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Matthew 4:14
14This caused God's message to become true. Long ago God had said through his prophet Isaiah:
Matthew 4:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
- New International Version (NIV)to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
- English Standard Version (ESV)so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
- New King James Version (NKJV)that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
Context of Matthew 4:14
12Then Jesus heard that Herod had put John the Baptist in prison. So Jesus returned to Galilee. 13But he did not stay in Nazareth. He went to live in Capernaum, which is a town on the shore of Lake Galilee. It was in the part of Israel called Zebulun and Naphtali. This caused God's message to become true. Long ago God had said through his prophet Isaiah: 15‘I am speaking to you people who live in Zebulun and Naphtali. Your part of this country is on the way to Lake Galilee. It is across the Jordan River in the part of the country called Galilee. Some people who are not Jews live there. 16They are like people who are living in the dark. They live in the shadow which death brings. God will send a light to shine on them.’
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ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Matthew 4:14
- Matthew 1:22The Lord God had given a message about this to one of his prophets long ago. Now that message would become true.
- Matthew 2:15They all remained in Egypt until Herod died. This happened so that the words of the prophet would become true. The Lord God had said by his prophet, ‘I have called my son to come out of Egypt.’
- Matthew 8:17Jesus did this so that the words of the prophet Isaiah would become true: ‘He took away everything that makes us weak. He carried away everything that makes us ill.’
- Matthew 12:17This happened so that what the prophet Isaiah had spoken long ago became true. Isaiah wrote what God said:
- Matthew 26:54They would save me. But then the things that God has said in the Bible about this would not happen. So it must happen in this way.’
- Luke 22:37I tell you this: Long ago people wrote in the Bible what must happen to me. It says, “People will think that he is a wicked person.” And this must happen to me soon, so that it becomes true.’
- Luke 24:44Then he said to them, ‘I told you about these things while I was still with you. Everything that God's servants wrote about me in the Bible had to happen. Moses wrote about me in his book of God's Law. The prophets also wrote about me. The book called Psalms also tells about me. And now it has become true.’
- John 15:25Their book of God's Law says, “They hated me without any good reason.” What that book already said long ago had to happen.
- John 19:28After this, Jesus knew that everything was now finished. Then he said, ‘I am thirsty.’ He said this so that things would happen in the way the Bible already said.
- Isaiah 9:1But the darkness will not continue for ever. Those who had no hope will no longer be afraid. In past times, God let trouble happen to the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in future years, he will cause the people of that region to be great. Those are the places near the sea, and those beyond the Jordan River, and Galilee region where people from other nations live.
Commentaries on Matthew 4:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-16Verses 14-16 That it might be fulfilled - This place is recorded in Isaiah 9:1-2. Matthew has given the sense, but not the very words of the prophet. For the meaning of the passage as employed by Isaiah, see the notes at Isaiah 9:1-2. By the way of the sea - Which is near to the sea, or in the vicinity of the sea. Beyond Jordan - This does not mean to the east of Jordan, as the phrase sometimes denotes, but rather in the vicinity of the Jordan, or…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 It is just with God to take the gospel and the means of grace, from those that slight them and thrust them away. Christ will not stay long where he is not welcome. Those who are without Christ, are in the dark. They were sitting in this condition, a contented posture; they chose it rather than light; they were willingly ignorant. When the gospel comes, light comes; when it comes to any place, when it comes to any soul, it makes day there…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17John the Baptist and the Father announced Jesus as the Messiah (3:13–17). He then endured testing in the wilderness with obedience (4:1–11). After this, the Messiah was ready to begin his work. He first preached the message of the kingdom of God to the people of Galilee.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet--(Is 9:1, 2 or, as in Hebrew, Isaiah 8:23, and 9:1). saying--as follows:Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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