29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
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For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. …
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-31)As the parable of the prodigal son set before us the grace of the gospel, which is encouraging to us all, so this sets before us the wrath to come , and is designed for our awakening; and very fast asleep those are in sin that will not be awakened by it. The Pharisees made a jest of Christ’s sermon against worldliness; now this parable was intended to make those mockers serious. The tendency of th…
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