Matthew 14

Matthew 14:13-15

Mat. 14:13-15, “But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed, for they cannot recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. And when one of them that sat at meat heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.” Christ had told his host that he should not invite his rich friends and neighbors, expecting to be invited to a feast again by them, but should invite those that could not invite him again; and he tells him he shall be blessed, and should be recompensed at the resurrection of the just, intimating that he should be rewarded by feasting them. Now the Jews thought that the resurrection would be when the Messiah came. By the kingdom of God, they understood the kingdom of the Messiah; and that is the reason that when Christ told the Pharisee he should be blessed, for he should feast at the resurrection, that he makes this reply consenting to it, “They shall be blessed indeed, that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.”

Mat. 14:24-25

Matthew 14:24-25

Mat. 14:24, 25. “But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.” This which we are told of Christ shows what He was - viz., a Divine person. For it is spoken of in Job 9:8, as a property or act of God, “that He treadeth on the waves of the sea.” Christ here not only walks on the waters of the sea, but that when it is tossed with high waves, He treadeth on its boisterous waves. For it is said here that the ship was tossed with waves, and it is said in John 6:18, that the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.Mat. 14:24-27

Mat. 15:21-22