Matthew Episodes

Monday, 21 September 2026 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying: Matthew 22:43 “He says to them, ‘How then, David – in Spirit, ‘Lord,’ Him, he calls, saying...’” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus asked the Pharisees what they thought concerning whose Son the Christ is. Their answer to him was “David.” Their answer, despite being correct, was incomplete. To get them thinking on the right lines concerning the nature of the Christ, “He says to them, ‘How the...

Sunday, 20 September 2026 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.” Matthew 22:42 “saying, ‘What – you, you think about the Christ? Whose Son, He is?’ They say to Him, ‘The ‘of David’.’” (CG) In the previous verse, it was noted that when the Pharisees had gathered together, Jesus asked them a question. That question is now forthcoming. He was “saying, ‘What – you, you think about the Christ?’” The question is specific, and it refer...

Saturday, 19 September 2026 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Matthew 22:41 “Having been gathered, also, the Pharisees, He queried them, the ‘Jesus’.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus summed up the thought being discussed about the greatest commandment, saying that all the law and the prophets, they hang upon the premise that one is to love the Lord above all else and his neighbor as himself. It next says, “Having been gathered.” It is a perfect participle, signi...

Friday, 18 September 2026 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:40 “In these, the two commandments, all the law and the prophets, they hang.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus mentioned the second great commandment, loving one’s neighbor as oneself. Having said that, He next says words bearing emphasis, “In these, the two commandments.” There are the two commandments, and there is everything else which is positionally fixed within the scope of these first t...

Thursday, 17 September 2026 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:39 “Second, also, like it: You will love the ‘neighbor, yours’ as yourself.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus, referring to His citation of Deuteronomy 6:5, said that it is the first and great commandment. This answered the jurisprudent’s question, but Jesus has more to say before finishing, saying, “Second, also, like it.” The addition of these words is not superfluous, even if una...

Wednesday, 16 September 2026 This is the first and great commandment. Matthew 22:38 “This, it is – first and great commandment.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus responded to the question of the jurisprudent, saying, “You will love – ‘Lord, the God, yours’ in all the ‘heart, yours’, and in all the ‘soul, yours’, and in all the ‘cognition, yours’.” Having said that, He continues, saying, “This, it is – first and great commandment.” Some manuscripts change the words around and add in the defi...

Tuesday, 15 September 2026 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ Matthew 22:37 “The ‘also Jesus’, He said to him, ‘You will love – ‘Lord, the God, yours’ in all the ‘heart, yours’, and in all the ‘soul, yours’, and in all the ‘cognition, yours’.’” (CG) In the previous verse, the jurisprudent asked Jesus his question, which was, “Teacher, which-such commandment – greatest in the law?” In response, Matthew records...

Monday, 14 September 2026 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Matthew 22:36 “Teacher, which-such commandment – greatest in the law?” (CG) In the previous verse, a jurisprudent was introduced ready to ask a question of Jesus. He now asks what is on his mind, beginning with, “Teacher, which-such commandment.” The question is formed around an individualizing interrogative. It was introduced in Matthew 19:18. It is used in asking something like what sort of. It can be based on ...

Sunday, 13 September 2026 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, Matthew 22:35 “And he queried, one from them – ‘jurisprudent, testing Him’, and saying...” (CG) In the previous verse, Matthew noted that when the Pharisees had seen how Jesus muzzled the Sadducees, they gathered together. From that group, it next says, “And he queried, one from them.” The meaning is that he is from the just-mentioned Pharisee gathering. The reason for putting him forward isn...

Saturday, 12 September 2026 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. Matthew 22:34 “The ‘also Pharisees’, having heard that He muzzled the Sadducees, they gathered upon the same.” (CG) In the previous verse, it was noted that when the multitudes heard Jesus’ response to the Sadducees, they were astonished at His teaching. It next says, “The ‘also Pharisees’, having heard.” It is not said how they heard about Jesus’ response to the Sadducees. On...

Friday, 11 September 2026 And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching. Matthew 22:33 “And having heard, the crowds, they were outstruck upon the ‘teaching, His’.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus explained to the Sadducees that God is the God of the living, not the dead. Matthew next records, “And having heard, the crowds.” Rather than focus on the reaction of the Sadducees, Matthew notes the reaction of the crowds. The Sadducees would have little to say about J...

Thursday, 10 September 2026 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” Matthew 22:32 “‘I, I am the ‘God, Abraham’, and the ‘God, Isaac’, and the ‘God, Jacob’.’ Not, He is, the God – ‘God, dead’, but living.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus continued His words to the Sadducees, bringing up the subject of the resurrection and preparing to quote Scripture to support His words. He now cites words from Exodus 3:6 and 3:1...

Wednesday, 9 September 2026 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, Matthew 22:31 “Concerning, also, the ‘resurrection, the dead’, not you read the ‘having been uttered to you by the God’, saying...” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus began the substance of His answer to the Sadducees’ question, telling them that in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Rather, they are like the angels of God in heaven. Jesu...

Tuesday, 8 September 2026 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven. Matthew 22:30 “In, indeed, the resurrection, neither they marry, nor they are espoused, but like ‘messengers, the God, in heaven’, they are.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus replied to the Sadducees’ question, telling them they didn’t know Scripture or the power of God. In direct response to the question, Jesus answers, saying, “In, indeed, the resurrection, ...

Monday, 7 September 2026 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. Matthew 22:29 “Answering, also, the ‘Jesus’, He said to them, ‘You roam, not having known the Scriptures nor the ‘power, the God’.’” (CG) In the previous verse, the Sadducees asked Jesus which of the seven the woman would be united to in the resurrection. In response, Matthew records, “Answering, also, the ‘Jesus’, He said to them, ‘You roam.’” It is a word already se...

Sunday, 6 September 2026 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.” Matthew 22:28 “In the resurrection, therefore, which of the seven, she will be – wife? All, for, they had her.” (CG) In the previous verse, the Sadducees concluded their statement about the seven sons and the woman who was given to each of them to raise seed in the name of her dead husband, noting that she also died. With their statement complete, they next ask their question, ...

Saturday, 5 September 2026 Last of all the woman died also. Matthew 22:27 “Afterward, also of all, she died, even the woman.” (CG) In the previous verse, it said that the next of seven sons had his dead brother’s wife to raise up seed, and he died. This continued to the seventh son, all of them having her and then dying. Next, it says, “Afterward, also of all, she died, even the woman.” Note: The Tischendorf and the Westcott and Hort editions leave out the word kai, translated here as even. ...

Friday, 4 September 2026 Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh. Matthew 22:26 “Similarly, also, the second, and the third, until the seventh.” (CG) In the previous verse, the Sadducees spoke of there being among them seven brothers. The first died, having no offspring. Because of that, the wife went to his brother. They continue, saying, “Similarly, also, the second, and the third, until the seventh.” The woman was given to each subsequent brother, and yet, she had no ...

Thursday, 3 September 2026 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. Matthew 22:25 “They were, also, among us seven brothers, and the first, having married, he died, and not having seed, he left the ‘wife, his’ to the ‘brother, his’.” (CG) In the previous verse, the Sadducees cited the law from Moses concerning the levirate marriage. With that laid before Him, they now bring in a scenario based on that la...

Wednesday, 2 September 2026 saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. Matthew 22:24 “...saying, ‘Teacher, Moses, he said if anyone, he should die not having children, he will affinitize the ‘brother, his, the wife, his’, and he will raise seed – the ‘brother, his’.’” (CG) In the previous verse, the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus to query Him, “saying, ‘Teacher, Moses...

Tuesday, 1 September 2026 The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, Matthew 22:23 “In that, the ‘day’, they approached Him, Sadducees (saying not is ‘resurrection’), and they queried Him.” (CG) In the previous verse, the Pharisees and Herodians marveled at Jesus’ words and departed. Maybe having seen or heard about this, another group comes forward, ready to test Him. Matthew records, “In that, the ‘day’, they approached Him, Sadducees.” This se...

Monday, 31 August 2026 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way. Matthew 22:22 “And having heard, they wondered, and having left Him, they departed.” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus told those He was talking to that, based on the image and inscription of their own coin, they needed to render unto Caesar what was to Caesar, and to God what was to God. With that stated, it next says, “And having heard, they wondered.” Once the thought-process of such a...

Sunday, 30 August 2026 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Matthew 22:21 “They say to Him, ‘Caesar’s.’ Then He says to them, ‘You render, therefore, those Caesar’s to Caesar, and those the ‘God’s’ to God.’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus asked the Pharisees and Herodians whose image and inscription were on the coin. In response to that, “They say to Him, ‘Caesar’s.’” Rather than holding up the coin and saying, “Look, this is Caesar’s image and inscription,” Jesus had them respond to His question. By doing so, they have, with their own mouths, affirmed that the coin they used belonged not to the Jewish nation, but to their overlords, the Romans. Therefore, their thought of trapping Jesus in His words will fail. Their question to Him in Verse 17 was not an either/or response after all. Instead, the correct response, when thought through, is seen in the continued exchange, “…

Saturday, 29 August 2026 And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” Matthew 22:20 “And He says to them, ‘Whose, the ‘likeness, this’? And whose inscription?’” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus asked for the coin of the census. Complying with His request, they offered Him a denarius. With that now in His hand, Matthew next records, “And He says to them, ‘Whose, the ‘likeness, this’?’” This is a new word, eikon, which signifies a likeness. HELPS Word Studies says “properly, ‘m...