Is this the Son of David? (μητ ουτος εστιν ο υιος Δαυειδ?). The form of the question expects the answer "no," but they put it so b…

Is not this the Son of David? That is, is not this the promised descendant of David, the Messiah? They were acquainted with the p…

Is not this the son of David? —The people use (as the blind man had done in Matthew 9:27) the most popular of all the syn…

Again and again, we have noticed their astonishment, and here a question was asked that may have been an early sign of faith awakening in many. Our…

Glossa Ordinaria: The Lord had already refuted the Pharisees above, when they brought false charges against Christ's miracles,…

The astonishment of the crowd prompted the question (v.23). Its form in Greek suggests the crowds were none too sure: “This couldn’t be the Son of …

And all the people were astonished. From this we infer that there was a visible display of God's power, which drew to him the admiration o…

And all the people were amazed
At the cure; it was such an instance of divine power, and so glaring a proof, that th…

A soul under Satan's power, and led captive by him, is blind in the things of God and dumb at the throne of grace; it sees nothing and says nothing…

Above, the Lord refuted those who were slandering both His doctrine and His life; here, however, He refutes those who disparage His miracles. And f…