Matthew 16:24 - Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Now the word deny (ARNEOMAI), means to reject. This is what it means in the Greek. The word deny seems a little soft. It means to reject yourself.
Matthew 17:2 - And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
A more accurate word would be transformed rather than transfigured. In fact, it is the Greek where we get our English word metamorphosis from. He was completely changed in form and in substance. He was transformed before them.
Matthew 17:6 - And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
In my humble opinion, the translators could have saved us some time here. Sore is from the word SFODRA that means exceedingly. They were terrified!
Matthew 17:15 - Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
I love the way these people come. They are asking for mercy. They are asking for compassion. They are not demanding it. For he is a lunatick. That is the Greek word for "moon-struck." Our term lunatic comes from lunar. There are people who suffer, or have behavioral times, or phases, based on the various phases of the moon. That is where the term lunatic, "acting like a lunatic" comes from, Lunar.
Matthew 17:17 - Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
Faithless means completely without faith. They were not lacking faith. They had none! The word "suffer" means to uphold or support. How long am I going to be around you? How long am I going to be the one that's supporting you, and you keep going to other people?
For some reason, parts 19 & 26 did not post. Thank you so much for pointing that out as I probably would not have caught it. What I have been doing is typing the things I find into a Word document for each book, and once I finish the book I'm studying, then I start posting the differences I see on that particular book. I will post those 2 parts later today. Again, thanks for catching that!
Matthew 22:9 - Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Go ye therefore into the highways, literally in the Greek Text, it's a phrase that means the connective highways outside of the city. Outside of cities, they had these connecting links where you could go down the main road and there would be an off-road that would come into the city.
But at the intersection of all these highways and roads out there is where all the traffic was going. It's much like our freeway systems that go right by town, if you want to get off at a certain town, you just take the off ramp. If you want to do any kind of good business, you go out on highways and you go outside the city to all this traffic that's going by. Most people walked or they took wagons, or horses, or something so they would see you off on the side of the road. But it's that connecting link of highways outside of the city that's mentioned in the Greek text.
Matthew 22:10 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Bad is the word PONAYROS. These are not bad people. These were evil people! And the good is AGATHOS, Good people. So, its God's people, and the evil, sinners. He says to gather everybody up.
It says that the wedding was furnished with guests. Our English text makes it sound like the wedding was furnished with people. The word guests here means recliners. They would always recline. They would lean on one elbow and have their feet lying backwards away from the table and with one hand they would eat.
That's why in John's Gospel, it talks about the disciple leaning back on Jesus' bosom to ask Him a question. It's because he's leaning back, and Jesus was right behind him so he could ask Him the question. They were all reclining at the table.
Matthew 21:9 - And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna is a Hebrew word that means "save now." It is a compound Hebrew word HOSHEA, which means save, and NA which means now. So, they are saying Hosanna to the Son of David. And again, that is a term for Messiah. "Save Now Messiah" is what they are singing. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. They are singing praise to Him.
Matthew 21:10 - And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
The Greek word for moved is SEISMOS. That is where we get seismology from, the study of earth movement. You have to remember that there are a few million people in Jerusalem, wall-to-wall people. And they're going who is this? What is going on here? Singing messianic praises to this man and giving him a dignitary's welcome into Jerusalem. So, they are saying, who is this?
Matthew 22:2 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king (so this is now royalty), which made a marriage for his son.
I want to emphasize the word GAMOS that is used here, because it is not a wedding. It is a wedding feast. The wedding is part of it, but we are talking here about the festivities that are at least seven days and can be 10 or 14 days.
Matthew 20:9 - And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
So those that came at the 11th hour, that would be 5 o'clock, they received every man a full day's wage. They remembered that the landowner told them "I'll pay you what is right,"
Matthew 20:10 - But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
And by now, this text tells us that the people who came at the beginning, that they saw the people who started work at 5 o'clock get a denarius, and they are saying "Well, that's what he was going to give us, but they have only worked for an hour." Just think what we are going to get! But when the first people came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a denarius.
Matthew 20:15 - Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Again, this word good is the word AGATHOS. This word is only applied to the good of God. KALOS is humanitarian good.
Matthew 20:30 - And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Now both Mark and Luke, they focus on one of these blind men. And his name is Bartimaeus. They don't mention the second one, but Matthew does. They heard that Jesus is passing by. And please keep in mind that they are blind. So, they cried out.
And that's the word for shout because you can imagine that there are a lot of people there. And what the crowds would try to do is just push the crippled and the blind to the side and get them out of the way.
So, they're shouting. Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. First of all, they asked for mercy. And second of all, they call Him the son of David and that is a Messianic term. What they are saying is "Have mercy on us Messiah!"
Matthew 19:16 - And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
The word good in this verse is the word AGATHON which comes from AGATHOS which in English means good. But there are different Greek words for the term good. This particular word is the good of God. It's the good that the Holy Spirit produces. When Jesus went about doing good, He didn't do KALOS, (humanitarian good). He went around doing AGATHOS. That is, He was touching people's souls, their spirits.
This man comes up to Jesus and says, Good teacher. He didn't say KALOS, like we would use today if we were to say he or she is a good teacher. This man is saying AGATHOS, good. What AGATHOS thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?
Matthew 19:17 - And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Jesus says to him is, why did you call me AGATHOS? There is none AGATHOS but one, and that's God. So, Jesus is saying do you realize you just called me God? Do you know why you called me that?
Matthew 19:22 - But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
The word for sorrowful is the word grieved. He was so hurt that he was in pain, for he had great possessions.
Matthew 20:2 - And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Please don't get the wrong idea about a penny being like one cent. It is actually a DENARIUS. That is the Greek word, and it means one day's wage. It is equal to about 17 or 18 cents of our money which was pretty good back then. It was the normal wage per day for a Roman soldier. So, these guys are getting paid pretty good. He says I'll contract with you for a DENARIUS if you work for me today in my field. So off they went!
Matthew 18:19 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
The word "agree" is the word SUMPHONAY, and it's where we get our English word symphony from. It doesn't mean that if we get together and agree on something that that will create some kind of a magical formula that causes God's Spirit to go out and do things.
What a dangerous place this would be if that formula were given to us, and it was true. "Let's just agree on it! I have some things, so let's get together and agree on it and see what happens!" Can you see the danger? It means that if two of you shall be in harmony together as touching anything that you ask, it shall be done for them which is from my Father in heaven. He's talking about the unity in the body of Christ. There's only one message, and only one song that is being played by the Symphony.
There are many different parts. Your function is different than mine, but we are all playing the same song. If I offend you, and you decide to play your own song right in the middle of our song, we're going to have problems. God will not answer prayer if there's not harmony because I am praying one way, and you are praying another. I'm praying against you and you against me.
Matthew 19:14 - But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Suffer in Greek means allow. What's interesting is the verb tenses. Jesus said, allow the little children. That's an Aorist Tense. Basically, He is saying once and for all, immediately, I'm telling you, allow the little children and do not forbid them. The verb tense for forbid is in the Present Tense, Present Imperative. What Jesus is literally saying is "Stop forbidding them to come to me." They were continually doing it, and Jesus says, "for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 17:19 - Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
The word could is the word ability in the Greek text. Why did we not have the ability, the capacity?
Matthew 17:20 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Notice this because in the Greek it is literally "You are without faith." It specifically says you have none.
Matthew 17:21 - Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Just general information to share about Verse 21. If you are into following manuscripts, it is an addition. It is not in some manuscripts. But it actually describes what Jesus said about praying.
Matthew 17:23 - And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
The word sorry is the word LUPAY, that means grief. They were exceedingly grieved. Remember before Peter rebuked Him when he said it. There's a difference between being sorry and being grieved!
Matthew 17:27 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Again, offend (which I previously shared) is the word SCANDALON, or SCANDALIDZO, lest we be the rock that they trip over in coming to the truth.
Continuation in Matthew, (Part 20):
Matthew 16:24 - Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Now the word deny (ARNEOMAI), means to reject. This is what it means in the Greek. The word deny seems a little soft. It means to reject yourself.
Matthew 17:2 - And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
A more accurate word would be transformed rather than transfigured. In fact, it is the Greek where we get our English word metamorphosis from. He was completely changed in form and in substance. He was transformed before them.
Matthew 17:6 - And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
In my humble opinion, the translators could have saved us some time here. Sore is from the word SFODRA that means exceedingly. They were terrified!
Matthew 17:15 - Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
I love the way these people come. They are asking for mercy. They are asking for compassion. They are not demanding it. For he is a lunatick. That is the Greek word for "moon-struck." Our term lunatic comes from lunar. There are people who suffer, or have behavioral times, or phases, based on the various phases of the moon. That is where the term lunatic, "acting like a lunatic" comes from, Lunar.
Matthew 17:17 - Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
Faithless means completely without faith. They were not lacking faith. They had none! The word "suffer" means to uphold or support. How long am I going to be around you? How long am I going to be the one that's supporting you, and you keep going to other people?
Is it me or are we missing a part 19?
Forgive me but I always fall behind when traveling and this cellphone doesn't help much.
For some reason, parts 19 & 26 did not post. Thank you so much for pointing that out as I probably would not have caught it. What I have been doing is typing the things I find into a Word document for each book, and once I finish the book I'm studying, then I start posting the differences I see on that particular book. I will post those 2 parts later today. Again, thanks for catching that!
God Bless!!!
I thought maybe I was overlooking something.
Thanks and God bless.
Matthew 22:9 - Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Go ye therefore into the highways, literally in the Greek Text, it's a phrase that means the connective highways outside of the city. Outside of cities, they had these connecting links where you could go down the main road and there would be an off-road that would come into the city.
But at the intersection of all these highways and roads out there is where all the traffic was going. It's much like our freeway systems that go right by town, if you want to get off at a certain town, you just take the off ramp. If you want to do any kind of good business, you go out on highways and you go outside the city to all this traffic that's going by. Most people walked or they took wagons, or horses, or something so they would see you off on the side of the road. But it's that connecting link of highways outside of the city that's mentioned in the Greek text.
Matthew 22:10 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Bad is the word PONAYROS. These are not bad people. These were evil people! And the good is AGATHOS, Good people. So, its God's people, and the evil, sinners. He says to gather everybody up.
It says that the wedding was furnished with guests. Our English text makes it sound like the wedding was furnished with people. The word guests here means recliners. They would always recline. They would lean on one elbow and have their feet lying backwards away from the table and with one hand they would eat.
That's why in John's Gospel, it talks about the disciple leaning back on Jesus' bosom to ask Him a question. It's because he's leaning back, and Jesus was right behind him so he could ask Him the question. They were all reclining at the table.
Matthew 21:9 - And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna is a Hebrew word that means "save now." It is a compound Hebrew word HOSHEA, which means save, and NA which means now. So, they are saying Hosanna to the Son of David. And again, that is a term for Messiah. "Save Now Messiah" is what they are singing. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. They are singing praise to Him.
Matthew 21:10 - And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
The Greek word for moved is SEISMOS. That is where we get seismology from, the study of earth movement. You have to remember that there are a few million people in Jerusalem, wall-to-wall people. And they're going who is this? What is going on here? Singing messianic praises to this man and giving him a dignitary's welcome into Jerusalem. So, they are saying, who is this?
Matthew 22:2 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king (so this is now royalty), which made a marriage for his son.
I want to emphasize the word GAMOS that is used here, because it is not a wedding. It is a wedding feast. The wedding is part of it, but we are talking here about the festivities that are at least seven days and can be 10 or 14 days.
Matthew 20:9 - And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
So those that came at the 11th hour, that would be 5 o'clock, they received every man a full day's wage. They remembered that the landowner told them "I'll pay you what is right,"
Matthew 20:10 - But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
And by now, this text tells us that the people who came at the beginning, that they saw the people who started work at 5 o'clock get a denarius, and they are saying "Well, that's what he was going to give us, but they have only worked for an hour." Just think what we are going to get! But when the first people came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a denarius.
Matthew 20:15 - Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Again, this word good is the word AGATHOS. This word is only applied to the good of God. KALOS is humanitarian good.
Matthew 20:30 - And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Now both Mark and Luke, they focus on one of these blind men. And his name is Bartimaeus. They don't mention the second one, but Matthew does. They heard that Jesus is passing by. And please keep in mind that they are blind. So, they cried out.
And that's the word for shout because you can imagine that there are a lot of people there. And what the crowds would try to do is just push the crippled and the blind to the side and get them out of the way.
So, they're shouting. Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. First of all, they asked for mercy. And second of all, they call Him the son of David and that is a Messianic term. What they are saying is "Have mercy on us Messiah!"
Matthew 19:16 - And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
The word good in this verse is the word AGATHON which comes from AGATHOS which in English means good. But there are different Greek words for the term good. This particular word is the good of God. It's the good that the Holy Spirit produces. When Jesus went about doing good, He didn't do KALOS, (humanitarian good). He went around doing AGATHOS. That is, He was touching people's souls, their spirits.
This man comes up to Jesus and says, Good teacher. He didn't say KALOS, like we would use today if we were to say he or she is a good teacher. This man is saying AGATHOS, good. What AGATHOS thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?
Matthew 19:17 - And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Jesus says to him is, why did you call me AGATHOS? There is none AGATHOS but one, and that's God. So, Jesus is saying do you realize you just called me God? Do you know why you called me that?
Matthew 19:22 - But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
The word for sorrowful is the word grieved. He was so hurt that he was in pain, for he had great possessions.
Matthew 20:2 - And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Please don't get the wrong idea about a penny being like one cent. It is actually a DENARIUS. That is the Greek word, and it means one day's wage. It is equal to about 17 or 18 cents of our money which was pretty good back then. It was the normal wage per day for a Roman soldier. So, these guys are getting paid pretty good. He says I'll contract with you for a DENARIUS if you work for me today in my field. So off they went!
Matthew 18:19 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
The word "agree" is the word SUMPHONAY, and it's where we get our English word symphony from. It doesn't mean that if we get together and agree on something that that will create some kind of a magical formula that causes God's Spirit to go out and do things.
What a dangerous place this would be if that formula were given to us, and it was true. "Let's just agree on it! I have some things, so let's get together and agree on it and see what happens!" Can you see the danger? It means that if two of you shall be in harmony together as touching anything that you ask, it shall be done for them which is from my Father in heaven. He's talking about the unity in the body of Christ. There's only one message, and only one song that is being played by the Symphony.
There are many different parts. Your function is different than mine, but we are all playing the same song. If I offend you, and you decide to play your own song right in the middle of our song, we're going to have problems. God will not answer prayer if there's not harmony because I am praying one way, and you are praying another. I'm praying against you and you against me.
Matthew 19:14 - But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Suffer in Greek means allow. What's interesting is the verb tenses. Jesus said, allow the little children. That's an Aorist Tense. Basically, He is saying once and for all, immediately, I'm telling you, allow the little children and do not forbid them. The verb tense for forbid is in the Present Tense, Present Imperative. What Jesus is literally saying is "Stop forbidding them to come to me." They were continually doing it, and Jesus says, "for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 17:19 - Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
The word could is the word ability in the Greek text. Why did we not have the ability, the capacity?
Matthew 17:20 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Notice this because in the Greek it is literally "You are without faith." It specifically says you have none.
Matthew 17:21 - Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Just general information to share about Verse 21. If you are into following manuscripts, it is an addition. It is not in some manuscripts. But it actually describes what Jesus said about praying.
Matthew 17:23 - And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
The word sorry is the word LUPAY, that means grief. They were exceedingly grieved. Remember before Peter rebuked Him when he said it. There's a difference between being sorry and being grieved!
Matthew 17:27 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Again, offend (which I previously shared) is the word SCANDALON, or SCANDALIDZO, lest we be the rock that they trip over in coming to the truth.
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