When even was come (οψιας γενομενης). Genitive absolute. A beautiful sunset scene at the close of the Sabbath day . Then the crowd…

When the even was come, etc. The fame of the miracles of Jesus would probably draw together a crowd, and those who had friends that were a…

When evening came—or, as Saint Luke has it, “while the sun was setting.” There were two reasons why the time was so precisely spec…

When the evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all …

St. John Chrysostom: Because the crowd of believers was now very great, they would not leave Christ, even though it was gettin…

Matthew mentions the evening to show the pace of Jesus’ ministry. He focuses his attention on Jesus’ power and on the scriptural witness to his per…

When the even was come
The other evangelists say, when "the sun was set", or "setting"; which circumstances are obse…

Peter had a wife, yet was an apostle of Christ, who showed that He approved of the married state by being so kind to Peter's wife's relations. The …

And when Jesus had come into Simon Peter’s house, etc. Christ’s power is commended in the cure of the leper; it is also c…