He taught them — The multitudes, as one having authority — With a dignity and majesty peculiar to himself as the great Lawgiver, and with the demonstration and power of the Spirit: and not as the scribes — Who only expounded the law of another; and that in a lifeless, ineffectual manner.
Verse Matthew 7:29. _HAVING AUTHORITY_] They felt a commanding power and authority in his word, i.e. his doctrine. His statements were perspicuous; his exhortations persuasive; his doctrine sound and...
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...
AS HAVING AUTHORITY. He spake, not as man, with human doubts and limitations, but as one who was omniscient. He came from God, was the brightness of the Father's glory, and spoke as one divine; not a...
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
TAUGHT. was continually teaching. HAVING AUTHORITY: i.e. possessing Divine authority. Greek. _exousia._ App-172. In the current Hebrew literature of that time it denoted the Hebrew _mippi hagg burah_....
_having authority_ He was Himself a lawgiver. His teaching was not a mere expansion of the old law. Much less did he confine himself to the words of any particular Rabbi. _the scribes Sopherim_= eithe...
ἮΝ ΓΆΡ ΔΙΔΆΣΚΩΝ. The analytic imperfect indicates vividly the continuance of the action, ‘He was teaching,’ not as A.V. ‘taught.’ The thought of the listeners was: ‘While He was teaching we felt all a...
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...
ΓΆΡ (G1063) ибо (пояснительное), ΔΙΔΆΚΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΔΙΔΆΣΚΩ (G1321) учить. Part, употреблено в перифразе, которая подчеркивает факт, что Иисус регулярно выступал в роли учителя (VA, 458;...
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...
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...
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. FOR HE TAUGHT THEM AS [ONE] HAVING AUTHORITY. The word "one" which our translators have here inserted, only weakens the statemen...
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...
HE TAUGHT THEM. — The Greek implies continuity, _He was teaching._ AS ONE HAVING AUTHORITY, AND NOT AS THE SCRIBES. — Some instances have been already pointed out: the “I say unto you,” which is contr...
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...
ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων : Fritzsche supplies, after ἔχων, τοῦ διδάσκειν, and renders, He taught as one having a right to teach, because He could do it well, “scite et perite,” a master of the art. The though...
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...
He taught as one having power, Greek: exousian, to found a law of his own. Hence he said: Ego autem dico vobis; "But I say to you, " viz. as a legislator, announcing to you not the law of Moses, or of...
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...
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...
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...
FOR HE TAUGHT THEM, AS ONE HAVING AUTHORITY,.... This does not so much respect the subject matter of his ministry, the gravity, weight, and solidity of his doctrine; which, to be sure, was greatly dif...
For he taught them as _one_ having authority, and not as the scribes. Ver. 29. _For he taught them as one having authority_] Never man spake as he spake, said those catch poles that came to take him,...
_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...
TAUGHT-AS ONE HAVING AUTHORITY; the Pharisees quoted what the fathers had said; Christ spoke in his own right. He had authority over the winds and the waves, over diseases and devils, and over all cre...
FOR HE TAUGHT THEM AS ONE HAVING AUTHORITY, AND NOT AS THE SCRIBES. Christ's manner of teaching differed from that of the scribes, for they taught by authority only, droning out the traditions and pre...
The impression made by Christ's sermon:...
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...
Ver. 28,29. The same words also are repeated, MARK 1:22 LUKE 4:32. They declare the effect of this and other of our Saviour's sermons upon the hearts of those that heard him, and the reason of it. The...
Matthew 7:29 for G1063 taught G1321 (G5723) G2258 (G5713) them G846 as G5613 having G2192 ...
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...
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...
Matthew 7:29. FOR HE TAUGHT THEM. This may refer to His habitual mode of teaching. AS HAVING AUTHORITY. ‘One' is not only unnecessary, but incorrect Christ is not ‘one' among others ‘having authorit...
AND NOT AS THEIR SCRIBES (κα ουχ ως ο γραμματεις αυτων). They had heard many sermons before from the regular rabbis in the synagogues. We have specimens of these discourses preserved in the Mishna a...
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 7:29 This was the impression made by our Lord on those who heard Him teach and preach. He spoke as if He had a right to be heard, as if He had a message to deliver, as if His declaration of t...
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...
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...
HE TAUGHT WITH AUTHORITY. He did not speak out of human doubts and limitations. He was the Eternal Logos, and he spoke as One who knew the_ Eternal Truth_ of God....
_Having authority._ THE GREAT AUTHORITY There resides in what is called an “ authority “ a power which we shall do well to contemplate. By it I mean that position as an adviser which is gained only b...
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...
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...
Acts 3:22; Acts 3:23; Acts 6:10; Deuteronomy 18:18; Deuteronomy 18:19;
He taught [η ν δ ι δ α σ κ ω ν]. He was teaching. This union of the verb and participle emphasized the idea of duration or habit more than the simple tense....
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...