47And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
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Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 43-50)We may observe here, I. The impression which Christ’s miracles made upon all that beheld them (Luke 9:43): They were all amazed at the mighty power of God , which they could not but see in all the miracles Christ wrought. Note, The works of God’s almighty power are amazing, especially those that are wrought by the hand of the Lord Jesus; for he is the power of God , and his name is Wonderful . The…
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