Matthew 9:14-17
1. The Probing Question About Christ’s Practice – Vs. 14
. Acts 19:1-4, Matthew 11:18
. Fasting: Private, Voluntary, Occasional, for a Spiritual Purpose (trials, hardship, difficulties, sin)
. Only 1 mention of Jesus fasting: Matthew 4:2, but probably also Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:26-28)
2. The Insightful Clarification About Christ’s Presence – Vs. 15
. John the Baptist – John 3:28-30, Hosea 2:20, Isaiah 62:5
. Fasting resumed – Acts, 13:3, 14:23
3. The Vivid Illustrations About Christ’s Preeminence – Vss. 16-17
Jesus’ ways were totally incompatible with their ritualistic system of Rabbinic Judaism
Matthew 5:17