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Matthew 19:25 Cross-References
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“When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?”
Matthew 19:25 (KJV)
Commentary on Matthew 19:25
They were exceedingly amazed (ἐξεπλήσσοντο σφόδρα, exeplēssonto sphodra)—The disciples' astonishment reveals their residual belief in merit-based salvation. The verb ἐκπλήσσω (ekplēssō) means to strike with panic or shock; intensified by σφόδρα (sphodra, exceedingly), it conveys their theological world collapsing. If the wealthy and righteous cannot save themselves, who then can be saved? (τίς ἄρα δύναται σωθῆναι, tis ara dunatai sōthēnai)—their question exposes the universal impossibility of self-salvation.Jesus's teaching that entrance through the needle's eye is impossible (v. 24) demolishe...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Matthew 19:25
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“Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.{Joel 2:32}”
“no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones”
“Lord, are they few who are saved? He said to them”
“no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones”
“Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.”