the end. The Hebrew word {Schabbath,} from which our English word is derived, signifies rest, and is applied to all solemn festivals, equally with that one day of every week devoted to the worship of God; Eze 20:21, "they polluted my sabbaths." Three evangelists say, the transaction recorded in this verse, occurred upon the first day of the week, early in the morning, about sunrising, and John says, while it was yet dark. [Opse g3796 sabbaton g4521,] does not signify "in the evening of sabbath," but "sabbaths." Hence, the great feast having been concluded, the term "end of the sabbaths" denotes the time very clearly. Again, it may be observed that the Jews, speaking of their passover, sometimes speak according to their civil computation, wherein they measured their days from sun-rising to sun-rising. Sometimes according to their sacred computation, which was from sun-set to sun-set. This reconciles Nu 28:18, which seems to make the fourteenth day of the first month, the first day of unleavened bread. Mr 16:1,2; Lu 23:56; 24:1,22; Joh 20:1-10;
there. 27:51-53; Ac 16:26; Re 11:19;
was. or, had been. for. Mr 16:3-5; Lu 24:2-5; Joh 20:1,12,13; 1Ti 3:16; 1Pe 1:12;
countenance. 17:2; Ps 104:4; Eze 1:4-14; Da 10:5,6; Re 1:14-16; 10:1; 18:1;
his raiment. Mr 9:3; 16:5; Ac 1:10; Re 3:4,5;
shake. Job 4:14; Ps 48:6; Da 10:7; Ac 9:3-7; 16:29; Re 1:17;
Fear. Isa 35:4; 41:10,14; Da 10:12,19; Mr 16:6; Lu 1:12,13,30; Heb 1:14; Re 1:17,18;
ye seek. Ps 105:3,4; Lu 24:5; Joh 20:13-15; Heb 1:14;
as. 12:40; 16:21; 17:9,23; 20:19; 26:31,32; 27:63; Mr 8:31; Lu 24:6-8; Lu 24:23,44; Joh 2:19; 10:17;
Come. Mr 16:6; Lu 24:12; Joh 20:4-9;
go. ver. 10; Mr 16:7,8,10,13; Lu 24:9,10,22-24,34; Joh 20:17,18;
he goeth. ver. 16,17; 26:32; Mr 14:28; Joh 21:1-14; 1Co 15:4,6;
lo. 24:25; Isa 44:8; 45:21; Joh 14:29; 16:4;
with. Ezr 3:12,13; Ps 2:11; Mr 16:8; Lu 24:36-41; Joh 16:20,22; 20:20,21;
as. Isa 64:5; Mr 16:9,10; Joh 20:14-16;
All hail. Lu 1:28; Joh 20:19; 2Co 13:11;
and held. So 3:3,4; Lu 7:38; Joh 12:3; 20:17; Re 3:9;
worshipped. ver. 17; 14:33; Lu 24:52; Joh 20:28; Re 5:11-14;
Be. ver. 5; 14:27; Lu 24:36-38; Joh 6:20;
go. ver. 7; Jud 10:16; Ps 103:8-13; Mr 16:7;
my. 12:48-50; 25:40,45; Mr 3:33-35; Joh 20:17; Ro 8:29; Heb 2:11-18;
some. ver. 4; 27:65,66; 26:3,4; 27:1,2,62-64; Ps 2:1-7; Joh 11:47; 12:10,11; Ac 4:5-22; Ac 5:33,34,40;
stole. 26:64;
we. Ac 12:19;
until. 27:8;
the eleven. Mr 16:14; Joh 6:70; Ac 1:13-26; 1Co 15:15;
when. 16:28;
worshipped. ver. 9; Ps 2:12; 45:11; Joh 5:23;
but. 1Co 15:6;
All. 11:27; 16:28; Ps 2:6-9; 89:19,27; 110:1-3; Isa 9:6,7; Da 7:14; Lu 1:32,33; 10:22; Joh 3:35; 5:22-27; 13:3; 17:2; Ac 2:36; 10:36; Ro 14:9; 1Co 15:27; Eph 1:20-22; Php 2:9-11; Col 1:16-19; Heb 1:2; 2:8; 1Pe 3:22; Re 11:15; 17:14; 19:16;
ye therefore. Ps 22:27,28; 98:2,3; Isa 42:1-4; 49:6; 52:10; 66:18,19; Mr 16:15,16; Lu 24:47,48; Ac 1:8; 13:46,47; 28:28; Ro 10:18; Col 1:23;
teach all nations. or, make disciples, or Christians, of all nations. baptizing. Ac 2:38,39,41; 8:12-16,36-38; 9:18; 10:47,48; 16:15-33; 19:3-5; 1Co 1:13-16; 15:29; 1Pe 3:21;
the name. 3:16,17; Ge 1:26; Nu 6:24-27; Isa 48:16; 1Co 12:4-6; 2Co 13:14; Eph 2:18; 1Jo 5:7; Re 1:4-6;
them. 7:24-27; De 5:32; 12:32; Ac 2:42; 20:20,21,27; 1Co 11:2,23; 14:37; Eph 4:11-17,20-32; Col 1:28; 1Th 4:1,2; 2Th 3:6-12; 1Ti 6:1-4; Tit 2:1-10; 1Pe 2:10-19; 2Pe 1:5-11; 3:2; 1Jo 2:3,4; 3:19-24; Re 22:14;
I am. 1:23; 18:20; Ge 39:2,3,21; Ex 3:12; Jos 1:5; Ps 46:7,11; Isa 8:8-10; Isa 41:10; Mr 16:20; Joh 14:18-23; Ac 18:9,10; 2Ti 4:17; Re 22:21;
Amen. 6:13; 1Ki 1:36; 1Ch 16:36; Ps 72:19; Re 1:18; 22:20;
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON MATTHEW'S GOSPEL.
Matthew being one of the twelve apostles, and early called to
the apostleship, and from the time of his call a constant
attendant on our Saviour, was perfectly well qualified to write
fully the history of his life. He relates what he saw and
heard. "He is eminently distinguished for the distinctness and
particularity with which he has related many of our Lord's
discourses and moral instructions. Of these his sermon on the
mount, his charge to the apostles, his illustrations of the
nature of his kingdom, and his prophecy on mount Olivet, are
examples. He has also wonderfully united simplicity and energy
in relating the replies of his Master to the cavils of his
adversaries." "There is not," as Dr. A. Clarke justly remarks,
"one truth or doctrine, in the whole oracles of God, which is
not taught in this Evangelist. The outlines of the whole
spiritual system are here correctly laid down: even Paul
himself has added nothing: he has amplified and illustrated the
truths contained in this Gospel;--under the inspiration of the
Holy Ghost, neither he, nor any of the other apostles, have
brought to light one truth, the prototype of which has not been
found in the words and acts of our blessed Lord as related by
Matthew."
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