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Matthew 9 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus heals a paralytic, calls Matthew, raises a synagogue ruler's daughter, cures a hemorrhaging woman, and restores sight to two blind men. Below is a research summary for Matthew 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 38
- verses
- 647 / 215
- Greek words / lemmas
- 63
- classic sermon excerpts
- 9
- preachers & commentators
Matthew 9 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἀσκός | askós | G779 | 4 | bottle |
| μαθητής | mathētḗs | G3101 | 6 | disciple |
| ὄχλος | óchlos | G3793 | 5 | company, multitude, number, people |
| ἱμάτιον | himátion | G2440 | 4 | apparel, cloke, clothes, garment |
| ἐκβάλλω | ekbállō | G1544 | 4 | bring forth, cast, drive, expel |
| ἀκολουθέω | akolouthéō | G190 | 4 | follow, reach |
| παραλυτικός | paralytikós | G3885 | 3 | that had the palsy |
How preachers through history handled this text
63 public-domain excerpts on Matthew 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The death of our relations should drive us to Christ, who is our life. And it is high honour to the greatest rulers to attend on the Lord Jesus; and those who would receive mercy from Christ, must honour him. The variety of methods Christ took in working his miracles, perhaps was because of the different frames and tempers of mind, which those were in who came to him, and which He who searches the heart perfectly knew. A poor woman applied herself to Christ, and received mercy from him by the way. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Matthew 9:18–26 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Sea of Galilee— Matt 9:1
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