16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. …
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)Here, as before, Jacob and Israel are summoned to hearken to the prophet speaking in God’s name, or rather to God speaking in and by the prophet, and that as a type of the great prophet by whom God has in these last days spoken unto us, and that is sufficient: Come near therefore, and hear this . Note, Those that would hear and understand what God says must come near, and approach to him; let them…
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