4For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
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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.
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. …
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)We have here, I. The reason given why Christ spent more of his time in Galilee than in Judea (John 7:1): because the Jews , the people in Judea and Jerusalem, sought to kill him , for curing the impotent man on the sabbath day, John 5:16. They thought to be the death of him, either by a popular tumult or by a legal prosecution, in consideration of which he kept at a distance in another part of the…
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