All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David?”
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All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David?”
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And all the people were amased and sayde: Ys not this that sonne of David?
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And all the people were amased, and saide, Is not this that sonne of Dauid?
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Passages linked to Matthew 12:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 9:27 As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!”
- Matthew 22:42-43 saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.” He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
- John 4:29 “Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”
- Matthew 9:33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
- Matthew 15:30-31 Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them, so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Matthew 21:9 The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
- John 7:40-42 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee? Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
- Matthew 15:22 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 23 And all the people were amazed, and said,…
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
Ver. 23. And all the people were amazed] Admiration bred philosophy, saith the heathen. It bred superstition, saith the Scripture, when the world went wondering after the beast. {a} We may say, too, that it bred piety in this people, and still we see the word never works kindly, till men hear and admire it. Let others censure with the Pharisees; let us wonder with the multitude.
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{a} Admiratio peperit philosophiam, Rev 13:3.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This is the first conviction we meet with, from…
This is the first conviction we meet with, from the miracles wrought by our Saviour, that he was the Messiah, unless that of the two blind men, mentioned Mat 9:27; and their faith in it appears but weak, for they do not plainly affirm it, only ask the question, like the faith of those mentioned Joh 7:31, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But if I cast out devils by the Spirit…
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God,.... As it was certain he did, from the nature, use, and design of such miracles; and it could not be reasonably thought, that Satan would assist in what was so very opposite to his kingdom and interest, and was so serviceable to the cause and glory of Christ. All the three persons had an hand in the miracles of the Messiah; they were done by Christ, in his Father's name, and by the power of the Spirit of God; from which the following inference may be justly deduced,
then the kingdom of God is come unto you: meaning, either the Messiah himself; or rather, his kingdom, the Gospel dispensation, which both Christ and John had declared to be at hand; of which the performing of miracles, particularly the casting out of devils, whereby the kingdom of Satan was so much weakened, was a clear proof.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Is not this the son of David - That…
Is not this the son of David - That is, the Messiah.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. Is not this the son of David?]…
Verse 23. Is not this the son of David?] Is not this the true Messiah? Do not these miracles sufficiently prove it? See Isa 35:5.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain And all the people were amazed, and said, Is…
And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?--The form of the interrogative requires this to be rendered, "Is this the Son of David?" And as questions put in this form (in Greek) suppose doubt, and expect rather a negative answer, the meaning is, "Can it possibly be?"--the people thus indicating their secret impression that this must be He; yet saving themselves from the wrath of the ecclesiastics, which a direct assertion of it would have brought upon them. (On a similar question, see on Joh 4:29; and on the phrase, "Son of David," see on Mat 9:27).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. Amazed — These fresh displays of love surprised…
23. Amazed — These fresh displays of love surprised and melted their hearts. They cannot but feel the movings of faith upon one so mighty and so benevolent. Son of David — They no doubt were aware that he was reputed to be of the royal line; and these miracles, coming thus from him, awakened a presentiment that he might indeed be the illustrious Son of David, predicted in the prophets as the coming Messiah.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) Is not this the son of David?—The people…
(23) Is not this the son of David?—The people use (as the blind man had done in Mat_9:27) the most popular of all the synonyms of the Christ.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And all the people; the multitudes (Revised Version); i.e.…
And all the people; the multitudes (Revised Version); i.e. the various concourses of people that formed themselves at different times of the day and in different parts of the town. (cf. Mat_8:1 Mat_14:15, notes) Were amazed (existanto); here only in Matthew, but cf. Mar_2:12. And said, Is this (mhti outov estin). The form of the question suggests that it seemed altogether too wonderful to allow of an affirmative answer being returned. The American Committee of Revision wished to translate, "Can this be," etc.? The Son of David? (Mat_9:27, note)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 23. Is not this the Son of David? The…
23. Is not this the Son of David? The promised Messiah King who was to be the Son of David, according to the prophets (Isa. 11:10; 2 Sam. 23:5).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 12:23 Amazement was a common response to Jesus’ miracles…
12:23 Amazement was a common response to Jesus’ miracles (Mark 2:12; 6:51; Luke 2:47; 8:56; 24:22). • Could it be: The question expected a negative answer: Jesus did not fit their expectations for the Messiah, but his miracles did prompt the question.
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