Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Matthew 7:3
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
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And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
No JFB commentary on this verse.
Verse Matthew 7:3. _AND WHY BEHOLDEST THOU THE MOTE_] Καρφος might be translated the _splinter_: for _splinter_ bears some analogy to _beam,_ but _mote_ does not. I should prefer this word (which has...
AND WHY BEHOLDEST THOU THE MOTE ... - A mote signifies any “light substance,” as dry chaff, or fine spires of grass or grain. It probably most usually signified the small “spiculae” or “beards” on a h...
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WHY BEHOLDEST THOU THE MOTE THAT IS IN THY BROTHER'S EYE? The Lord uses. figure to show the absurdity of judging severely the faults of others, while we have greater ones. The term translated "mote" m...
Do not judge others, in order that you may not be judged; for with the standard of judgment with which you judge you will be judged; and with the measure you measure to others it will be measured to y...
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
BEHOLDEST. See App-133. This is in contrast with "considerest". Jewish proverb. MOTE. Anglo-Saxon, _mot_. a particle of dust, something dry: i.e. any dry particle, as wood (splinter), chaff, or dust....
_the mote_ The English word is either connected with _mite_(the coin) from a Latin root (minutum), or mite (the insect) from an Anglo-Saxon root meaning "to cut," "sever," or from one meaning "to eat....
(a) Judgment on others, Matthew 7:1-6. The passage occurs in St Luke's report of the Sermon on the Mount (ch. Luke 6:37-38), with a different context, and a further illustration of "full measure....
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ΒΛΈΠΕΙΣ. Of seeing the external surface of a thing contrasted with κατανοεῖς, which implies thoughtful perception. It is the contrast between judging from the outside and examination of the heart. ΚΆ...
VER 3. "AND WHY BEHOLDEST THOU THE MOTE THAT IS IN THY BROTHER'S EYE, BUT CONSIDEREST NOT THE BEAM THAT IS IN THINE OWN EYE? 4. OR HOW WILT THOU SAY TO THY BROTHER, LET ME PULL OUT THE MOTE OUT OF THI...
_JESUS SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY ABOUT JUDGING MATTHEW 7:1-6_ : A spirit of pride and conceit causes people to judge others harshly. The judgment shown to be wrong in this text is the opposite of the mercy...
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DISCOURSE: 1326 THE BEAM AND THE MOTE Matthew 7:3. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brot...
AND WHY BEHOLDEST THOU— Τι βλεπεις. "Why dost thou _observe_, or _take notice of?"_ For the original word βλεπεις here signifies not only to be acquainted with other people's faults, but to _pry into...
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MOTE] lit. 'a small dry twig or stalk.' Here it stands for a relatively small fault. THE BEAM] i.e. the great roof-beam of a house, something a thousand times larger than the eye itself. Here it stand...
ON THE HABIT OF CRITICISING OTHERS (Luke 6:37). St. Luke's account is here the fuller, and he places the section in a more satisfactory relation to what goes before. Our Lord condemns all forms of cen...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 DO NOT BE JUDGES OF OTHER PEOPLE 7:1-6 V1 ‘Do not be judges of other people. If you do, God will be your judge. V2 In the same way...
WHY BEHOLDEST THOU THE MOTE ...? — The Greek noun so translated means a “stalk” or “twig” rather than one of the fine particles of dust floating in the sun to which we attach the word “mote.” The illu...
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_Against judging_....
_Proverb of the mote and beam_. Also current among Jews and Arabs (_vide_ Tholuck). κάρφος, a minute dry particle of chaff, wood, etc. δοκός, a wooden beam (_let in_, from δέχομαι) or joist, a monstro...
JUDGING SELF; ASKING GOD; SERVING OTHERS Matthew 7:1-12 There is abundant need for a right and sound judgment, illumined by the Spirit of truth; but there is a world of difference between it and the...
After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's judg...
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I pass over the several most blessed things which the Lord Jesus here treats of, as being in themselves so plain, and by Him so beautifully expressed, as to render all explanation unnecessary. But I d...
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Matthew 7:3._And why seest thou the straw? _He expressly touches upon a fault, which is usually found in hypocrites. While they are too quick-sighted in discerning the faults of others, and employ not...
There are two things connected with the presence of the multitude, Matthew 5:1. First, the time required that the Lord should give a true idea of the character of His kingdom, since already He drew th...
AND WHY BEHOLDEST THOU THE MOTE THAT IS IN THY BROTHER'S EYE?.... By "mote" is meant, any little bit of straw, or small splinter of wood, that flies into the eye, and does it damage, hinders its sight...
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Ver. 3. _And why beholdest thou_] Here is the true method of preaching, by doctrin...
_And why beholdest thou the mote_, &c. In particular, why do you open your eyes to any fault of your brother, while you yourself are guilty of a much greater? The word καρφος, here rendered _mote_, ac...
Men who are exceedingly blind to their own faults, are often exceedingly quicksighted to the faults of others....
AND WHY BEHOLDEST THOU THE MOTE THAT IS IN THY BROTHER'S EYE, BUT CONSIDEREST NOT THE BEAM THAT IS IN THINE OWN EYE?...
The proverb of the mote and the beam:...
Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says (1 Corinthians...
1-6 We must judge ourselves, and judge of our own acts, but not make our word a law to everybody. We must not judge rashly, nor pass judgment upon our brother without any ground. We must not make the...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 7:5"....
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VIII Since the great body of (the heretics) do not employ the counsel of the Lord, by having the beam in the eye,[4]...
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And why do you behold the splinter (or ‘speck of sawdust') that is in your brother's eye, But do not consider the plank that is in your own eye? Jesus had a full understanding of the weaknesses of me...
HOW THEY ARE TO JUDGE AMONG THEMSELVES AND VIEW OUTSIDERS (7:1-6). Jesus now comes to the question of judgment made about others, and especially how it should be conducted under the Kingly Rule of Hea...
CONNECTION and CONTENTS. The connection is not obvious; no theory can be insisted upon. Various views: (1) No connection intended. (2) Matthew 7:7 is connected with the last chapter, while Matthew 7:1...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
Matthew 7:3. AND, since the principle of Matthew 7:2 is correct, WHY BEHOLDEST THOU? The verb means to observe, to voluntarily stare at; the context shows that the one addressed could not have clear v...
Matthew 7:3-5. A figurative application of the principle just laid down, showing the folly of sinners being censorious, their incapacity for forming a right judgment of others, hinting at the proporti...
THE MOTE (το καρφος). Not dust, but a piece of dried wood or chaff, splinter (Weymouth, Moffatt), speck (Goodspeed), a very small particle that may irritate.THE BEAM (την δοκον). A log on which pl...
Matthew 7:1 The law kept by sympathy. "Judge not, that ye be not judged." This word of Christ's implies I. That we are not to be eager to spy out our neighbour's faults, for that is not worthy, not C...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again._ Use your judgment, of course: t...
While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again._ Some people are of a censorious...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is the Judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.» There is much better wor...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Encouragement to prayer. The two ways. Warnings against false teachers. Danger of profession without faith. The two foundations. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONC...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent, tha...
WHY, THEN, DO YOU LOOK? An example to show how stupid this "judging" really is....
_The mote that is in thy brother’s eye._ Three lessons stand out conspicuously in the text. 1. Close inspection of ourselves, lest any evil lurk there unobserved which we abhor in others; lest we be...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:3 The metaphor of a LOG IN YOUR OWN EYE is an intentional overstatement (compare Matthew 5:29). then you will see cl
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT CRITICIZING OTHERS MATTHEW 7:1-6; LUKE 6:37-42; MATTHEW 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. Luke 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not b
CHAPTER 7 _Judge not_, rashly and malignantly, _that ye_, &c. Christ does not here prohibit the public judgments of magistrates, by which they condemn the guilty and absolve the innocent, for this is...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 7:3. MOTE.—The Greek noun so translated means a stalk, or twig. The illustration seems to have been a familiar one among the Jews, and a proverb all but verbally identical is...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 7:1 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards (Matthew 6:19), so does censoriousness manwards (Matthew 7:1), our Lord thus tacitly op
MATTHEW 7:1-29 I believe that it goes without saying that Jesus Christ was certainly the greatest teacher who ever lived and it is interesting to study his teaching habits. And He used the method of d...
2 Chronicles 28:10; 2 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Samuel 12:5; 2 Samuel 12:6;...
Beholdest [β λ ε π ε ι ς]. Staring at from without, as one who does not see clearly. Considerest [κ α τ α ν ο ε ι ς]. A stronger word, apprehendest from within, what is already there. Mote [κ α ρ φ ο...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) Matthew 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we should not judge one another. There is probably no sin qui...
In particular, why do you open your eyes to any fault of your brother, while you yourself are guilty of a much greater? The mote — The word properly signifies a splinter or shiver of wood. This and a...
By THE MOTE IN OUR BROTHER'S EYE, is to be understood small and little sins, or some supposed sins: by THE BEAM IN OUR OWN EYE, is meant some notorious sin of our own. Learn, 1. That those who are mo...