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Matthew 7:28
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine.
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine.
Verse Matthew 7:28. _THE PEOPLE WERE ASTONISHED_] οι οχλοι, _the_ _multitudes_; for vast crowds attended the ministry of this most popular and faithful of all preachers. They _were astonished at_ _hi...
HIS DOCTRINE - His teaching. AS ONE HAVING AUTHORITY, AND NOT AS THE SCRIBES - The scribes were the learned people and teachers of the Jewish nation, and were principally Pharisees. They taught chiefl...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Judgment of Righteousness.(Matthew 7:1 .) 2. Warning against False Prophets.(Matthew 7:15 .) 3. Warning against False Professors. (Matthew 7:21 .)_ The chapter which follows contai...
MATTHEW 7:28 F. AN EDITORIAL NOTE (_cf. Matthew 11:1_, Matthew 13:53; Matthew 19:1;...
THE PEOPLE WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS DOCTRINE. At his teaching. No wonder they were astonished. The whole world still wonders as it studies this sermon. No such teacher had ever been heard before....
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
ENDED. This marks the end of the first period and subject of the Lord's ministry. See the Structure, p. 1315, and App-119. PEOPLE. multitudes. DOCTRINES. teaching....
ἘΞΕΠΛΉΣΣΟΝΤΟ. The tense implies the continuance of the astonishment, or the passing of it from group to group. The meaning of this astonishing discourse was not lost upon the audience. No word could e...
VER 28. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JESUS HAD ENDED THESE SAYINGS, THE PEOPLE WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS DOCTRINE: 29. FOR HE TAUGHT THEM AS ONE HAVING AUTHORITY, AND NOT AS THE SCRIBES. Gloss, non occ.: H...
_JESUS SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY ABOUT OBEDIENCE MATTHEW 7:21-29_ : As Jesus concluded the Sermon on the Mount He showed the absolute necessity of obedience. An outward profession without "heart" obedience...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) случаться. По поводу оборота _см._ Beyer, 41-60. ΈΤΈΛΕΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΤΕΛΈΩ (G5055) завершать, заканчивать, ΈΞΕΠΛΗΣΣΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. о...
DISCOURSE: 1335 THE EFFECT OF OUR LORD’S PREACHING Matthew 7:28. _And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one having...
ASTONISHED AT HIS DOCTRINE— Or, _his manner of teaching._ See Mark 1:27 _for he taught them_ (Matthew 7:29.) _as one having authority._ This authority plainly appeared in these words, _but I say unto...
THE IMPACT OF JESUS-' PREACHING TEXT: Matthew 7:28-8 28. And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching: 29. For he taught them as _one_ havi...
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JESUS HAD ENDED THESE SAYINGS, THE PEOPLE WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS DOCT...
12 Compare Luk_6:31. 12 To do as we would be done by is an ethical standard far above the world's attainment, yet far beneath the monitions of grace. The law and the prophets demand compliance with t...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONCLUDED) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance of an appendix of miscell...
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...
WHEN JESUS HAD ENDED THESE SAYINGS. — The words again point to the conclusion that the Evangelist believed that he had been recording one continuous discourse. THE PEOPLE WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS DOCTR...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
_Concluding statement as to the impression made by the discourse_. A similar statement occurs in Mark 1:22; Mark 1:27, whence it may have been transferred by Matthew. It may be assumed that so unique...
BUILDING ON SECURE FOUNDATIONS Matthew 7:24-29 In the Syrian summer, when the soil is baked hard by the intense heat, any spot will serve equally well as the site of a house. No one can say whether h...
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...
With reason were the people enraptured with his doctrines; for he taught as having authority from himself, and not like their doctors, who only spoke in the name of Moses, and whose only ambition was...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
AUTHORITY OF OUR SAVIOR'S TEACHING _ “And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these discourses, the multitudes were astonished at His teaching; for He was teaching them as One having authority, and n...
Here the LORD closeth his discourse, and plainly sheweth whose are his from the men of the world. CHRIST is the Rock of Ages, the Precious Corner Stone JEHOVAH hath laid in Zion. And all that believe...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_THE PEOPLE ASTONISHED_ ‘It came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine.’ Matthew 7:28 The doctrine of Jesus Christ is the most astonishing which the...
28._When Jesus had finished these sayings _By _these sayings _I understand not only the discourse which he delivered when he came down from the mountain, but the rest of the doctrine, which had alread...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JESUS HAD ENDED THESE SAYINGS,.... Delivered in this, and the two foregoing Chapter s, concerning true happiness; the duty and usefulness of Gospel ministers; the true sense...
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: Ver. 28. _And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings_] All this then was but one serm...
_And the people were astonished at his doctrine_ Struck with wonder, having never heard such doctrine before, nor any doctrine on religious subjects, delivered with such solemnity and sweetness, or wi...
ENDED; finished his sermon on the mount, as recorded in the last three Chapter s. ASTONISHED; no wonder, for this is a most astonishing sermon. It fills up, in its explanations, the law of God to its...
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...
21-29 Christ here shows that it will not be enough to own him for our Master, only in word and tongue. It is necessary to our happiness that we believe in Christ, that we repent of sin, that we live...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 7:29"....
Matthew 7:28 And G2532 was G1096 (G5633) when G3753 Jesus G2424 ended G4931 (G5656) these G5128 sayings...
CLOSING SUMMARY (7:28-29). ‘And it came about that when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribe...
Matthew 7:28. AND IT CAME TO PASS WHEN, etc. A summary of our Lord's sayings would not be thus referred to. THE MULTITUDES, as in Matthew 7:1. They must have heard Him. WERE ASTONISHED. A strong w...
CONNECTION AND CONTENTS. The exposition of the requirements of ‘the law and the prophets' just given, was far beyond the low morality of the scribes and Pharisees, and men might easily be tempted by t...
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...
THE MULTITUDES WERE ASTONISHED (εξεπλησσοντο ο οχλο). They listened spell-bound to the end and were left amazed. Note the imperfect tense, a buzz of astonishment. The verb means literally "were str...
Matthew 7:28 I. Note some characteristics which the Sermon on the Mount possesses. (1) The wonderful literary beauty of the language cannot have been unobserved by any one. (2) We have all marked the...
Matthew 7:21 The Wise and Foolish Builders. I. The Lord describes the false disciples as men who cry, "Lord, Lord," to Him, but who bear no fruit. The language clearly implies that there are some who...
Matthew 7:15 I. The object of our Lord in this Sermon on the Mount was to convey an accurate idea of the righteousness required in His kingdom. He did so mainly by contrasting it with the spurious for...
Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate._ It is very unpopular. The great ones will recommend to you great liberality and breadth; but enter yet in at the strait gate. Matthew 7:13. For wide i...
Matthew 7:7. _Ask, and it shall be given you;_ He that will not ask for it deserves to go without it. Have you ever asked for it? If not, whose fault is it that you have it not? Matthew 7:7. _Seek,...
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...
THE CROWD WAS AMAZED. No wonder! The whole world still stands in awe as they study this sermon....
_When Jesus had ended these sayings._ THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT I. Some few characteristics which the Sermon possesses. 1. The wonderful literary beauty of the language cannot have been unobserved by...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:28 The SCRIBES cite other rabbis; Jesus has divine AUTHORITY because of who he is. ⇐
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THOSE WHO BUILD HOUSES ON ROCK AND SAND MATTHEW 7:21-29; LUKE 6:46-49; MATTHEW 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he tha...
_And it came to pass_, &c. Here then is concluded Christ's whole Sermon upon the Mount containing the whole law and perfection of the Gospel. And although the precepts given are dispersed, yet are the...
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 7:27. GREAT WAS THE FALL OF IT.—How lively must this imagery have been to an audience accustomed to the fierceness of an Eastern tempest, and the suddenness and completeness...
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...
John 7:15; John 7:46; Luke 19:48; Luke 4:22; Luke 4:32;...
Were astonished [ε ξ ε π λ η σ σ ο ν τ ο]. From ejk, out of, and plhssw, to strike. Often to drive one out of his senses by a sudden shock, and therefore here of amazement. They were astounded. We hav...
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...
Here we have two things observable, 1. The manner of our Lord's teaching, it was WITH AUTHORITY: that is, it was grave and serious, pious and ardent, plain and profitable. With what brevity, without d...