{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.3.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:3","href":"/jhn/6/#v3-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 1","snippet":"Comp. Matt. xiii. 1, xv. 29."}],"2":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.21.4.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 21:4","href":"/jhn/21/#v4-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 2, 48","snippet":"See Acts xxvii. 39 f., xxi. 5 ; Matt. xiii. 2, 48."}],"3":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.35.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:35","href":"/jhn/4/#v35-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 3","snippet":"The disciples saw the promise of rich crops: but Christ saw the spiritual harvest of which the fields were the image (Matt. xiii. 3 ff., &c.), even now come in its first-fruits, as the people from the city approached."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.10.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:10","href":"/jhn/14/#v10-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 3","snippet":"Comp. xii. 49 f., xvi. 18; Matt. xiii. 3, xiv. 27, xxiii. 1, xxviii. 18 ; Mark v. 36, vi. 50; Luke xxiv. 6; Rom. iii. 19, &c."}],"4":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.8.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:8","href":"/jhn/3/#v8-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 4","snippet":"Thus the form of the Lord's teaching corresponds with the teaching by parables in the Synoptists (Matt. xiii. 4, note)."}],"5":[],"6":[],"7":[],"8":[],"9":[],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[{"id":"henry.JHN.9.35.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 9:35","href":"/jhn/9/#v35-henry","text":"Matt. xiii. 12","snippet":"He had well improved the knowledge he had, and now Christ gives him further instruction; for he that is faithful in a little shall be entrusted with more, Matt. xiii. 12."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.51.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:51","href":"/jhn/1/#v51-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 12","snippet":"If, as appears probable, the title was now first adopted, it is to be noticed that it was revealed in answer to a signal confession of faith (Matt. xiii. 12)."}],"13":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.1.5.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 1:5","href":"/jhn/1/#v5-calvin","text":"Matthew 13:13","snippet":"Although by that small measure of light which still remains in us, the Son of God has always invited men to himself, yet the Evangelist says that this was attended by no advantage, because seeing, they did not see, (Matthew 13:13."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.2.19.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 2:19","href":"/jhn/2/#v19-calvin","text":"Matthew 13:13","snippet":"… that degree of obscurity, because he reckoned them unworthy of a direct reply; as he elsewhere declares that he speaks to them in parables, because they are unable to comprehend the mysteries of the heavenly kingdom, (Matthew 13:13."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.8.19.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 8:19","href":"/jhn/8/#v19-calvin","text":"Matthew 13:13","snippet":"They inquired about the Father; and yet when they had the Son before their eyes, seeing, they did not see, (Matthew 13:13."},{"id":"henry.JHN.2.19.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 2:19","href":"/jhn/2/#v19-henry","text":"Matt. xiii. 13, 14","snippet":"Thus he spoke in parables to those who were willingly ignorant, that they might not perceive, Matt. xiii. 13, 14."}],"14":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.18.20.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 18:20","href":"/jhn/18/#v20-calvin","text":"Matthew 13:14","snippet":"it is not given to all to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, (Matthew 13:14)"},{"id":"henry.JHN.2.19.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 2:19","href":"/jhn/2/#v19-henry","text":"Matt. xiii. 13, 14","snippet":"Thus he spoke in parables to those who were willingly ignorant, that they might not perceive, Matt. xiii. 13, 14."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.12.40.3","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 12:40","href":"/jhn/12/#v40-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 14, 15","snippet":"(Matt. xiii. 14, 15; Mark iv. 12; Luke viii. 10; Acts xxviii. 26, 27 ; Rom. xi. 8."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:39","href":"/jhn/12/#v39-westcott","text":"Matt xiii. 14","snippet":"Comp. Matt xiii. 14 f. ; Acts xxviii. 26 f."}],"15":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.12.40.3","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 12:40","href":"/jhn/12/#v40-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 14, 15","snippet":"(Matt. xiii. 14, 15; Mark iv. 12; Luke viii. 10; Acts xxviii. 26, 27 ; Rom. xi. 8."}],"16":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.20.29.3","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 20:29","href":"/jhn/20/#v29-calvin","text":"Matthew 13:16","snippet":"If it be objected, that this saying of Christ is inconsistent with another of his sayings, in which he declares that the eyes which behold him are blessed, (Matthew 13:16,) I answer, Christ does not there speak merely of bodily sight, as he does in this passage, but of revelation, which is common to all believers, since he appeared to the world as a Redeemer."},{"id":"bengel.JHN.6.40.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 6:40","href":"/jhn/6/#v40-bengel","text":"Matt. xiii. 16","snippet":"Those who beheld Christ had a great opportunity for believing ; and those of them who believed had a pre-eminent degree of blessedness. Matt. xiii. 16, “Blessed are your eyes, for they see.” ... everlasting life) even before the last day, of which the mention here follows immediately subsequent: as also at ver. 54, “hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the …"}],"17":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.20.29.3","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 20:29","href":"/jhn/20/#v29-calvin","text":"Matthew 13:17","snippet":"He draws a comparison between the Apostles and the holy kings and prophets, (Matthew 13:17,) who had been kept under the dark shadows of the Mosaic Law."}],"18":[],"19":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.8.44.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 19","snippet":"(See Matt. xiii. 38 and 1 John iii. 8; Matt. xiii. 19 ; Luke xvi. 8; xx. 34; Isai. lvii. 4; Numb. xvii. 10.)"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.17.15.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 17:15","href":"/jhn/17/#v15-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 19","snippet":"The word is so rendered in Matt. xiii. 19—38 ; 1 John ii. 13, 14 ; iii. 12 ; v. 18."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.12.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:12","href":"/jhn/10/#v12-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 19","snippet":"Comp. v. 28 f., Matt. xiii. 19 ; Acts xxiii. 10."}],"20":[],"21":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.53.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:53","href":"/jhn/6/#v53-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 21","snippet":"Compare v. 26 ; Matt. xiii. 21."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.16.1.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 16:1","href":"/jhn/16/#v1-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 21","snippet":"The image of stumbling over some obstacle in the way ..., which is common in the first two Gospels (e.g. Matt. xiii. 21) and is found more rarely in St Luke, occurs in this form only in these two places in the Gospel of St John."}],"22":[],"23":[],"24":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.3.8.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 3:8","href":"/jhn/3/#v8-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 24","snippet":"(Matt. xiii. 24."}],"25":[],"26":[],"27":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.12.21.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 12:21","href":"/jhn/12/#v21-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 27","snippet":"\" (Matt. xiii. 27."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.15.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:15","href":"/jhn/15/#v15-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 27","snippet":"Matt. x. 24 f., and the imagery of the parables: Matt. xiii. 27 f., xviii. 23 ff., xxii. 4 ff., xxiv. 45 ff. ; Mark xiii. 34; Luke xii. 37 ff., xiv. 17 ff., xvii. 10, xix. 13 ff."}],"28":[],"29":[],"30":[],"31":[],"32":[],"33":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.6.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:6","href":"/jhn/2/#v6-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 33","snippet":"two or three frkins apiece] The measure here (metretes) probably corresponds with the Bath, which was equivalent to three Sata (measures, Matt. xiii. 33), about 8| gallons."}],"34":[],"35":[],"36":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.6.51.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 6:51","href":"/jhn/6/#v51-chrysostom","text":"Matt. xiii. 36","snippet":"( Mark iv. 34: see Matt. xiii. 36."}],"37":[],"38":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.44.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-henry","text":"Matt. xiii. 38","snippet":"All wicked people are the devil's children, children of Belial (2 Cor. vi. 15), the serpent's seed (Gen. iii. 15), children of the wicked one, Matt. xiii. 38."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.8.44.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 38","snippet":"(See Matt. xiii. 38 and 1 John iii. 8; Matt. xiii. 19 ; Luke xvi. 8; xx. 34; Isai. lvii. 4; Numb. xvii. 10.)"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.17.12.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 17:12","href":"/jhn/17/#v12-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 38","snippet":"(3 Sam. xxvi. 5 ; see also Ps. lxxix. 11 ; Matt. xiii. 38 ; Luke xvi. 8."}],"39":[],"40":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.5.26.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 5:26","href":"/jhn/5/#v26-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 40","snippet":"Comp. v. 21 ; Matt. xiii. 40, &c."}],"41":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.6.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:6","href":"/jhn/15/#v6-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 41","snippet":"Comp. Matt. xiii. 41 f."}],"42":[],"43":[],"44":[],"45":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.3.8.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 3:8","href":"/jhn/3/#v8-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 45","snippet":"(Matt. xiii. 45.)"}],"46":[],"47":[{"id":"henry.JHN.12.33.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 12:33","href":"/jhn/12/#v33-henry","text":"Matt. xiii. 47, 48","snippet":"Some make it an allusion to the drawing of fish into a net; the lifting up of Christ was as the spreading of the net (Matt. xiii. 47, 48); or to the setting up of a standard, which draws soldiers together; or, rather, it refers to the lifting up of the brazen serpent in the wilderness, which drew all those to it who were stung with fiery serpents, as …"},{"id":"bengel.JHN.21.11.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 21:11","href":"/jhn/21/#v11-bengel","text":"Matt. xiii. 47","snippet":"Comp. Matt. xiii. 47, “ The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind.” ... was not broken) A new miraculous circumstance."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.21.11.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 21:11","href":"/jhn/21/#v11-ryle","text":"xiii. 47","snippet":"Matt. iv. 19 ; xiii. 47."}],"48":[{"id":"henry.JHN.12.33.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 12:33","href":"/jhn/12/#v33-henry","text":"Matt. xiii. 47, 48","snippet":"Some make it an allusion to the drawing of fish into a net; the lifting up of Christ was as the spreading of the net (Matt. xiii. 47, 48); or to the setting up of a standard, which draws soldiers together; or, rather, it refers to the lifting up of the brazen serpent in the wilderness, which drew all those to it who were stung with fiery serpents, as …"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.12.2.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 12:2","href":"/jhn/12/#v2-ryle","text":"xiii. 48","snippet":"(Compare Matthew v. 15; x. 10; xiii. 48, and John xv. 6."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.21.4.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 21:4","href":"/jhn/21/#v4-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 2, 48","snippet":"See Acts xxvii. 39 f., xxi. 5 ; Matt. xiii. 2, 48."}],"49":[],"50":[],"51":[],"52":[{"id":"henry.JHN.2.22.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 2:22","href":"/jhn/2/#v22-henry","text":"Matt. xiii. 52","snippet":"Note, The memories of Christ's disciples should be like the treasure of the good house-holder, furnished with things both new and old, Matt. xiii. 52."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.68.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:68","href":"/jhn/6/#v68-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 52","snippet":"The thought is of what Christ has, as they have known, and not of Himself: thou (unemphatic) hast in thy spiritual treasury ready to be brought forth according to our powers and necessities (Matt. xiii. 52) the words, or rather words of eternal life."}],"53":[],"54":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.4.44.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 4:44","href":"/jhn/4/#v44-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 54, 57","snippet":"(Matt. xiii. 54, 57 ; Mark vi. 1, 4 ; Luke iv. 23, 24."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.44.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:44","href":"/jhn/4/#v44-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 54, 57","snippet":"It may be noticed that the emphatic epithet own distinguishes the phrase used here from that found in Matt. xiii. 54, 57 (where \"own\" is inserted by some copies) and in Luke iv. 23, 24."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.27.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:27","href":"/jhn/7/#v27-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 54","snippet":"Compare Matt. xiii. 54 f."}],"55":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.8.58-59.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 8:58–59","href":"/jhn/8/#v58-chrysostom","text":"Matt. xiii. 55","snippet":"Because they had said, “The carpenter’s son” ( Matt. xiii. 55 ), and imagined nothing more concerning Him, He leadeth them by degrees to an exalted notion of Him."},{"id":"henry.JHN.14.22.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 14:22","href":"/jhn/14/#v22-henry","text":"Matt. xiii. 55","snippet":"… the most famous tribe in Israel was that of Judah; two of Christ's disciples were of that name: one of them was the traitor, the other was the brother of James (Luke vi. 16), one of those that were akin to Christ, Matt. xiii. 55."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.7.27.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 7:27","href":"/jhn/7/#v27-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 55","snippet":"See also Matt. xiii. 55 ; Mark vi. 3 ; Luke iv. 22."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.12.4.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 12:4","href":"/jhn/12/#v4-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 55","snippet":"(Matt. xiii. 55.)"}],"56":[],"57":[{"id":"henry.JHN.4.43-44.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 4:43–44","href":"/jhn/4/#v43-henry","text":"Matt. xiii. 57","snippet":"This due honour is more frequently denied them in their own country; see Luke iv. 24; Matt. xiii. 57."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.4.44.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 4:44","href":"/jhn/4/#v44-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 54, 57","snippet":"(Matt. xiii. 54, 57 ; Mark vi. 1, 4 ; Luke iv. 23, 24."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.44.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:44","href":"/jhn/4/#v44-westcott","text":"Matt. xiii. 54, 57","snippet":"It may be noticed that the emphatic epithet own distinguishes the phrase used here from that found in Matt. xiii. 54, 57 (where \"own\" is inserted by some copies) and in Luke iv. 23, 24."}],"58":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.11.40.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 11:40","href":"/jhn/11/#v40-ryle","text":"Matt. xiii. 58","snippet":"(Mark ix. 23; Matt. xiii. 58."}]}}