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Matthew 12:36
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.
Verse 36. _EVERY IDLE WORD_] ρημα αργον, a word that _does_ _nothing_, that neither ministers _grace_ nor _instruction_ to them who hear it. The word αργον corresponds to the Hebrew שוא _shave_, whic...
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU ... - Christ closes this address to his malignant and wicked hearers by a solemn declaration that for these things God would bring them into judgment. Therefore. They who had spoken...
9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP. CHAPTER 12 1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .) 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3...
JESUS-' ANSWER TO THE VERDICT OF THE JERUSALEM SCRIBES, AND THE INTERVENTION OF HIS FAMILY (Mark 3:20 *, Luke 11:14; Luke 11:29; Luke 12:10;...
CRISIS (Matthew 12:1-50) In Matthew 12:1-50 we read the history of a series of crucial events in the life of Jesus. In every man's life there are decisive moments, times and events on which the whole...
"You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil speak good things? For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks. The good man brings out good things from his good treasure house; and...
IDLE. careless or useless. Compare Matthew 20:3; 1 Timothy 5:13.Titus 1:12. WORD. saying. Not the same as in Matthew 12:37. t
_idle_ Rather, USELESS, ineffectual for good. Words must be not only not evil, but they must be actively good. The same principle rules the decisionat the final judgment (ch. Matthew 25:45)....
ἈΡΓΌΝ, without result (α and ἔργον, cp. the frequent rhetorical contrast between λόγος and ἔργον, also between ῥῆμα and ἔργον, as Soph. _O. C._ 873; Thuc. 12:111), so ‘useless,’ ‘ineffective,’ and by...
BLASPHEMING AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST...
VER 36. "BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EVERY IDLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT THEREOF IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 37. FOR BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE JUSTIFIED, AND BY THY WORDS THOU SHAL...
_THE WARNING FROM THE SAVIOR MATTHEW 12:22-37:_ After Jesus healed the demon-possessed man the multitude asked, "could this be the Son of David?" (Matthew 12:23) The Pharisees spoke scornfully of the...
ΑΡΓΌΣ (G692) бесполезный, неэффективный (Tasker). ΛΑΛΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act._ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить, ΆΠΟΔΏΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G591) отдавать, возвращать (с ΛΌΓΟ Ν "давать ответ")...
DISCOURSE: 1356 IDLE WORDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR Matthew 12:36. _I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment: for by thy words thou...
O GENERATION OF VIPERS, &C.— Without attending to the context, and our Saviour's general argument, which he is here closely pursuing, interpreters have been strangely perplexed with the phrase _every...
Section 28 JESUS ANSWERS THE CHARGE OF BEING IN LEAGUE WITH SATAN (Parallel: Mark 3:19-30) TEXT: 12:22-37 22. Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed hi...
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EVERY IDLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL GIVE...
24 It is usual to associate this chief of the demons with the god of Ekron, called Baalzebub, _ Owner _ or _ Lord of Flies _ (2Ki_1:2). This the Septuagint renders _ Baal muian, Baal fly_. But all the...
12:36 of (b-19) See Note d, 1 Peter 3:15 ....
PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath (Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees. It is...
THE PHARISEES ACCUSE JESUS OF BEING IN LEAGUE WITH BEELZEBUB (Mark 3:22 cp. Luke 11:17; Matthew 9:32). The ridiculous charge of the Pharisees is strong evidence of the genuineness of Christ's miracles...
EVERY IDLE WORD] i.e. every idle word that expresses the true inward character of the man. These will pronounce judgment upon him....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE GOD’S REST DAY 12:1-14 Matthew gives two examples of the ‘*yoke’ of the *Jewish law: 1. The *disciples...
EVERY IDLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK. — The teaching, though general in form, still looks back to the hard, bitter words of the Pharisees which had been the starting-point of the discourse. Our Lord d...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
_Kindred Logia_. With the word concerning blasphemy the self-defence of Jesus against Pharisaic calumny reached its culmination and probably (as in Mark's report) its close. The sentences following se...
_Demoniac healed and Pharisaic calumny repelled_ (Mark 3:22-30; Luke 11:14-23 _cf._ Matthew 9:32-34). The healing of a blind and dumb demoniac has its place here not for its own sake, as a miracle, bu...
SLANDER FROM EVIL HEARTS Matthew 12:24-37 Spite and hatred absolutely blind the eyes and distort the judgment. They reached their climax in this effort of the Pharisees to discredit Christ. They coul...
This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabba...
But I say unto you, That every (e) idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. (e) Vain and unprofitable trifles, which for the most part, men spend their...
That every idle word. [3] By idle words, St. Jerome, &c. expound words that are neither profitable to the speaker nor the hearer: but St. John Chrysostom says, false and abusive language. (Witham) ---...
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN (BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST) Mark 3:20-30; Matthew 12:22-37; & Luke 11:14-23. Mark: “And they come into the house; and again a multitude comes together, so that they are not
"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. (37) For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be co...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
36._Of every idle word _This is an argument from the less to the greater; for if _every idle word _is to be called in question, how would God spare the open blasphemies and sacrilegious insolence of t...
At length the rejection of the nation, in consequence of their contempt of the Lord, is plainly shewn, as well as the cessation of all His relations with them as such, in order to bring out on God's p...
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU,.... This form of speaking is used, the more strongly to asseverate the truth of what is after said; and the rather, because men are apt to indulge a liberty with their tongues; fan...
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Ver. 36. _That every idle word, &c._] Idle and waste words are to be accounted f...
_But I say unto you_ You may perhaps think God does not much regard your words, but I assure you, that not only for blasphemous and profane, malicious, false, slanderous, and reviling words, but _for...
IDLE; here a word wantonly and causelessly uttered, like the blasphemous charges brought by the Pharisees against our Lord....
We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that t...
33-37 Men's language discovers what country they are of, likewise what manner of spirit they are of. The heart is the fountain, words are the streams. A troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring, must...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 12:37"....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II It really seems to me, that, with a view to such opinions, the Lord expressed Himself thus: "For every idle word that men speak, they shall give account on the day o...
Matthew 12:36 But G1161 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 that G3754 every G3956 idle G692 word G4487 men...
MEN ARE ESPECIALLY KNOWN BY THEIR WORDS (12:31-37). Having put right the Pharisees' wrong conception about Him He now warns them to beware what they say. For what they say will reveal the truth about...
“And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they will give account of them in the day of judgment.” So men should beware. Let them just listen to their own words. For every word let...
Matthew 12:36. AND I SAY UNTO YOU. An authoritative revelation, opposed to the common opinion of men, yet preeminently reasonable. EVERY IDLE WORD, _i.e._, morally useless. If ‘the idle word' must b...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. These occurrences seem to have followed each other in immediate succession. Luke places the last one (Matthew 12:46-50) after the parable of the sower, but Mark gives the same order...
EVERY IDLE WORD (παν ρημα αργον). An ineffective, useless word (α privative and εργον). A word that does no good and so is pernicious like pernicious anaemia. It is a solemn thought. Jesus who knows...
Matthew 12:36 Idle words may, in a very general way, be defined as words that issue out of a condition of idleness fruitless, useless hours. The care of speech is eminently a fit training which the G...
CONTENTS: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath, Controversy with Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of sel...
Matthew 12:2. _Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day._ The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their fea...
GIVE ACCOUNT OF EVERY USELESS WORD. This is much stronger than it seems. Useless means: "hostile, malicious, slanderous, poisonous, evil." The thing which some of the Pharisees were doing in saying Je...
_That every idle word._ IDLE WORDS The Pharisees bad said, “This fellow doth not east out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.” Christ meets this objection in two ways. I. He shows it...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 12:36 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. Christ’s second coming. BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE JUSTIFIED. People’s words will be outward evidence of their inward character. “Justified” here mean...
RELIGIOUS LEADERS ACCUSE JESUS OF BEING UNDER SATAN'S POWER MATTHEW 12:24-37; MARK 3:20-30; LUKE 11:15-23; MATTHEW 12:24 But w
1-50 CHAPTER XII. _At that time Jesus went through the corn fields_ (Through the crops of corn becoming white, or ripe), &c. Luke adds that this Sabbath was the first from the second (_Vulg_.); which...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 12:23. IS NOT THIS THE SON OF DAVID?—See “The Parallel New Testament” (1882). The “not” is omitted in both columns. It “was wisely omitted by King James’ translators. It is no...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 12:1 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1); (2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-4
Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law...
Ecclesiastes 12:14; Ephesians 6:4; Jude 1:14; Jude 1:15; Revela
Idle [α ρ γ ο ν]. A good rendering. The word is compounded of aj, not, and ergon, work. An idle word is a non - working word; and inoperative word. It has no legitimate work, no office, no business, b...
Ye may perhaps think, God does not so much regard your words. But I say to you — That not for blasphemous and profane words only, but for every idle word which men shall speak — For want of seriousnes...
I SAY UNTO YOU; I, that have always been in my Father's bosom, and fully know his mind; I, that am constituted Judge of quick and dead, and understand the rule of judgment; I, even I, do assure you th...