Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 5:23
Thy brother hath aught against thee — On any of the preceding accounts: for any unkind thought or word: any that did not spring from love.
Thy brother hath aught against thee — On any of the preceding accounts: for any unkind thought or word: any that did not spring from love.
Verse Matthew 5:23. _THEREFORE IF THOU BRING THY GIFT_] Evil must be nipped in the bud. An unkind thought of another may be the _foundation_ of that which leads to actual _murder_. A Christian, prope...
THEREFORE, IF THOU BRING THY GIFT TO THE ALTAR ... - The Pharisees were intent only on the external act in worship. They looked not at all to the internal state of the mind. If a man conformed to the...
5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7 _ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .) 2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
THE FULFILLED LAW IN RELATION TO THE TEACHING OF THE SCRIBES. Matthew 5:21. Murder and Malice. Ye (have) heard: _ i.e._ in the synagogues. The addition to the sixth commandment represents the traditi...
III. DUTY BEFORE WORSHIP. 23, 24. THEREFORE, IF THOU BRING THY GIFT TO THE ALTAR. This springs immediately out of the modification of the law, Thou shalt not kill, which required that there should be...
So, then, if you bring your gift to the altar, and if you there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go, and first be reconciled to your br...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48) As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel. In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that the hour has struc...
BRING. offer, as in Matthew 5:24. GIFT: i.e. sacrifice. TO. up to. Greek. _epi_....
_if thou bring thy gift to the altar_ i. e. THY OFFERING, such as a lamb or a pair of doves. _rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee_ that thy brother hath cause of complaint against th...
ΟΥ̓͂Ν. In consequence of this truth that anger makes you liable to the extremity of punishment. ΠΡΟΣΦΈΡΗΙΣ ΤῸ ΔΩ͂ΡΟΝ, ‘make thy offering.’ Cp. Leviticus 2:1, ἐὰν δὲ ψυχὴ προσφέρῃ δῶρον θυσίαν τῷ κυρίῳ...
VER23. "THEREFORE IF THOU BRING THY GIFT TO THE ALTAR, AND THERE REMEMBEREST THAT THY BROTHER HATH OUGHT AGAINST THEE; 24. LEAVE THERE THY GIFT BEFORE THE ALTAR, AND GO THY WAY; FIRST BE RECONCILED TO...
_JESUS' TEACHING ABOUT MURDER, ADULTERY AND SWEARING MATTHEW 5:21-37:_ In Matthew 5:21-26 we learn that the thought of hatred produces the act of murder. Therefore, the thought is the act in the heart...
ΠΡΟΣΦΈΡΗΣPRAES. _conj. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΦΈΡΩ (G4374) приносить, предлагать приношения и дары. _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) используется в _conj._ 3 типа (_см._ Matthew 5:20). ΈΠ (G1909) с _асс._ на. ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΉ p...
DISCOURSE: 1301 THE NECESSITY OF SEEKING RECONCILIATION WITH MEN Matthew 5:23. _Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave t...
THEREFORE, IF THOU BRING THY GIFT— Farther, to quench the first and smallest sparks of enmity, and prevent all occasion of angry resentments, our Lord adds what follows from this to the 26th verse; fo...
C. THE WISE AND GODLY MAN IN RELATION TO THE LAW 2. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD ANGER OR HATE, TEXT: 5:21-26 21. Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall ki...
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; THEREFORE - to apply the foregoing, and show its paramount importance -- IF THOU BR...
22 Gehenna, the valley of the son of Hinnom, just below the city of Jerusalem, where idolatrous worship was once carried on and where the city offal was burned, will once more become the incinerator f...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20), that it is
REVISION OF THE LAW OF MURDER (not in St. Luke's sermon, but a parallel to Matthew 5:25 occurs in Luke 12:58). Christ now shows by a few illustrative examples how the Law is to be understood and pract...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29 INTRODUCTION This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
IF THOU BRING THY GIFT TO THE ALTAR. — Literally, _If thou shouldst be offering._ Our Lord was speaking to Jews as such, and paints, therefore, as it were, a scene in the Jewish Temple. The worshipper...
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...
_First illustration of Christ's ethical attitude_, taken from the Sixth Commandment. In connection with this and the following exemplifications of Christ's ethical method, the interpreter is embarrass...
Holtzmann (H. C.) regards these verses, as well as the two following, as an addition by the evangelist. But the passage is at least in thorough harmony with what goes before, as well as with the whole...
NEW HEART RIGHTEOUSNESS Matthew 5:17-26 Our Lord's mission was not to destroy but to construct. As noon fulfils dawn, and summer, spring; as manhood fulfils childhood and the perfect picture, the ru...
In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
(6) Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the (o) altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; (6) The covetous Pharisees taught that God was appeased by the sacrifices appoint...
He commands us to leave unfinished any work we may have begun, though in its own nature most acceptable to God, in order to go and be reconciled to our brother; because God will have mercy and not sac...
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...
CHRIST is our New Testament Altar, neither have we any other. It is painful to hear men call the communion table Altar, a name which belongs only to JESUS. But seen in this point of view, when drawing...
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...
Matthew 5:23._Therefore, if thou shalt bring thy gift _This clause confirms, and at the same time explains, the preceding doctrine. It amounts to this, that the precept of the law, which forbids murde...
He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside. The str...
THEREFORE, IF THOU BRING THY GIFT TO THE ALTAR,.... The Jews obliged such who had done any damage to their neighbours, by stealing from them, to make satisfaction before they brought their offering; c...
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Ver. 23. _Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar_] To anger our Saviour here oppo...
_Therefore_, &c. “Because men are very apt to fall into rash anger, and to express their anger by contemptuous speeches and abusive names, fancying that there is no sin in these things, or but little,...
GIFT; religious offering. ALTAR; place where the offering was made. AUGHT; any cause of complaint....
Jesus presents the positive side of His exposition:...
Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,...
From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
21-26 The Jewish teachers had taught, that nothing except actual murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. Thus they explained away its spiritual meaning. Christ showed the full meaning of this...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For by the gift both honour and affection are shown forth towards the King; and the Lord, wishing us to offer it in all simplicity and innocence, did express Himself...
Matthew 5:23 Therefore G3767 if G1437 bring G4374 (G5725) your G4675 gift G1435 to G1909 altar G2379 there...
FIVE FULLER APPLICATIONS OF THE LAW (5:21-43). In order to bring home what His disciples' approach to the Law should be Jesus selects five pivotal aspects of the Law, and expands on them and explains...
“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar,” And there remember that your brother has anything against you, Leave there your gift before the altar, And go your way, first be reconciled t...
Our Lord defines His relation to the old dispensation (Matthew 5:17-19), thus introducing the negative leading thought, viz., the utter failure of the Pharisees to attain true righteousness, according...
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...
Matthew 5:23. THEREFORE. Application of the teaching just uttered. ART OFFERING THY GIFT AT THE ALTAR, engaged in what was then the highest act of worship. Even the most sacred act should make room...
Matthew 5:21 The Law kept by Love. I. In dealing with this principle our Lord adduces certain examples by way of illustration, and asserts for Himself a high right and authority to declare to the peo...
Matthew 5:17. _Think not that I am came to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill._ The life, work, and words of Christ are not an emendation of the Old Testament,...
Matthew 5:13. _Ye are the salt of the earth:_ The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve it. So, dear friends, if God's grace is in you, there is a pungent savor about you w...
Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,-_ Our Saviour soon gathered a...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light. Christ's relation to the law. Divorce. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
Matthew 5:1. _Seeing the multitudes,_ assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon t...
SO IF YOU ARE ABOUT TO OFFER YOUR GIFT. One who stands guilty of sin against his brother cannot worship God acceptably. This is an application of Matthew 5:22....
_Be reconciled to thy brother._ MUTUAL CONCILIATION I. That a worshipper of God may be in a state of discord in reference to his brother. II. That public worship rightly used is one of the means to...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv. Matthew 5:21, Matt
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:23 FIRST BE RECONCILED. The one who initiates the reconciliation here is the one who has wronged the other person. ⇐
CHAPTER 5 _Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was? "Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT _The aim and contents of the_ “_Sermon_.”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and po...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 5:1 AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew 4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. I...
Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of scripture. Matthew five, And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has sat down, his disciples came unto...
1 Kings 2:44; 1 Samuel 15:22; Amos 5:21; Deuteronomy 16:16;...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great crowd of p...
For preventing the sin of rash anger, which in our Savior's account is. degree of murder, he exhorts all his disciples and followers to brotherly agreement, and to seek mutual reconciliation with each...