Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 15:19
First evil thoughts — then murders — and the rest. Railings — The Greek word includes all reviling, backbiting, and evil speaking.
First evil thoughts — then murders — and the rest. Railings — The Greek word includes all reviling, backbiting, and evil speaking.
Verse Matthew 15:19. _OUT OF THE HEART_] In the heart of an unregenerate man, the _principles_ and _seeds_ of all sin are found. And iniquity is always conceived in the heart before it be _spoken_ or...
See also Mark 7:17. THEN ANSWERED PETER, AND SAID UNTO HIM, DECLARE UNTO US THIS PARABLE - See the notes at Matthew 13:3. The word “parable” sometimes means a dark or obscure saying,...
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...
Jesus called the crowd and said to them: "Listen and understand. It is not that which goes into the mouth which defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, that defiles a man." Then his disciples...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Matthew 15:1-9)...
EVIL. Greek. _poneros._ App-128. THOUGHTS. reasonings. FALSE WITNESS. Greek. _pseudomarturia._ Occurs only in Matthew (here, and Matthew 26:59)....
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...
_For out of the heart proceed_ The enumeration follows the order of the Commandments. Evil thoughts harmful reasonings form a class under which the rest fall, indicating, too, that the transgression o...
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...
ἘΚ ΓᾺΡ ΤΗ͂Σ ΚΑΡΔΊΑΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. The enumeration follows the order of the Commandments. Evil thoughts—(διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί) ‘harmful reasonings’—form a class under which the rest fall, indicating, too, that...
Ver 15. Then answered Peter and said unto him, "Declare unto us this parable." 16. And Jesus said, "Are ye also yet without understanding? 17. Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at...
_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...
ΔΙΑΛΟΓΙΣΜΌΣ (G1261) спор, сомнение, довод. Возможно, намек на злое побуждение (DA). ΠΟΡΝΕΊΑ (G4202) недозволенные половые отношения (TDNT). ΚΛΟΠΑΊ _пот. pl. от_ ΚΛΟΠΉ (G2829) кража, ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΊΑ (G988...
EVIL THOUGHTS— Διαλογισμοι πονηροι, _evil reasonings:_ So I choose to render it, says Dr. Doddridge, as better suiting both the original and the occasion, and as containing a more universal and import...
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 out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: FOR OUT OF THE HEART PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS, [ dialogismoi (G1261) poneeroi (G4190)...
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...
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...
EVIL THOUGHTS,... BLASPHEMIES. — The plural form points to the manifold variety of the forms of guilt under each several head. The order is in some measure an ascending one, beginning with the “though...
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...
_Washing of hands_ (Mark 7:1-23)....
φόνοι, etc.: breaches of Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Commandments in succession....
_Interpretation of saying_ in Matthew 15:11....
WHAT REALLY DEFILES Matthew 15:10-20 It is good to study our Lord's list of the sources of soul-pollution. _Evil thoughts_ come first. We cannot prevent an evil suggestion being presented to our mind...
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 out of the heart. We must here observe, that our divine Redeemer mentions offences against our neighbour, to shew us that he is even more desirous we should love our neighbour than worship himse...
TRUE RELIGION INTERNAL & SPIRITUAL Matthew 15:10-20; Mark 7:14-23. Matthew: “Calling the multitude to Him, He said to them, Hear and understand. Not that which cometh into the mouth defileth a man; bu...
"And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: (11) Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. (12) Then...
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...
_EVIL THOUGHTS_ ‘For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts.’ Matthew 15:19 The depravity of man is a fact attested by history and experience. The source of the depravity is spiritual; the evil is...
19._For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts _Hence we infer that the word _mouth, _as I have mentioned, was used by Christ in a former verse by way of allusion to the context; for now he makes no...
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 OUT OF THE HEART PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS,.... Of God, of Christ, of the Spirit, of fellow creatures, and of all sorts of wickedness. The thoughts of sin are evil, are to be hated, forsaken, and for...
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: Ver. 19. _For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts_] These are the first and immed...
_Peter said, Declare unto us this parable_ That is, the sentence, maxim, or proverb, mentioned Matthew 15:11. _Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth the man_, &c. A declaration very intelligibl...
The teaching of God will lead a man to place less reliance upon external observances, and to look more to the state of his heart, in obedience to the command of Christ, "Make the tree good," in order...
FOR OUT OF THE HEART PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS, MURDERS, ADULTERIES, FORNICATIONS, THEFTS, FALSE WITNESS, BLASPHEMIES....
Jesus explains the parable:...
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...
10-20 Christ shows that the defilement they ought to fear, was not from what entered their mouths as food, but from what came out of their mouths, which showed the wickedness of their hearts. Nothing...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 15:20"....
Origen Against Celsus Book VII To see God belongs to the pure heart, out of which no longer proceed "evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies, the evil eye...
Matthew 15:19 For G1063 out G1537 heart G2588 proceed G1831 (G5736) evil G4190 thoughts G1261 murders G5408 adult
“For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings.” Here ‘evil thoughts' is probably a summary of what is then given in detail. Thus th...
Matthew 15:19. FOR OUT OF THE HEART PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS, _i.e.,_ reasonings, purposes, not mere notions. The criminality of acts proceeds from the purpose; for these acts man is responsible. The plu...
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 15:18. _But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, theft...
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...
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 15:10. _And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man._...
Matthew 15:13. _But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up._ He had not any peculiar tenderness towards them, they were no plants of his Fathe...
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...
18-19. FOR FROM HIS HEART. The heart symbolizes the "real man." Evil actions and evil words begin from evil ideas. Compare Matthew 7:15-20....
_For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts._ OUR EVIL THOUGHTS I. When may your thoughts be counted voluntary, and we be truly and justly answerable for then? 1. When evil thoughts are plainly occ...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 15:17 WHATEVER GOES INTO THE MOUTH. See note on Mark 7:19. ⇐...
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...
Acts 8:22; Ephesians 2:1; Galatians 5:19; Genesis 6:5; Genesis 8:21;...
Out of the heart. Compare Plato. "For all good and evil, whether in the body or in human nature, originates, as he declared, in the soul, and overflows from thence, as from the head into the eyes; and...