jairus did not take place till after our Lord's return, at a later period from the country of the Gadarenes. (See Mar 5:21, &c., and Luk 8:40, &c.). We conclude, therefore, that the feast was not made in the novelty of his discipleship, but after Matthew had had time to be somewhat established in the faith; when returning to Capernaum, his compassion for old friends, of his own calling and character, led him to gather them together that they might have an opportunity of hearing the gracious words which proceeded out of His Master's mouth, if haply they might experience a like change.
behold, many publicans and sinners--Luke says, "a great company" (Luk 5:29) --came and sat down with him and his disciples. In all such cases the word rendered "sat" is "reclined," in allusion to the ancient mode of lying on couches at meals.
II
Versículo 11
II. And when the Pharisees--"and scribes," add Mark and Luke (Mar 2:6; Luk 5:21).
And when the Pharisees--"and scribes," add Mark and Luke (Mar 2:6; Luk 5:21).
saw it, they said--"murmured" or "muttered," says Luke (Luk 5:30).
unto his disciples--not venturing to put their question to Jesus Himself.
Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?--(See on Luk 15:2).
III
Versículo 12
III. But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them--to the Pharisees and scribes; addressing Himself to…
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them--to the Pharisees and scribes; addressing Himself to them, though they had shrunk from addressing Him.
They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick--that is, "Ye deem yourselves whole; My mission, therefore, is not to you: The physician's business is with the sick; therefore eat I with publicans and sinners." Oh, what myriads of broken hearts, of sin-sick souls, have been bound up by this matchless saying!
IV
Versículo 13
IV. But go ye and learn what that meaneth-- (Hos 6:6),
But go ye and learn what that meaneth-- (Hos 6:6),
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice--that is, the one rather than the other. "Sacrifice," the chief part of the ceremonial law, is here put for a religion of literal adherence to mere rules; while "mercy" expresses such compassion for the fallen as seeks to lift them up. The duty of keeping aloof from the polluted, in the sense of "having no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness," is obvious enough; but to understand this as prohibiting such intercourse with them as is necessary to their recovery, is to abuse it. This was what these pharisaical religionists did, and this is what our Lord here exposes.
for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance--The italicized words are of doubtful authority here, and more than doubtful authority in Mar 2:17; but in Luk 5:32 they are undisputed. We have here just the former statement stripped of its figure. "The righteous" are the whole; "sinners," the sick. When Christ "called" the latter, as He did Matthew, and probably some of those publicans and sinners whom he had invited to meet Him, it was to heal them of their spiritual maladies, or save their souls: "The righteous," like those miserable self-satisfied Pharisees, "He sent empty away."
V
Versículo 27
V. TWO BLIND MEN AND A DUMB DEMONIAC HEALED. (Mat 9:27-34)
TWO BLIND MEN AND A DUMB DEMONIAC HEALED. (Mat 9:27-34)
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him--hearing, doubtless, as in a later case is expressed, "that Jesus passed by" (Mat 20:30).
crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us--It is remarkable that in the only other recorded case in which the blind applied to Jesus for their sight, and obtained it, they addressed Him, over and over again, by this one Messianic title, so well known--"Son of David" (Mat 20:30). Can there be a doubt that their faith fastened on such great Messianic promises as this, "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened," &c. (Isa 35:5)? and if so, this appeal to Him, as the Consolation of Israel, to do His predicted office, would fall with great weight upon the ears of Jesus.
VI
Versículo 28
VI. And when he was come into the house--To try their faith and patience, He seems to have made them …
And when he was come into the house--To try their faith and patience, He seems to have made them no answer. But
the blind men came to Him--which, no doubt, was what He desired.
and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? they said unto him, Yea, Lord--Doubtless our Lord's design was not only to put their faith to the test by this question, but to deepen it, to raise their expectation of a cure, and so prepare them to receive it; and the cordial acknowledgment, so touchingly simple, which they immediately made to Him of His power to heal them, shows how entirely that object was gained.
VII
Versículo 29
VII. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you--not, Receive a cure p…
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you--not, Receive a cure proportioned to your faith, but, Receive this cure as granted to your faith. Thus would they carry about with them, in their restored vision, a gracious seal of the faith which drew it from their compassionate Lord.
VIII
Versículo 30
VIII. And their eyes were opened: and Jesus straitly charged them--The expression is very strong, denot…
And their eyes were opened: and Jesus straitly charged them--The expression is very strong, denoting great earnestness.
IX
Versículo 31
IX. But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country--(See on Mat 8:4).
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).
X
Versículo 32
X. As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil--"demonized." The…
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil--"demonized." The dumbness was not natural, but was the effect of the possession.
XI
Versículo 33
XI. And when the devil--demon.
And when the devil--demon.
was cast out, the dumb spake--The particulars in this case are not given; the object being simply to record the instantaneous restoration of the natural faculties on the removal of the malignant oppression of them, the form which the popular astonishment took, and the very different effect of it upon another class.
and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel--referring, probably, not to this case only, but to all those miraculous displays of healing power which seemed to promise a new era in the history of Israel. Probably they meant by this language to indicate, as far as they thought it safe to do so, their inclination to regard Him as the promised Messiah.
XII
Versículo 34
XII. But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils--"the demons throu…
But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils--"the demons through the prince of the demons." This seems to be the first muttering of a theory of such miracles which soon became a fixed mode of calumniating them--a theory which would be ridiculous if it were not melancholy as an outburst of the darkest malignity. (See on Mat 12:24, &c.).
XIII
Versículo 35
XIII. THIRD GALILEAN CIRCUIT--MISSION OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES. (Mat. 9:35-10:5)
THIRD GALILEAN CIRCUIT--MISSION OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES. (Mat. 9:35-10:5)
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people--The italicized words are of more than doubtful authority here, and were probably introduced here from Mat 4:23. The language here is so identical with that used in describing the first circuit (Mat 4:23), that we may presume the work done on both occasions was much the same. It was just a further preparation of the soil, and a fresh sowing of the precious seed. (See on Mat 4:23). To these fruitful journeyings of the Redeemer, "with healing in His wings," Peter no doubt alludes, when, in his address to the household of Cornelius, he spoke of "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil: for God was with Him" (Act 10:38).
Jesus Compassionating the Multitudes, Asks Prayer for Help (Mat 9:36-38). He had now returned from His preaching and healing circuit, and the result, as at the close of the first one, was the gathering of a vast and motley multitude around Him. After a whole night spent in prayer, He had called His more immediate disciples, and from them had solemnly chosen the twelve; then, coming down from the mountain, on which this was transacted, to the multitudes that waited for Him below, He had addressed to them--as we take it--that discourse which bears so strong a resemblance to the Sermon on the Mount that many critics take it to be the same. (See on Luke 6:12-49; and Mat 5:1, Introductory Remarks). Soon after this, it should seem, the multitudes still hanging on Him, Jesus is touched with their wretched and helpless condition, and acts as is now to be described.
XIV
Versículo 36
XIV. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted--This …
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted--This reading, however, has hardly any authority at all. The true reading doubtless is, "were harassed."
and were scattered abroad--rather, "lying about," "abandoned," or "neglected."
as sheep, having no shepherd--their pitiable condition as wearied under bodily fatigue, a vast disorganized mass, being but a faint picture of their wretchedness as the victims of pharisaic guidance; their souls uncared for, yet drawn after and hanging upon Him. This moved the Redeemer's compassion.
XV
Versículo 37
XV. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous--His eye doubtless rested immedi…
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous--His eye doubtless rested immediately on the Jewish field, but this he saw widening into the vast field of "the world" (Mat 13:38), teeming with souls having to be gathered to Him.
but the labourers--men divinely qualified and called to gather them in.
16
Versículo 38
16. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest--the great Lord and Proprietor of all. Compare Joh 15:1…
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest--the great Lord and Proprietor of all. Compare Joh 15:1, "I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman."
that he will send forth labourers into his harvest--The word properly means "thrust forth"; but this emphatic sense disappears in some places, as in Mat 9:25, and Joh 10:4 --"When He putteth forth His own sheep." (See on Mat 4:1).
Next: Matthew Chapter 10
Nuevo Testamento
Matthew — Capítulo 9
MATTHEW'S CALL AND FEAST. ( = Mar 2:14-17; Luk 5:27-32). (Mat 9:9-13) And as Jesus passed forth from thence--that is, from the scene of the paralytic's cure in Capernaum, towards the shore of the Sea of Galilee, on wh…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Entonces, entrando Jesús en la barca, pasó al otro lado y vino a su ciudad.
2Y sucedió que le trajeron un paralítico, tendido sobre una cama; y al ver Jesús la fe de ellos, dijo al paralítico: Ten ánimo, hijo; tus pecados te son perdonados.
3Entonces algunos de los escribas decían dentro de sí: Este blasfema.
4Y conociendo Jesús los pensamientos de ellos, dijo: ¿Por qué pensáis mal en vuestros corazones?
5Porque, ¿qué es más fácil, decir: Los pecados te son perdonados, o decir: Levántate y anda?
6Pues para que sepáis que el Hijo del Hombre tiene potestad en la tierra para perdonar pecados (dice entonces al paralítico): Levántate, toma tu cama, y vete a tu casa.
7Entonces él se levantó y se fue a su casa.
8Y la gente, al verlo, se maravilló y glorificó a Dios, que había dado tal potestad a los hombres.
9Pasando Jesús de allí, vio a un hombre llamado Mateo, que estaba sentado al banco de los tributos públicos, y le dijo: Sígueme. Y se levantó y le siguió.
10Y aconteció que estando él sentado a la mesa en la casa, he aquí que muchos publicanos y pecadores, que habían venido, se sentaron juntamente a la mesa con Jesús y sus discípulos.
11Cuando vieron esto los fariseos, dijeron a los discípulos: ¿Por qué come vuestro Maestro con los publicanos y pecadores?
12Al oír esto Jesús, les dijo: Los sanos no tienen necesidad de médico, sino los enfermos.
13Id, pues, y aprended lo que significa: Misericordia quiero, y no sacrificio. Porque no he venido a llamar a justos, sino a pecadores, al arrepentimiento.
14Entonces vinieron a él los discípulos de Juan, diciendo: ¿Por qué nosotros y los fariseos ayunamos muchas veces, y tus discípulos no ayunan?
15Jesús les dijo: ¿Acaso pueden los que están de bodas tener luto entre tanto que el esposo está con ellos? Pero vendrán días cuando el esposo les será quitado, y entonces ayunarán.
16Nadie pone remiendo de paño nuevo en vestido viejo; porque tal remiendo tira del vestido, y se hace peor la rotura.
17Ni echan vino nuevo en odres viejos; de otra manera los odres se rompen, y el vino se derrama, y los odres se pierden; pero echan el vino nuevo en odres nuevos, y lo uno y lo otro se conservan juntamente.
18Mientras él les decía estas cosas, vino un hombre principal y se postró ante él, diciendo: Mi hija acaba de morir; mas ven y pon tu mano sobre ella, y vivirá.
19Y se levantó Jesús, y le siguió con sus discípulos.
20Y he aquí una mujer enferma de flujo de sangre desde hacía doce años, se le acercó por detrás y tocó el borde de su manto;
21porque decía dentro de sí: Si tocare solamente su manto, seré salva.
22Pero Jesús, volviéndose y mirándola, dijo: Ten ánimo, hija; tu fe te ha salvado. Y la mujer fue salva desde aquella hora.
23Al entrar Jesús en la casa del principal, viendo a los que tocaban flautas, y la gente que hacía alboroto,
24les dijo: Apartaos, porque la niña no está muerta, sino duerme. Y se burlaban de él.
25Pero cuando la gente había sido echada fuera, entró, y tomó de la mano a la niña, y ella se levantó.
26Y se difundió la fama de esto por toda aquella tierra.
27Pasando Jesús de allí, le siguieron dos ciegos, dando voces y diciendo: ¡Ten misericordia de nosotros, Hijo de David!
28Y llegado a la casa, vinieron a él los ciegos; y Jesús les dijo: ¿Creéis que puedo hacer esto? Ellos dijeron: Sí, Señor.
29Entonces les tocó los ojos, diciendo: Conforme a vuestra fe os sea hecho.
30Y los ojos de ellos fueron abiertos. Y Jesús les encargó rigurosamente, diciendo: Mirad que nadie lo sepa.
31Pero salidos ellos, divulgaron la fama de él por toda aquella tierra.
32Mientras salían ellos, he aquí, le trajeron un mudo, endemoniado.
33Y echado fuera el demonio, el mudo habló; y la gente se maravillaba, y decía: Nunca se ha visto cosa semejante en Israel.
34Pero los fariseos decían: Por el príncipe de los demonios echa fuera los demonios.
35Recorría Jesús todas las ciudades y aldeas, enseñando en las sinagogas de ellos, y predicando el evangelio del reino, y sanando toda enfermedad y toda dolencia en el pueblo.
36Y al ver las multitudes, tuvo compasión de ellas; porque estaban desamparadas y dispersas como ovejas que no tienen pastor.
37Entonces dijo a sus discípulos: A la verdad la mies es mucha, mas los obreros pocos.
38Rogad, pues, al Señor de la mies, que envíe obreros a su mies.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 10
I. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house--The modesty of our Evangelist signally ap…
Versículo 11
II. And when the Pharisees--"and scribes," add Mark and Luke (Mar 2:6; Luk 5:21).
Versículo 12
III. But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them--to the Pharisees and scribes; addressing Himself to…
Versículo 13
IV. But go ye and learn what that meaneth-- (Hos 6:6),
Versículo 27
V. TWO BLIND MEN AND A DUMB DEMONIAC HEALED. (Mat 9:27-34)
Versículo 28
VI. And when he was come into the house--To try their faith and patience, He seems to have made them …
Versículo 29
VII. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you--not, Receive a cure p…
Versículo 30
VIII. And their eyes were opened: and Jesus straitly charged them--The expression is very strong, denot…
Versículo 31
IX. But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country--(See on Mat 8:4).
Versículo 32
X. As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil--"demonized." The…
Versículo 33
XI. And when the devil--demon.
Versículo 34
XII. But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils--"the demons throu…
Versículo 35
XIII. THIRD GALILEAN CIRCUIT--MISSION OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES. (Mat. 9:35-10:5)
Versículo 36
XIV. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted--This …
Versículo 37
XV. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous--His eye doubtless rested immedi…
Versículo 38
16. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest--the great Lord and Proprietor of all. Compare Joh 15:1…