Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 5:36
For thou canst not make one hair white or black — Whereby it appears, that this also is not thine but God's.
For thou canst not make one hair white or black — Whereby it appears, that this also is not thine but God's.
Verse 36. _NEITHER SHALT THOU SWEAR BY THY HEAD_] For these plain reasons: 1st. God commands thee not to do it. 2dly. Thou hast nothing which is _thy own_, and thou shouldst not pledge another's pro...
NEITHER SHALT THOU SWEAR BY THY HEAD - This was a common oath. The Gentiles also used this oath. To swear by the head was the same as to swear by the life; or to say, I will forfeit my life if what I...
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:...
OATHS. Jesus sums up several OT passages, _e.g._ Exodus 20:7; Leviticus 19:12; Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:21. The use of oaths a
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...
You have heard that it was said by the people of the old days: You shall not take an oath falsely, but you shall pay your oath in full to the Lord. But I say to you: Do not swear at all, neither by he...
_by thy head_ A common form of oath in the ancient world: cp. "Per caput hoc juro per quod pater ante solebat." Verg. _Æn._...
ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΚΕΦΆΛΗΙ ΣΟΥ. A common form of oath in the ancient world: cp. ‘Per caput hoc juro per quod pater ante solebat.’ Verg. _Æn._ IX. 300....
(γ) Oaths, 33–37...
Ver 33. "Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, 'Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:' 34. But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neit...
_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...
ΌΜΌΣΗΣ _aor. conj. act., см._ Matthew 5:34. _Conj._ употреблено в _Отр.. imper._ ΔΎΝΑΣΑΙ _praes. ind. act. 2 pers. sing. от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ (G1410) быть способным, ΤΡΊΧΑ _асс. sing. от_ ΘΡΊΞ (G2359) волосы...
DISCOURSE: 1306 SWEARING FORBIDDEN Matthew 5:33. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I sa...
AGAIN, YE HAVE HEARD, &C.— As to oaths, the doctors affirmed, that they were obligatory, according to the nature of the things by which a man swears. See ch. Matthew 23:16. Hence they allowed the use...
C. THE WISE AND GODLY MAN IN RELATION TO THE LAW 4. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD TRUTH. TEXT: 5:33- 37 33. Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt...
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. NEITHER SHALT THOU SWEAR BY THY HEAD, BECAUSE THOU CANST NOT MAKE ONE HAIR WHITE OR BLACK. In the other oa...
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 OATHS. The prohibition 'Swear not at all' is to be taken in its widest sense, and not simply as forbidding the common oaths of conversation. Christ looks forward to a time when...
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...
BY THY HEAD. — This is apparently chosen as an extreme instance of a common oath in which men found no reference to God. Yet here, too, nothing but an implied reference to Him fits it to be an oath at...
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...
_Fourth illustration: concerning oaths_. A new theme, therefore formally introduced as in Matthew 5:21. πάλιν points to a new _series_ of illustrations (Weiss, Mt.-Evan., p. 165). The first series is...
PURE EYES AND CLEAN SPEECH Matthew 5:27-37 The legislation of the old time insisted that no member of the commonwealth should commit adultery, and enforced terrible penalties. See Deuteronomy 22:22-2...
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...
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...
What a beautiful train of thoughts arise from those words of Jesus. Not only the prohibition of the Load to what is so highly unsuitable and offensive in oaths and the like, but the injunction to a si...
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...
_REVERENCE FOR THE HOLY NAME_ ‘Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou … shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you, Swear not at all,’ etc. Matthew 5:...
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...
NEITHER SHALT THOU SWEAR BY THY HEAD,.... This also was a common form of swearing among the Jews: take a few instances. "If anyone is bound to his friend by an oath, and says to him, vow unto me בחיי...
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. Ver. 36. _Neither shalt thou swear by thy head_] That is, by thy health, which is the life of our lives, say...
_Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time_ Or rather, _was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself_, &c. See the margin. The Jewish doctors affirmed, that oaths were obli...
CANST NOT MAKE ONE HAIR WHITE OR BLACK; thy head is a creature of God, over which thou hast no control; so that in swearing by it, thou swearest by him that made it and has it in his power....
An illustration from the Second Commandment:...
NEITHER SHALT THOU SWEAR BY THY HEAD, BECAUSE THOU CANST NOT MAKE ONE HAIR WHITE OR BLACK....
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...
33-37 There is no reason to consider that solemn oaths in a court of justice, or on other proper occasions, are wrong, provided they are taken with due reverence. But all oaths taken without necessit...
Doth our Saviour here oppose himself to the law of God, which saith, {DEUTERONOMY 6:13} 10:20, _ Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and swear by his name?_ Doth he condemn Abraham, who sware his servan...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III "And none other," says the Lord, "can make the hair white or black."[26] Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II For, whatever is wont to be burned t...
Matthew 5:36 Nor G3383 swear G3660 (G5661) by G1722 your G4675 head G2776 because G3754 cannot G1410 ...
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...
3). THE DISCIPLES' APPROACH TO OATH-TAKING AND RELIABILITY (5:33-37). In Jesus' day the taking of oaths was popular and often somewhat hypocritical. Going by what was written later they were divided i...
“Neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God, Nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet, Nor towards Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor shall you swear by your...
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 5:36. BY THY HEAD. No man can create a hair of his head, or even transform its color; what solemnity, then, in such an oath. Or, if carried further, to swear by what is under God's control alo...
Matthew 5:33 I. Our Lord does not here forbid a solemn oath, such as may be required, for example, in a court of justice. The law clearly allowed such an oath for confirmation. When the high priest ad...
Matthew 5:31. _It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto to you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of f...
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,...
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...
BY YOUR HEAD. A meaningless vow. We are told the people of the Eastern world still swear vows by the head, the beard, the heart, the temple, the church, etc....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv. Matthew 5:21, Matt
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:33 An OATH involved using God’s name, or substitutes for it, to guarantee the truth of one’s statements (see Numbers 30:2). Jesus’ disciples
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...
Luke 12:25; Matthew 23:16; Matthew 6:27...
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...
Did Jesus condemn all oath taking, even in court? (See comments on James 5:12.)...