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Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother; and He that curseth father and mother, let him die the death.
For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother; and He that curseth father and mother, let him die the death.
MATTHEW 15:4 ei=pen {B} The presence of th.n evntolh.n tou/ qeou/ in ver. Matthew 15:3 probably prompted copyists to change the statement, “For God said …” to “For God commanded, saying …,” wher...
Verse Matthew 15:4. _HONOUR THY FATHER AND MOTHER_] This word was taken in great latitude of meaning among the Jews: it not only meant _respect_ and _submission_, but also _to take care of a person,...
See also Mark 7:1. THEN CAME TO JESUS ... - Mark says that they saw the disciples of Jesus eating with unwashed hands. Matthew 15:2 TRANSGRESS THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS - The world “elders” litera...
3. THE CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES; THE CANAANITISH WOMAN AND HER FAITH; THE MULTITUDES HEALED. CHAPTER 15 1. The Question of the Scribes and Pharisees.(Matthew 15:1 .) 2. His Answer. (M...
THE WASHING OF HANDS AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS (Mark 7:1 *). Mt. is again briefer than Mk. He omits the parenthetical explanation Mark 7:3 f. and the technical term Corban, turns the statement...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Matthew 15:1-9)...
Then the Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem approached Jesus. "Why," they said, "do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? They do so transgress, because they do not wash their hands...
COMMANDED. Quoted from Exodus 20:12; Exodus 20:21.Exodus 20:17. App-117. LET HIM DIE THE DEATH. he shall surely die. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ See...
_For God commanded_ "For Moses said" (Mark)....
Matthew 15:1-20. The True Religion and the False. A Discourse to the Pharisees, the People, and the Disciples Mark 7:1-23 These twenty verses sum up the great controversy of the N. T., that between...
THE TRUE RELIGION AND THE FALSE. A DISCOURSE TO THE PHARISEES, THE PEOPLE, AND THE DISCIPLES Mark 7:1-23 These twenty verses sum up the great controversy of the N.T., that between the religion of the...
Ὁ ΓᾺΡ ΘΕῸΣ ἘΝΕΤΕΊΛΑΤΟ, answering to τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ, as in Matthew 15:5, ὑμεῖς λέγετε refers back to διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν. St Mark has Μωϋσῆς γὰρ εἶπεν (Matthew 7:10), an instructive variation....
Ver 1. Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2. "Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread." 3...
_A CHANGE OF HEART IS NEEDED MATTHEW 15:1-20:_ Through traditions the Pharisees were transgressing God's law. They were beautiful on the outside but they needed a change of heart on the inside. (Matth...
ΤΊΜΑ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΤΙΜΆΩ (G5091) чтить, ΚΑΚΟΛΟΓΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ КАΚΟΛΟΓΈΩ (G751) говорить дурно о ком-л., оскорблять. Ή (G414) или. ΤΕΛΕΥΤΆΤΩ _praes. imper. act. 3 pers. sing. от_...
BUT HE ANSWERED, &C.— It was easy for our Lord to retort upon the Pharisees the charge of impiety which they had brought against his disciples, being themselves guilty of the grossest violations of th...
SECTION 36 JESUS DEBATES WITH JERUSALEM PHARISEES ABOUT THE ELDERS-' TRADITIONS (Parallel: Mark 7:1-23) TEXT: 15:1-20 1 Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, 2 Why d...
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. FOR GOD COMMANDED, SAYING ( ; ETC.), HONOUR THY FATHER AND MOTHER: AND (; etc...
32 Peter here symbolizes the sovereignty of Israel over the turbulent gentiles in the time to come. They are made afraid by the spiritual power of evil, typified by the wind. Peter's cry will be their...
15:4 saying, (a-4) Exodus 20:12 . and, (b-9) Exodus 21:17 . ill (c-13) Or 'abuses,' 'curses.'...
THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS. THE CANAANITISH WOMAN. FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders (Mark 7:1). In this important controversy Jesus defined His positio...
See Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 15 The three sections of chapter 15 show Jesus’ attitude to people who were not *Jews. He wanted them to be happy with the good news...
GOD COMMANDED, SAYING, HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER. — At first it might seem as if our Lord Himself, no less than the Pharisees, had taught men to think lightly of the commandment on which He now...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
ὁ γὰρ θεὸς : counter charge substantiated. The question being the validity of the tradition and its value, its evil tendency might be illustrated at will in connection with any moral interest. It migh...
_Christ's reply_; consists of a counter charge and a prophetic citation (Matthew 15:7-9) in the inverse order to that of Mk....
_Washing of hands_ (Mark 7:1-23)....
GOD'S TRUTH ABOVE MEN'S TEACHING Matthew 15:1-9 The legal washing of hands before eating was especially sacred in the eyes of the Pharisees. “He who does not wash His hands before eating,” says the T...
The question was not of cleanliness, but of ritual. This washing of hands to remove imaginary evil was a part of the tradition of the elders. Against the binding of such burdens on men our Lord passio...
For God commanded, saying, (b) Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. (b) By honour is meant every duty which children owe to their parents....
"Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, (2) Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. (3) But...
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...
chapter 15 displays man and God, the moral contrast between the doctrine of Christ and that of the Jews; and thus the Jewish system is rejected morally by God. When I speak of the system, I speak of t...
FOR GOD COMMANDED, SAYING,.... That he might not be thought to suggest this without any foundation, he gives them an instance, wherein a command of God was transgressed, by the observance of their tra...
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. Ver. 4. _For God commanded, saying_] This is called the first commandment with p...
_Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees_ See notes on Mark 7:1, where the facts here spoken of are related more at large. _Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders_ That is, of th...
A reception of the Bible as the word of God, and a familiar acquaintance with its contents, is a great safeguard against false doctrines and vicious practices. Hence, the good of men, as well as the g...
After the power and grace of the Lord Jesus has wrought so great, refreshing blessing, the cold, barren criticism of scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem is an example of how the deadening principle of...
1-9 Additions to God's laws reflect upon his wisdom, as if he had left out something which was needed, and which man could supply; in one way or other they always lead men to disobey God. How thankfu...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 15:6"....
Cyprian Epistle LXXII If the name of father, which in man is commanded to be honoured, is violated with impunity in God, what will become of what Christ Himself lays down in the Gospel, and says, "He...
Matthew 15:4 For G1063 God G2316 commanded G1781 (G5662) saying G3004 (G5723) Honor G5091 (G5720) your...
“For God said, ‘Honour your father and your mother', and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die the death'.” He points out that God had declared that a man must honour his father and mo...
THE CHALLENGE FROM JERUSALEM (15:1-9). In Chapter s 11-12, after the discourse in chapter 10, Matthew had begun by drawing attention to the imprisonment of John (Matthew 11:2), spoke of the opposition...
Matthew 15:4. FOR GOD SAID (comp. Mark 7:10), in the law of Moses. Our Lord assumes that God spoke through this law. The precepts cited are apt, since the Pharisees upheld tradition as delivered by th...
Only Matthew and Mark narrate the events recorded in this chapter. The discourse at Capernaum (John 6:22-71), respecting the manna from heaven, followed the feeding of the five thousand. The Passover,...
Matthew 15:1. then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread....
Matthew 15:1. _Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread...
Matthew 15:1. _Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,_ They had taken a journey to come and attack him; perhaps they had been sent as a deputation to try to thwart...
Matthew 15:1. _Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,_ Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, and now these pettifoggers came round about him to try...
CONTENTS: Scribes and Pharisees rebuked. Syrophonecian's daughter healed. The multitude healed. 4000 fed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, (disciples), Syrophonecian woman, her daughter. CONCLUSION: The Ch...
Matthew 15:2. _Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?_ The cabala, or unwritten law, was counted by the pharisees of equal authority with the law itself. Rabbi Aquiba says, he wh...
FOR GOD SAID. (Exodus 21:7) Only God has the right to make religious laws. Jesus quotes one which they did not follow, and the punishment for breaking it....
_Honour thy father and mother._ THE DUTY OF CHILDREN TO HONOUR THEIR PARENTS I. What is it to honour parents? To obey them in all that is right, when they require it. To do what is right whether the...
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT INNER PURITY MATTHEW 15:1-20; MARK 7:1-23; MATTHEW 15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Mar
CHAPTER 15 _Then there came to Him_, &c. The Scribes of Jerusalem, as being at the very fountain head of faith and religion, arrogated to them selves the right of censuring the doctrine of new teache...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 15:1. OF JERUSALEM.—_From_ Jerusalem (see R.V.). Probably a deputation from the Sanhedrin sent expressly to watch Him. Matthew 15:2. TRANSGRESS THE TRADITION.—The Jews attach...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 15:1 _Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. _(Mark 7:1.) MATTHEW 15:1 THEN. This is after the third Passover, which wheth
Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were from Jerusalem (Matthew 15:1), Hey, these guys had come a long way to challenge Him. They came all the way from Jerusalem clear up to Galilee, whi...
Deuteronomy 21:18; Deuteronomy 27:16; Deuteronomy 5:16; Ephesians 6:1;...
Die the death [θ α ν α τ ω τ ε λ ε υ τ α τ ω]. The Hebrew idiom is, he shall certainly be executed. The Greek is, lit., let him come to his end by death....
Honour thy father and mother — Which implies all such relief as they stand in need of. Exodus 20:12; Exodus 21:17....