But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
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But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
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And when the people sawe it they marveyled and glorified god which had geve suche power to men.
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So when the multitude sawe it, they marueiled, and glorified God, which had giuen such authoritie to men.
Cross-references (16)
Passages linked to Matthew 9:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 7:16 Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
- Matthew 15:31 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.
- Acts 4:21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
- Mark 2:12 He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
- Luke 17:15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
- Luke 23:47 When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
- Luke 5:25-26 Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God. Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”
- John 15:8 “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
- Luke 13:13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.
- Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”
- Galatians 1:24 So they glorified God in me.
- Matthew 5:16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 12:23 All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David?”
- Matthew 28:18 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
- Mark 7:37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”
- Acts 21:20 They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled,…
8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
Ver. 8. They marvelled and glorified God] When the proud Pharisees blasphemed and were hardened; and so voided the counsel of God against themselves, Luk 7:30, or to their own singular disadvantage, Suo maximo damno. (Beza.)
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And as Jesus passed forth from thence,.... That is,…
And as Jesus passed forth from thence,.... That is, from Capernaum to the sea side; where, as Mark says, the multitude resorted, and he taught them;
he saw a man named Matthew; the writer of this Gospel. The other evangelists call him Levi, who was the son of Alphaeus: he went by two names; Mark and Luke call him by the name, which perhaps was the more honourable, or the least known, on purpose to conceal the former life of the apostle, which might expose him to the contempt of some; but he himself chooses to mention the name by which he was most known, as an apostle, and that the grace of God might appear the more illustrious in his calling and conversion. The Jews say (h), that one of Christ's disciples was called Matthew, which, as Levi, is an Hebrew name; for though he was a publican, yet a Jew; for it was common with the Jews either to be employed by the Roman officers in collecting the toll or tribute, or to farm it of them.
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Sitting at the receipt of custom, or "at the custom house", or "toll booth"; which both the Syriac version, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel, call or , the "publican's house". In the (i) Talmud mention is made of it, in the following parable, upon citing
"it is like, (say the doctors,) to a king of flesh and blood, who passing by , "the toll booth", or "publican's house", says to his servants, give "toll to the publicans": they reply to him, is not all the toll thine? he says to them, all that pass by the ways will learn of me, and will not avoid the toll; so says the holy blessed God, &c.''
The publicans had houses, or booths built for them, at the foot of bridges, at the mouth of rivers, and by the sea shore, where they took toll of passengers that went to and fro: hence we read (k) of bridges being made to take toll at, and of publicans being at the water side (l), and of (m), "the tickets", or "seals of the publicans"; which, when a man had paid toll on one side of a river, were given him by the publican, to show to him that sat on the other side, that it might appear he had paid: in which were written two great letters, bigger than those in common use (n). Thus Matthew was sitting in a toll booth, near the seashore, to receive the toll of passengers that came, or went in ships or boats.
And he saith unto him, follow me; notwithstanding the infamous employment he was in, as accounted by the Jews: this was no bar in the way of his call to be a disciple of Christ; and shows, that there was no merit and motive in him, which was the reason of this high honour bestowed upon him; but was entirely owing to the free, sovereign, and distinguishing grace of Christ, and which was powerful and efficacious: for without telling him what work he must do, or how he must live, and without his consulting with flesh and blood, at once, immediately
he arose, and followed him: such a power went along with the call, that he directly left his employment, how profitable soever it might be to him, and became a disciple of Christ.
(h) T. Bab. Sanhedrim, fol. 43. 1. (i) T. Bab. Succa, fol. 30. 1. (k) T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 33. 2. (l) Jarchi in Jud. v. 10. (m) Misn. Sabbat, c. 8. sect. 2. T. Hieros. Sabbat, fol. 11. 2. T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 78. 2. & Bechorot, fol. 30. 2. & Avoda Zara, fol. 39. 1. (n) Jarchi, Maimonides, & Bartenora in Misn. Sabbat, c. 8. sect. 2. & Gloss. in T. Bab. Bechorot, fol. 30. 2.
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So what was to the scribes an occasion of blaspheming, was to the people an incitement to praise God.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. When the multitudes saw it, they marvelled]…
Verse 8. When the multitudes saw it, they marvelled] Instead of εθαυμασαν, wondered, the Codex Vatic. and Cod. Bezae, with several other MSS. and versions, have εφοβηθησαν, feared. In the Gothic, and one copy of the Itala, both readings are conjoined, thus: And the multitudes seeing it, wondered and feared, and glorified God. Wondered at the miracle; feared to offend against such power and goodness; and glorified God for the works of mercy which he had wrought.
That which to the doctors of the law, the worldly-wise and prudent, is a matter of scandal, is to the humble an occasion of glorifying the Most High. Divine things make a deeper impression on the hearts of the simple multitude than on those of the doctors, who, puffed up with a sense of their own wisdom, refuse to receive the truth as it is in Jesus. The conversion of one rebellious soul is a greater miracle, and more to be admired than all that can be wrought on inanimate creatures. He who sees a sinner converted from the error of his way sees a miracle wrought by eternal power and goodness. May such miracles be multiplied!
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain They glorified God - See the notes at Mat…
They glorified God - See the notes at Mat 5:16. To “glorify” God, here, means to “praise him,” or to acknowledge his power. The expression, “which had given such power to people,” was a part of “their” praise. It expresses no sentiment of the evangelist about the nature of Christ, but is a record of their feelings and their praise.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Feared, and glorified God. Here it may be observed,…
Feared, and glorified God. Here it may be observed, that the people, before they praised, feared God, for the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. And St. Basil says, that fear, as a good guide, necessarily leads us to piety; and charity takes us, after having been exercised a little in fear, makes us perfect men. (St. Basil)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Multitudes saw it — No motives of self-interest…
8. Multitudes saw it — No motives of self-interest interfered to prevent their yielding to the force of demonstration. They glorified God. Had the hearts of the Pharisees and scribes, many of whom were present, been in a reasonable mood, they would have done the same.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) They marvelled.—The better reading, adopted by most editors,…
(8) They marvelled.—The better reading, adopted by most editors, gives they were afraid. This agrees better with St. Mark’s “they were amazed, and glorified God,” and St. Luke’s “they were filled with fear.” St. Mark gives the words they uttered, “We never saw it after this fashion;” St. Luke, “We saw strange things to-day.”
Which had given such power unto men.—It was natural that this should be the impression made on the great body of the hearers. They rested in the thought of a delegated authority, a “power given to men,” as such, without passing on to the deeper truth of the union of the manhood with God.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled; were…
But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled; were afraid (Revised Version); efobhyhsan . A more solely physical effect than the eyaumasan of the Textus Receptus. (For a similar instance of fear at miraculous events, cf. Mar_5:15) Resch"s supposition ("Agrapha," p. 62), that the difference of words here and in the parallel passages is due to various translations of the Aramaic, or rather of the Hebrew according to his theory, is in this ease not improbable (cf. supra, ver. 4, and Introduction, p. 14.). And glorified God, (cf Mat_15:31) which had given such power (authority, as ver. 6) unto men ( toiv anyrwpoiv); i.e. the human race. Observe that though the phrase recalls ver. 6, there is here no mention of forgiving sins: the multitudes appear to have thought only of authority to perform the miracle; further, that although the multitudes seem to have heard Christ"s words, they did not understand his expression to refer to Messiah.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 8. The multitude … marvelled. Why should they not?…
8. The multitude … marvelled. Why should they not? “His name shall be called Wonderful” (Is. 9).
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain The effect upon the people:
The effect upon the people:
v. 8. But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
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They were not interested in the scruples of the scribes and Pharisees; the miracle settled the matter so far as they were concerned. They were filled with the fear of amazement and relevance: A Healer in their midst that assumed and exercised divine rights, that manifested an authority over the soul as well as over the body! It may also be that the spirit of Christ was struggling in many of the hearts there present with the unbelief of the scribes. But finally they glorified, they praised God for giving such power to men, not only to the one man, Jesus, but through Him, to men that are His followers. "This power, which hitherto had been enthroned in the Most Holy Place as the prerogative of Jehovah, now stood embodied before them. Hence their joyous expression: He has given it to the Son of Man, and therefore to men. " God, through Christ, has given to men the power to forgive sins. It is the peculiar church power, by which the sins of the penitent sinners are remitted to them. "This power all men have that are Christians and are baptized, for therewith they praise Christ and have the word forgiveness in their mouth, that they can and may say when they want to and as often as it is needed: Behold, man, God offers thee His grace, presents to thee all thy sins, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven, only believe, then it is certain, or what other words one would use. This voice shall not cease among the Christians until the last day: Thy sins are forgiven thee, be full of gladness and comfort! Learn, then, that you can say and instruct others concerning the forgiveness of sins, that God in Baptism, in Absolution, on the pulpit, and in the Sacrament speaks to us, through the servant of the Church and through other Christians; them we shall believe, and we find forgiveness of sins."
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:8 The mixture of fear and praise in the…
9:8 The mixture of fear and praise in the crowd’s response corresponds to the awesome truth they perceived about Jesus. He is indeed the Son of God who has authority on earth to forgive sins (9:6).
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