Matthew 15:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

The dumb

Matthew 9:33

Mark 7:37

The maimed

Matthew 18:8

Mark 9:43

Luke 14:13

And they

John 9:24

God

Genesis 32:28

Genesis 33:20

General references

Bible References

The dumb

As soon as the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"

Amazed beyond measure, they kept on saying, "He does everything well! He even makes deaf people hear and mute people talk!"

The maimed

"So if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life injured or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better for you to enter life injured than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out.

Instead, when you give a banquet, make it your habit to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

And they

When the crowds saw this, they became frightened and glorified God for giving such authority to humans.

Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

So the man got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them. As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God as they kept on saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

Fear gripped everyone, and they began to praise God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, and "God has helped his people."

But one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, came back and praised God with a loud voice.

Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

The Jewish leaders summoned the man who had been blind a second time and told him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."

God

"Your name won't be Jacob anymore," the man replied, "but Israel, because you exerted yourself against both God and men, and you've emerged victorious."

set up an altar, and named it El-elohe-israel.

General references

The men were amazed. "What kind of man is this?" they asked. "Even the winds and the sea obey him!"

Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

But when many people saw them leave and recognized them, they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.

A large crowd kept following him because they had seen the signs that he was performing by healing the sick.