Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 15:5
It is a gift by whatsoever thou mightest have been profited by me — That is, I have given, or at least, purpose to give to the treasury of the temple, what you might otherwise have had from me.
It is a gift by whatsoever thou mightest have been profited by me — That is, I have given, or at least, purpose to give to the treasury of the temple, what you might otherwise have had from me.
Verse Matthew 15:5. _IT IS A GIFT_] קרבן _korban_, Mark 7:11, an _offering of approach_; something consecrated to the service of God in the temple, by which a man had the privilege of _approaching_ h...
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...
IT IS. Supply ("Be that"] instead of "It is". A GIFT. dedicated to God. THOU: i.e. the parent. PROFITED. helped. BY. of. Greek. _ek._ ME: i.e. the son....
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...
_It is a gift_ Rather, LET IT BE A GIFT, or "devoted to sacred uses," which the Jews expressed by the word _corban_, found in Mark 7:11. The scribes held that these words, even when pronounced in spit...
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...
ΚΑῚ omitted before ΟΥ̓ ΜῊ ΤΙΜ. on the most ancient authority. 5. ΔΩ͂ΡΟΝ Ὃ ἘᾺΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. ‘Let that by whatsoever thou mayest be profited by me (i.e. the sum which might have gone to your support) be a ‘g...
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...
ΌΣ ΆΝ (G3739; G159) С _conj._ ВВОДИТ ОТНОС, _прид._, которое образует гипотетическое условие в усл. предложении, ΕΊΠΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004). ΔΏΡΟΝ (G1435) дар, ПОДАΡΟΚ, ссылка на практи...
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...
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; BUT YE SAY, WHOSOEVER SHALL SAY TO HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER, IT IS A GIFT,...
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...
15:5 gift, (d-15) * i.e. an offering to God, see Mark 7:11 and note at Matthew 27:6 ....
BUT YE SAY, etc.] RV 'But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given _to God_ he shall not honour his father (or, his mother)...
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...
IT IS A GIFT. — St. Mark (Mark 7:11) gives the Hebrew term, Corban, which was literally applied to that which had been consecrated — theoretically to God, practically to the service or ornamentation o...
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...
shows how that great law is compromised. ὑμεῖς δὲ λέγ.: the emphatic antithesis of ὑμεῖς to θεὸς a pointed rebuke of their presumption. he scribes rivals to the Almighty in legislation. “Ye say”: the...
_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...
But ye say, (c) Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; (c) The meaning is this: whatever I bestow upon the temple, is to y...
The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee. [1] This gift is called Corban, Mark vii. 11. Now, as to the sense of this obscure place, I shall mention two expositions that seem preferabl...
"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...
5._But you say, etc. _The mode of expression is defective, and is more fully exhibited by Mark, who adds, _you suffer them not to do anything more to their father or to their mother _The meaning is, t...
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...
Ver. 5 6. BUT YE SAY, WHOSOEVER SHALL SAY TO HIS FATHER OR MOTHER,.... That is, it was a tradition of their's, that if a man should say to his father and mother, when poor and in distress, and made ap...
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to _his_ father or _his_ mother, _It is_ a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; Ver. 5. _But ye say, Whosoever, &c._] The intolerable covetousness of t...
_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...
IT IS A GIFT; that is, has been consecrated as a gift to the Lord. If children should announce to their parents that they had devoted to religious uses what might otherwise have been given to their su...
Christ's reply:...
BUT YE SAY, WHOSOEVER SHALL SAY TO HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER, IT IS A GIFT, BY WHATSOEVER THOU MIGHTEST BE PROFITED BY ME; AND HONOR NOT HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER, HE SHALL BE FREE....
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"....
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI ? But, perhaps, when any one said to his father or his mother, "It is a gift, that wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me,"[87]...
Matthew 15:5 But G1161 you G5210 say G3004 (G5719) Whoever G3739 G302 says G2036 (G5632) father...
a “But you say, ‘Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, ‘That by which you might have benefited from me is given to God', he need not honour his father.” He points to one ruling whereby a man...
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 15:5. BUT YE SAY. God said one thing, ‘ye say' another, and though you quote tradition, it has only your own authority. IT IS A GIFT TO GOD, ALL THAT, etc. ‘That from which thou mightest have...
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,...
BUT YE SAY (υμεις δε λεγετε). In sharp contrast to the command of God. Jesus had quoted the fifth commandment (Exodus 20:12; Exodus 20:16) with the penalty "die the death" (θανατω τελευτατω), "go on...
GIFT That is, dedicated to God. (Matthew 5:23); (Mark 7:11). (_ See Scofield) - (Mark 7:11). _...
Matthew 15:5 I. There ought to be no conflict between the Divine and social claims. The family has its claims; society has its claims; God has His claims, and they are all righteous. They are all on...
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...
BUT YOU TEACH. Their Tradition said just the opposite of God's command. THIS BELONGS TO GOD. CORBAN. The teachers of the Law said that if a person said about his money and property, _"This belongs to...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 15:5 GIVEN TO GOD reflects a technical term for a formal vow (compare “Corban,” Mark 7:11). This allowed a person to be released from responsibilities such
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 4:19; Acts 5:29; Amos 7:15; Leviticus 27:9; Mark 7:10;...
It is a gift [δ ω ρ ο ν]. Rev., given to God. The picture is that of a churlish son evading the duty of assisting his needy parents by uttering the formula, Corban, it is a gift to God. "Whatever that...