Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired—rather, "coveted."
to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them—Not only were the disciples blessed above the blinded just spoken of, but favored above the most honored and the best that lived under the old economy, who had but glimpses of the things of the new kingdom, just sufficient to kindle in them desires not to be fulfilled to any in their day. In Luke 10:23-24, where the same saying is repeated on the return of the Seventy—the words, instead of "many prophets and righteous men," are "many prophets and kings"; for several of the Old Testament saints were kings.
Second and Seventh Parables or First Pair:
THE WHEAT AND THE TARES, and THE GOOD AND BAD FISH (Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43, Matthew 13:47-50).
The subject of both these parables—which teach the same truth, with a slight diversity of aspect—is: THE MIXED CHARACTER OF THE KINGDOM IN ITS PRESENT STATE, AND THE FINAL ABSOLUTE SEPARATION OF THE TWO CLASSES.
The Tares and the Wheat (Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Matthew 13:17:
Isaiah 29:11
Daniel 9:4
Matthew 13:3
Mark 4:11-12
Luke 10:23-24
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