【读圣经学英语】如同羊没有牧人

【读圣经学英语】如同羊没有牧人

马太福音-Matthew 9章35~36节

9:35 耶稣走遍各城各乡,在他们的会堂里施教,传扬国度的福音,并医治百姓各样的疾病,和各种的症候。
  And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness.
9:36 祂看见群众,就对他们动了慈心,因为他们困苦流离,如同羊没有牧人一样。
  And seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and cast away like sheep not having a shepherd.

Enlightenment:

This indicates that the heavenly King considered the Israelites as sheep and Himself as the Shepherd. When Christ came to the Jews the first time, they were like lepers, paralytics, demonpossessed, and all manner of pitiful persons, because they had no shepherd to care for them. Now in His kingly ministry for the establishing of His heavenly kingdom, He ministered to them not only as a Physician, but also as a Shepherd, as prophesied in Isaiah 53:6 and 40:11.

亮光

这指明属天的王认为以色列人是羊,祂自己是他们的牧人。基督第一次临到以色列人时,他们如同患麻疯的、瘫痪的、鬼附的、和各样可怜的人,因为他们没有牧人照顾。现今基督为着建立祂属天的国度,在祂君尊的职事里不仅作医生,也作牧人服事他们,正如以赛亚五十三章六节和四十章十一节所豫言的。