Exodus, Chapter 1, verses 8-14, 22
8 The more they are oppressed by a new King, the more they multiply, 15 The godliness of the midwives, in saving the men children alive, 22 Pharaoh commandeth the male children to be cast into the riverMatthew, Chapter 10, verses 34-42
16 comforteth them against persecutions, 40 and promiseth a blessing to those that receive themMatthew, Chapter 11, verse 1
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10:34 See note ... Mat 10:33. Luk 12:51.
10:36 And the foes of a man - That loves and follows me. Mic 7:6.
10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me - He that is not ready to give up all these, when they stand in competition with his duty.
10:38 He that taketh not his cross - That is, whatever pain or inconvenience cannot be avoided, but by doing some evil, or omitting some good. Mat 16:24; Luk 14:27.
10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it - He that saves his life by denying me, shall lose it eternally; and he that loseth his life by confessing me, shall save it eternally. And as you shall be thus rewarded, so in proportion shall they who entertain you for my sake. Mat 16:25; Joh 12:25.
10:40 Mat 18:5; Luk 10:16; Joh 13:20.
10:41 He that entertaineth a prophet - That is, a preacher of the Gospel: In the name of a prophet - That is, because he is such, shall share in his reward.
10:42 One of these little ones - The very least Christian. Mar 9:41.
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11:1 In their cities - The other cities of Israel.
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1:8 There arose a new king (after several successions in Joseph's time) which knew not Joseph - All that knew him loved him, and were kind to his relations for his sake; but when he was dead he was soon forgotten, and the remembrance of the good offices he had done was either not retained or not regarded. If we work for men only, our works at farthest will die with us; if for God, they will follow us, Rev 14:13.
1:10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply - When men deal wickedly it is common for them to imagine that they deal wisely, but the folly of sin will at last be manifested before all men.
1:11 They set over them task - masters, to afflict them - With this very design. They not only made them serve, which was sufficient for Pharaoh's profit, but they made them serve with rigour, so that their lives became bitter to them; intending hereby to break their spirits, and to rob them of every thing in them that was generous: to ruin their health, and shorten their days, and so diminish their numbers: to discourage them from marrying, since their children would be born to slavery; and to oblige them to desert the Hebrews, and incorporate with the Egyptians. And 'tis to be feared the oppression they were under did bring over many of them to join with the Egyptians in their idolatrous worship; for we read, Jos 24:14, that they
served other gods in Egypt; and we find, Eze 20:8, that God had
threatned to destroy them for it, even while they were in the land of Egypt. Treasure - cities - To keep the king's money or corn, wherein a great part of the riches of Egypt consisted.
1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied - To the grief and vexation of the Egyptians. Times of affliction, have oft been the church's growing times: Christianity spread most when it was persecuted.