Matthew 9:18-38
I. \\#Matt 1:1-3:17\\ The Presentation of the King
A. \\#Matt 1:1-2:23\\ The Offering of the King
1. \\#1:1-17\\ The King is Offered to the Reader
2. \\#1:18-25\\ The King Is Offered to Joseph
3. \\#2:1-12\\ The King Is Offered to the East
4. \\#2:13-23\\ The King Is Offered to Herod
B. \\#Matt 3:1-17\\ The Announcement of the King
1. Announced by John
2. Announced by the Father
II. \\#4:1-7:29\\ The Person of the King
A. \\#Matt 4:1-4:29\\ Powerful but humble
1. \\#4:1-11\\ Powerful but humble before Satan.
2. \\#4:12-17\\ Powerful but humble before government.
3. \\#4:18-22\\ Powerful but humble in the selection of His
disciples.
4. \\#4:23-25\\ Powerful but humble in ministry.
B. \\#Matt 5:1-7:29\\ Wise and Godly
1. \\#5:1-2\\ The Setting
2. \\#5:3-12\\ Be All You Can Be
3. \\#5:13-16\\ Do the Work
4. \\#5:17-19\\ Honor the Law
5. \\#5:20-6:18\\ Do It Better-Grace Always Exceeds the Law.
a. \\#5:21-48\\ Grace exceeds the Law in our dealings with people.
(1) \\#5:21-22\\ Keep It Civil
(2) \\#5:23-26\\ Make It Right
(3) \\#5:27-32\\ Keep It Pure
(4) \\#5:29-30\\ Control Your Vessel
(5) \\#5:31-32\\ Make It Work
(6) \\#5:33-37\\ Keep It True
(7) \\#5:38-42\\ Go the Second Mile
(8) \\#5:43-48\\ Love Them Anyway
b. \\#6:1-18\\ Grace exceeds the Law in our dealings with God.
(1) \\#6:1-4\\ Give unto God Alone
(2) \\#6:5-15\\ Pray unto God Alone
(3) \\#6:16-18\\ Fast unto God Alone
6. \\#6:19-34\\ Invest For Eternity
a. \\#19-20\\ An Investment Strategy
b. \\#21-24\\ Investment Truths
c. \\#25-34\\ Trust God Alone
7. \\#7:1-6\\ Don’t Judge
8. \\#7:7-11\\ Pray without Giving Up and Doubting
9. \\#7:12\\ Do Right by Others
10. \\#7:13-14\\ Walk through the Right Door
11. \\#7:15-20\\ Watch for False Professors
12. \\#7:21-23\\ Be Careful You Are Not A False Possessor
13. \\#7:24-27\\ Be Certain You Respond Wisely
14. \\#7:28-29\\ Closing
III. \\#8:1-11:1\\ The Power of the King
A. \\#Matt 8:1-39\\ Jesus’ Power and the Common People
1. \\#8;1\\ The Multitudes
2. \\#8:2-4\\ The Willingness of Jesus
3. \\#8:5-13\\ The Conduit of Jesus’ Power
4. \\#8:14-15\\ The Compassion of Jesus
5. \\#8:16\\ The Power of Jesus over Disease
6. \\#8:17\\ The Cost of the Power
7. \\#8:18-22\\ The Sacrifice of Jesus and His disciples
8. \\#8:23-27\\ The Power of Jesus over Nature
9. \\#8:28-34\\ The Power of Jesus over Demons
B. \\#Matt 9:1-42\\ Jesus’ Power and the Religious People
1. \\#9:1-17\\ The Religious Wondered (They had questions.)
a. \\#9:1-8\\ Did Jesus blaspheme? Can He forgive sins?
b. \\#9:9\\ Jesus continued to minister, calling His disciples?
b. \\#9:10-13\\ Did Jesus defile Himself with sinners?
c. \\#9:14-17\\ Did Jesus ignore the Law?
2. \\#9:18-26\\ Jesus continued to minister, His Power over Dire
Sickness and Death.
3. \\#9:27-31\\ Jesus’ Power over Blindness
4. \\#9:32-34\\ The Religious Are Deciding
5. \\#9:35-38\\ Jesus continued to minister, making shepherds out of
the sheep.
I. \\#Matt 9:1-42\\ Jesus’ Power and the Religious People
A. \\#9:1-17\\ The Religious Wondered (They had questions.)
B. \\#9:18-26\\ Jesus continued to minister, His Power over Dire Sickness and
Death.
1. Introduction
a. This section contains two powerful miracles to show Jesus’ power
over both dire sickness and death. While there is no mention of
the religious leaders in this section, we might call it, "The
Religious Reasoned"; for when they return, they will have made
significant progress in their decision concerning Jesus.
b. These accounts are related in \\#Mark 5:22-43, Lu 8:41-56\\
2. \\#18-19\\ The Setting
a. \\#18\\ "While he spake these things" - Jesus appears to still be
in Capernaum.
b. "there came a certain ruler" - A ruler of that city came to Jesus.
(1) \\#Luke 8:41\\ We learn that the ruler’s name was Jairus. As
the name, Jairus, is of Hebrew origins (meaning "whom God
enlightens") it is likely that he was a Jewish ruler, perhaps
of the synagogue or perhaps over the city.
(2) "worshipped"
(a) While the word is not always used to acknowledge deity,
it is used to acknowledge superiority.
(b) This man made no secret that he considered Jesus to be of
a higher rank than he; and considering his request, he
may have believed that Jesus was both Messiah and God.
(3) "My daughter is even now dead…."
(a) \\#Luke 8:42\\ We learn that the girl was 12 years old.
(b) From Matthew’s record, we might suppose that Jairus’
daughter had already dead. However, other passages tell
us that she was still alive.
Mr 5:23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the
point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be
healed; and she shall live.
Lu 8:42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a
dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
(c) This discrepancy can be answered in two ways.
i. The child was so close to dead that perhaps the
father spoke of what would happen momentary if Jesus
did immediately not come. Speaking of someone in this
condition like this is very common even today.
ii. It is obvious that Matthew is only summarizing some
of these events. For whatever reason, Matthew
shares only the highlights of this miracle. The
girl’s final condition is given; namely, that by the
time they arrive, she will be dead.
(4) "come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live." Jairus
had no doubt that Jesus could heal his daughter.
c. \\#19\\ Jesus and the disciples begin the journey to Jairus’ house.
3. \\#20-22\\ Power over Dire Sickness
a. \\#20\\ "a woman" - While traveling through the streets of
Capernaum, a woman in the crowd gains access to Jesus.
(1) This woman was "diseased with an issue of blood" - The exact
nature of her disease is not given; but since there was
little known of internal medicine at that time, it is likely
that she had an issue which caused her to bleed continuously.
(2) Such a condition condemned her under the Law as being unclean
and might explain her hesitance to state publically what her
faith and God’s power had done.
Le 15:25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of
her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of
the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall
be unclean.
(3) "twelve years" - The woman had this disease for twelve years.
It is interesting that the child Jesus was going to help was
also twelve years old.
(4) Mark records that this woman was getting worse and had spent
all the money she had.
Mr 5:26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that
she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
b. \\#21\\ Her faith
(1) "she said within herself" - The Bible records what the woman
was thinking.
(2) "If I may touch his garment, I shall be whole"
(a) This is another example of the means required to get
God’s power from heaven to earth. It is always by
faith.
(b) Here we have an example of a secret faith touching
heaven.
i. This miracle makes it obvious that faith does not
have to be proclaimed to be valid before God.
ii. While there may be times when God calls upon us to
publically demonstrate our faith, it is always the
FAITH never the DEMONSTRATION which moves God.
(c) The "hem of the garment" is probably a reference to the
tassels on either Jesus’ cloak or perhaps even His
prayer shawl (tallit).
i. The Jews were required by the Law to wear tassels in
the border of their garments as a mark that they
were different.
Numbers 15:38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make
them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and
that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and
remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not
after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
Deut 22:12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture,
wherewith thou coverest thyself.
ii. Most pictures show Jesus having a cloak over His
shoulder. The cloak served as a wrap in the day
and a blanket at night. It was a common piece of
clothing at that time and would have also had the
tassels.
c. \\#22\\ The healing - Matthew gives us a simplified version of the
healing, jumping from the beginning to the end.
(1) Mark agrees that the woman was healed—-and even tells us that
the healing occurred immediately upon touching the garment.
Mr 5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in
her body that she was healed of that plague.
(2) But whereas Matthew gives the indication that Jesus instantly
saw the woman, Mark tells us that she had to be found out.
Mr 5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of
him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee,
and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and
fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
(3) This hesitance was most probably from fear that she had been
too forward, especially since her physical condition had
condemned her.
(4) "Daughter, be of good comfort thy faith hath made thee whole"
Once found, Jesus comforted the woman concerning her healing
and affirms that it was her faith which secured her miracle.
4. \\#23-26\\ Power over Death
a. Bad news
(1) Matthew does not tell us that Jairus received word of the
child’s death as they were going to his house, but they did.
Mr 5:35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house
certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any
further?
(2) Such news would have broken the father’s heart, and perhaps
angered him some that Jesus had been delayed, even if but
by a few minutes, as they had traveled.
(3) Jesus spoke to encourage Jairus.
Mr 5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler
of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
(4) From these words and the power of Jesus’ miracle, we can learn
that faith has no limits. While raising the dead is a rare
miracle, it would seem that is what Jesus intended to do.
God is able to do the impossible.
b. Additional details:
(1) Only Peter, James, and John were allowed to see this miracle.
Mr 5:37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the
brother of James.
(a) This group are sometimes referred to as the "inner
circle" or the "inner three" as they were privileged to
see several things that the others were not.
(b) The Bible never gives a reason for this honor.
(2) Once Jesus arrived, He saw a large crowd.
(a) There were those who wept. It was customary during those
days for the wealthy to hire people to cry and mourn
over the dead.
Mr 5:38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the
tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
(b) \\#23\\ "saw the minstrels" - Matthew records
"minstrels" being there as well.
i. "minstrels" - Those who play musical instruments.
ii. Jairus was a ruler and probably a wealthy man. It
appears he might have hired or had musicians
playing to make his daughter as comfortable as
possible.
c. Jesus…
(1) \\#24\\ Spoke - "for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth"
Upon entering and seeing all that was going on, Jesus shocked
the crowd by stating that the girl was not dead.
(a) Of course, Jesus was speaking in the spiritual sense as
the spirit never dies.
(b) "And they laughed him to scorn"
i. The crowd’s response demonstrates how certain they
were that she was dead.
ii. It also shows a lack of true brokenness that should
have accompanied those who were genuinely saddened
by the girl’s death. Someone broken might anger at
such a statement, but they would not use it as an
opportunity to laugh and mock.
(2) \\#25\\ Had the crowd removed - "when the people were put
forth"
(a) Perhaps this was done because of their lack of faith.
The Bible relates that when people refuse to believe,
few mighty miracles can be done. \\#Matt 13:58\\
(b) However, Mark records that Jesus wanted the miracle to
be kept a secret.
Mr 5:43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded
that something should be given her to eat.
i. This was one secret that would seem to be difficult
to keep as many knew the child was dead and would
have to figure that something miraculous had
happened.
ii. And yet, Jesus may been purposely giving the people
present a way to explain away the miracle when He
told them that the girl was not dead but merely
asleep.
(3) Gave the girl life - "took her by the hand, and the maid
arose." Mark states that Jesus also spoke to the girl.
Mr 5:41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi;
which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
d. \\#26\\ Results - "the fame hereof went abroad into all the land"
Regardless of whether Jesus wanted the miracle kept quite or not,
the news spread.
C. \\#9:27-31\\ Jesus’ Power over Blindness
1. \\#27\\ Setting
a. This miracle does not appear to be recorded in any of the gospels.
b. "when Jesus departed thence" - Departing from Jairus’ house.
c. "two… men followed" - These men, having heard that Jesus raised
the girl from the dead, now have faith for their miracle.
2. \\#27\\ The men
a. "two blind men" - The men are blind.
b. "…saying, "Thou Son of David, have mercy on us."
(1) Although they do not directly ask for sight, that is the
"mercy" they are seeking.
(2) The Bible gives three times when Jesus is called
by this title.
(a) \\#Mt 9:27\\ By the two blind men.
(b) \\#Mt 15:22\\ By the woman of Canaan when Jesus was in
Tyre.
(c) \\#Mt 20:30\\ By two other blind men as Jesus leaves
Jericho going to the cross.
(\\#Mark 10:47, Luke 18:38\\ only make
reference to one man on this occasion.)
(3) It is a term that recognizes Jesus’ birth line to David. While
it does not always have to mean so, because some questioned
Jesus’ birth line due to Mary being pregnant before marriage,
when applied to Jesus, it seems to be a statement of faith.
3. \\#28-30\\ The healing
a. "when he was come into the house" - Whose house?
(1) Perhaps it was Peter’s. He had healed Peter’s mother-in-law
\\#Matt 8:14\\.
(2) Perhaps it was Matthew’s. Matthew has been saved and called
to follow Jesus \\#Matt 9:9\\.
(3) Matthew indicates that both lived in Capernaum; but then, it
could have been the home of someone else.
b. Jesus asks, "Believe ye that I am able to do this?"
(1) Jesus asks these men if they have faith in His power to give
this healing.
(2) This is the only time I can find where Jesus asks about a
person’s faith before healing them.
(3) "Yea, Lord" - They believe that they do.
(4) \\#29\\ "According to your faith be it unto you" - Jesus
touches their eyes and grants them healing in proportion to
their faith.
(5) \\#30\\ "their eyes were opened" - Their faith must have been
as great as they thought it was for they were healed.
4. \\#30-31\\ The charge
a. \\#30\\ "See that no man know it"
b. There are six other occasions I can find where Jesus gives this
type of command.
(1) \\#Mark 5:43, Luke 8:56\\ These are Mark and Luke’s accounts
of Jairus’ daughter being raised from the dead.
(2) When Jesus had healed many with diseases and demons, He so
charged those who had the demons \\#Mark 3:12\\.
(3) When a man with leprosy is healed.
\\#Matt 8:4, Mk 1:44, Luke 5:14\\.
(4) When a blind man at Bethsaida is healed \\#Mark 8:26\\.
(5) A man in Decapolis who was deaf and had a problem speaking
\\#Mark 7:31-37.\\
(6) When He had "great multitudes about Him and He healed them all
\\#Matt 12:15-16\\.
c. As mentioned before, the best guess as to why Jesus would make this
charge was so that His popularity would not grow so fast that some
might try to force Him to be King before the cross. (Granted, if
that was Jesus’ concern, it would seem that He would perform His
miracles in a less public venue, but that is still the best guess.)
d. \\#31\\ "But they… spread abroad his fame in all that country"
(1) If that was Jesus’ goal, it never worked.
(2) Maybe Jesus was using reverse psychology (i.e. tell them not
to and they will!)
D. \\#Matt 9:32-34\\ The Religious Are Deciding
1. Introduction
a. I have shared that chapters 9 and 12 seem to be a turning point
for the relationship of Jesus and the religious leaders. Until
this point, the religious leaders have been mostly curious
about Jesus and Jesus teaches them. It is during this episode
that the religious leaders reveal the direction they are leaning
concerning Jesus.
b. The account of this accusation is repeated in
\\#Matt 12:22-37, Luke 11-14-26, and #Mark 3:22-30\\. At that time,
Jesus will answer His accusers.
2. \\#32-33\\ The healing
a. \\#32\\ "they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil"
Very little detail is given of the man.
b. \\#33\\ "when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake" - Likewise of
the healing.
c. This is the case in Luke 11 as well.
d. Even so, Jesus’ power was seen and "the multitudes marvelled."
3. \\#34\\ The decision
a. "the Pharisees" - Even though the religious seemingly had been
open minded about Jesus, the Pharisees in particular had been
chastised for their wickedness by Him \\#Matt 3:7, 5:20\\.
b. Now they declare, "He casteth out devils through the prince of the
devils."
(1) The "prince of the devils" would be the captain or leader of
the devils.
(a) \\#Matthew 12:24, Mark 3:22, Luke 11:15\\ use the term
Beelzebub, meaning "lord of the house."
(b) That would be Satan.
(2) The Pharisees accused Jesus of being in accord with the devil.
(3) Matthew does not record a rebuke from Jesus now, but He will
when the accusation is presented again. The severity of the
rebuke indicates the severity of the charge. It was a very
serious charge and indicates the Jewish leadership had
rejected Jesus.
E. \\#9:35-38\\ Jesus continued to minister, making shepherds out of the sheep.
1. \\#35\\ Jesus went about all the cities and villages" - If Jesus had
stayed in Capernaum since \\#Matt 9:1\\, He left here.
a. The Bible says Jesus went to "all" the cities and villages in that
area.
b. No one of that locality and time period could say they did not
have the opportunity to meet Jesus. If they did not, they choose
not to do so.
2. While traveling, Jesus….
a. …taught in the synagogues.
b. …preached the gospel of the kingdom. (While the religious
leaders seem on the verge of officially rejecting Jesus, as long
as Jesus was preaching the message of the coming kingdom, it was
not final.
c. …"healed every sickness and every disease."
3. \\#36-38\\ Jesus’ greatest concern
a. Jesus was stirred with "compassion." Biblical compassion is a
concern that moves a person to act.
b. When He saw…
(1) "they fainted" - Probably a reference to the large volume
of people who came and stayed until they were literally
passing out from hunger, heat, and/or weariness. Once word
of Jesus’ power was out, no doubt the needed waited for days
trying to reach Jesus.
(2) "and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd"
This is a reference to the spiritual condition of the people.
Earthly hunger, though severe, is nothing to be compared to
spiritual hunger and the condition of being "lost," having
no one to guide you to the Living Bread.
c. \\#37-38\\ He commanded.
(1) Being moved by the condition of the people, Jesus gave a
command to His disciples, both those alive then and now.
(2) \\#37\\ "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers
are few"
(a) Jesus compares the lost to a great field needing to be
harvested.
(b) Such a description implies there are souls that nothing
more than to be picked and brought into the fold of God.
(3) \\#38\\ The command - We are to pray that the Lord would
send the laborers to gather this precious crop.
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