ἄκανθα. A thorn tree, a kind of acacia. Athenæus describes it as having a round fruit on small stalks. It would give additional point to the saying if there were a distant but deceptive likeness between grapes and the berries of the ἄκανθα.
τρίβολος. The caltrop, a prickly plant reckoned by Virgil among the farmer’s plagues, Lappœque tribulique interque nitentia culta | infelix lolium et steriles dominantur avenœ. Georg. I. 153.
Verse Matthew 7:16. _YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS._] Fruits, in the Scripture and Jewish phraseology, are taken for _works_ of any kind. "A man's works," says one, "are the _tongue_ of his _hea...
YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS - The Saviour gives the proper test of their character. People do not judge of a tree by its leaves, or bark, or flowers, but by the fruit which it bears. The flower...
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...
EPILOGUE. Warnings and exhortations close the new Law, like the old (Exodus 23:20 ff.). MATTHEW 7:13 F. THE TWO GATES AND THE TWO WAYS (Luke 13:24). The picture is based on...
YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS. This common figure is wonderfully expressive. Not leaves (professions), or appearance, are the proper tests of the life that is in the tree, but the fruit it bears...
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but who within are rapacious wolves. You will recognize them from their fruits. Surely men do not gather grapes from thorns, and figs fro...
YE SHALL KNOW. Note the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6). See Matthew 7:20. KNOW. fully know and recognize. See App-132. BY. from. Gr _apo._ DO MEN, &C. Figure of speech _Erotesis_, for emp...
_thorns_ The Greek word means, probably, a kind of acacia, or perhaps "thistles." There is a Greek proverb οὐ γὰρ ἄκανθαι, "no thistles," i. e. "nothing useless." _thistles_ Rather, CALTROP, a prickl...
Ver 15. "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of this...
_JESUS SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY ABOUT BEARING FRUIT MATTHEW 7:13-20:_ There are two ways and two gates. Only one way has eternal appeal. Walking the straight and narrow way requires a new heart and a new...
ΈΠΙΓΝΏΣΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. med. от_ ΈΠΙΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1921) знать, распознавать. Прист. в данном контексте имеет директивное значение, ΜΉΤΙ используется в вопросах, на которые ожидается отр. ответ (BD, 220; B...
DISCOURSE: 1332 MEN KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS Matthew 7:15. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do m...
YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS— That is, by the evil tendency of their doctrines, as well as by the immorality of their lives. Compare 1 John 4:1. 1 Corinthians 13:3. What follows seems to be a ki...
F. THE DANGERS FACING THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 7:1-27; Luke 6:37-49) 6. THE DANGER OF BEING LED ASTRAY BY FALSE PROPHETS. (Parallel: Luke 6:43-45) TEXT: 7:15-20 15. Beware of false prophets...
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS - not their doctrines-as many of the older interpreters and some later o...
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...
7:16 know (a-6) 'Recognize,' 'know well,' as in ch. 11.27....
HOW TO DETECT FALSE PROPHETS AND HYPOCRITES IN GENERAL (Luke 6:43). The gift of prophecy was widely diffused in the Apostolic Church, so that the warning against false prophets was needed, but the wor...
FRUITS] Not doctrines, but works, or moral character, as always in NT. 17-19. Our Lord echoes and reinforces the Baptist's teaching: see on Matthew 3:1....
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...
YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS. — The question, What are the fruits? is not directly answered. Those who attach most importance to the ethical side of religion, see in them the practical outcome o...
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...
ἀπὸ τ. καρπῶν. By the nature of the case difficult to detect, but discernible from their _fruit_. ἐπιγνώσεσθε. Ye shall know them through and through (ἐπί) if ye study carefully the outcome of their w...
_An enlargement in parabolic fashion on the principle of testing by fruit_....
_Warning against pseudo-prophets_. Again, without connecting particle and possibly not a part of the Sermon on the Mount. But the more important question here is: Does this section belong to Christ's...
SEEKING LIFE; TESTING LEADERS Matthew 7:13-23 The world is full of shams. Counterfeit coins circulate; paste jewels are worn. Let us take heed against a counterfeit religion. It betrays itself thus:...
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...
As the true Church is known by the four marks of its being one, holy, catholic, and apostolical, so heretics and false teachers are known by certain vices, and the pernicious effects of their noveltie...
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...
Nothing can be more interesting than what the Lord JESUS hath here said. And no form of words can be more decisive to mark the godly man from the hypocrite. I only detain the Reader to observe, how ve...
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...
_BEWARE!_ ‘Beware of false prophets.… Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.’ Matthew 7:15...
16._From their fruits you shall know them _Had not this mark of distinction been added, we might have called in question the authority of all teachers without exception. If there is a mortal danger to...
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...
YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS,.... By "fruits" are meant, not so much their external works in life and conversation; for a false prophet may so behave, as not to be discovered thereby. So the Pha...
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Ver. 16. _Ye shall know them by their fruits_] That is, chiefly by their doctrines, which tend either to the i...
_Beware of false prophets_ Who in their preaching describe a broad way to heaven: it is their _prophesying_, their _teaching_ the broad way, rather than _walking_ in it themselves, that is _here_ chie...
FRUITS; the nature and effects of their doctrines and conduct....
The principle of testing false teachers and all frauds:...
YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS: DO MEN GATHER GRAPES OF THORNS OR FIGS OF THISTLES?...
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...
15-20 Nothing so much prevents men from entering the strait gate, and becoming true followers of Christ, as the carnal, soothing, flattering doctrines of those who oppose the truth. They may be known...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 7:20"....
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics Persons are still living who remember them,-their own actual disciples and successors,-who cannot therefore deny the lateness of their date. But, in fact,...
Matthew 7:16 know G1921 (G5695) them G846 by G575 their G846 fruits G2590 G3385 gather G4816 ...
a Do men gather grapes of thorns, a Or figs of thistles? b Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit, c But the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. d A good tree cannot bring forth evil fr...
EXHORTATION TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WAY AND PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT BY FULL OBEDIENCE TO HIS WORDS SO AS TO ENTER INTO LIFE AND AVOID DESTRUCTION (7:13-27). We now move on to the application part of the Sermon...
a Beware of false prophets, b Who come to you in sheep's clothing, b But inwardly they are ravening wolves. a By their fruits you will know them. ‘Beware of false prophets.' The false prophets come...
Matthew 7:16. BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM. This order is more emphatic. This common figure is carried out in detail in Matthew 7:17-19. DO MEN GATHER GRAPES OF THORNS, OR FIGS OF THISTLES? The...
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...
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...
BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM (απο των καρπων αυτων επιγνωσεσθε). From their fruits you will recognize them." The verb "know " (γινωσκω) has επ added, fully know. The illustrations from the tr...
Matthew 7:15 I. Christ warns us here to beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing. There is allusion here, no doubt, to the symbolical garments of the prophets, with which His he...
Matthew 7:16 The religion of Jesus Christ is one of deeds, not words; a life of action, not of dreaming. Our Lord warns us to beware of any form of religion, in ourselves or others, which does not bri...
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 7:13. _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 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is...
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...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is the Judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.» There is much better wor...
While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
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...
YON WILL KNOW THEM. Actions speak louder than words. Talk is cheap, but actions show what is really there. THORN BUSHES DO NOT BEAR GRAPES. Grapes and figs were two highly valued fruits. Nothing is mo...
_Know them by their fruits._ UTILITY THE TEST OF TRUTH The two criteria on which men most chiefly rest for the guidance “of their religious opinions would here be of no avail; _authority _would be cl...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:15 BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS. The prophet’s life and the results of his influence on others are the FRUITS that show whether his message is consistent with the teachings of Je...
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT FRUIT IN PEOPLE'S LIVES MATTHEW 7:15-20; LUKE 6:43-45; MATTHEW 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves....
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 7:13. DESTRUCTION.—The word implies, not annihilation, but waste (Matthew 26:8; Mark 14:4), perdition, _i.e_. the loss of all that makes existence precious. I question whether...
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...
2 Peter 2:10; James 3:12; Jude 1:10; Luke 6:43; Matthew 12:33;...
Ye shall know [ε π ι γ ν ω σ ε σ θ ε]. The compound verb indicates full knowledge. Character is satisfactorily tested by its fruits....
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...
By their fruits ye shall know them — A short, plain, easy rule, whereby to know true from false prophets: and one that may be applied by people of the weakest capacity, who are not accustomed to deep...