use not vain repetitions It is not the length of time spent in prayer or the fervent or reasonable repetition of forms of prayer that is forbidden, but the mechanical repetition of set words, and the belief that the efficacy of prayer consists in such repetition. The word itself lit. means to stammer, then to "repeat uselessly."
as the heathen The Jews also had a saying, "Every one that multiplies prayer is heard."
Verse Matthew 6:7. _USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS_] μη βαττολογησητε, Suidas explains this word well: "πολυλογια, _much speaking_, from one Battus, who made very prolix hymns, in which the same idea frequ...
USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS - The original word here is supposed to be derived from the name of a Greek poet, who made long and weary verses, declaring by many forms and endless repetitions the same sent...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Better Righteousness.(Matthew 6:1 .) 2. Kept in the World; Single-eyed; Trusting God.(Matthew 6:19 .)_ Our Lord said: “For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass th...
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USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS AS THE HEATHEN DO. The priests of Baal in the memorable contest with Elijah repeated the whole day, "O Baal, hear us." The Mahometans are required to repeat some expressions t...
THE REWARD MOTIVE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Matthew 6:1-18) When we study the opening verses of Matthew 6:1-34, we are immediately confronted with one most important question-- What is the place of the...
And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they are fond of praying standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, so that they may be seen by people. This is the truth...
USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS. repeat not the same things over and over; explained in last clause. Greek. _battologeo._ Occurs only here. HEATHEN. Gentiles. Greek. _ethnikos._ Occurs only here, and Matthe...
ΜῊ ΒΑΤΤΟΛΟΓΉΣΗΤΕ. It is not the length of time spent in prayer or the fervent or reasonable repetition of forms of prayer that is forbidden, but the mechanical repetition of set words, and the belief...
VER 7. "BUT WHEN YE PRAY, USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS, AS THE HEATHEN DO: FOR THEY THINK THAT THEY SHALL BE HEARD FOR THEIR MUCH SPEAKING. 8. BE YE NOT THEREFORE LIKE UNTO THEM: FOR YOUR FATHER KNOWETH W...
_THE ACTION OF PRAYING MATTHEW 6:5-15_ : Prayer is to be a simple petition from a child (Christian) to his Father (God). We are not to pray to be "seen of men" but to be "heard of God." Prayer involve...
ΒΑΤΤΑΛΟΓΉΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΒΑΤΤΑΛΟΓΈΩ (G945) болтать либо в смысле повторов, либо в смысле пустословия (RWP). Возможно, ссылка на магические заклинания язычников, наборы повторяющихся бессмысл...
DISCOURSE: 1312 DIRECTIONS RESPECTING PRAYER Matthew 6:5. And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the str...
BUT WHEN YE PRAY, USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS— The original word βαττολογησητε, is derived from one _Battus,_ who was a great babbler. (see Ovid's Metamorph. 2. ver. 688.); and signifying "to use a vain...
D. THE MOTIVES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 6:1-18) 3. HIS MOTIVE FOR PRAYING TO GOD. (Matthew 6:5-15,) TEXT: 6:5-15 5. And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to s...
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. BUT WHEN YE PRAY, USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS, [ mee (G3361) battologees...
1 The Pharisees deemed alms-giving, prayer and fasting the three most eminent exhibitions of piety, for alms was the ideal expression of their relation to their neighbor, prayer of their intercourse w...
USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS] Our Lord reproves not repetitions, but _vain_ repetitions. In the agony in the garden He Himself prayed three times in the same words. Vain repetition reaches its culminating...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expecting no reward of any kind, but that we are to look fo...
MAXIMS FOR PRAYER, AND THE LORD'S PRAYER. Perhaps the most significant v. of this section is Matthew 6:8, 'Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.' Christians, therefore, a...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE GIFTS 6:1-4 V1 ‘Be careful not to show how good you are in front of other people. Do not do your good works...
USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS. — The Greek word has a force but feebly rendered in the English. Formed from a word which reproduces the repeated attempts of the stammerer to clothe his thoughts in words, i...
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...
βατταλογήσητε : a ἅπαξ λεγ. in N. T., rarely used anywhere, and of doubtful derivation. Some (Erasmus, _e.g._) have thought it was formed from Battus, the stammerer mentioned by Herod. (iv. 155), or f...
_Further instruction in prayer_. Weiss (Mt.-Evan.) regards this passage as an interpolation, having no proper place in an anti-Pharisaic discourse. Both the opinion and its ground are doubtful. As reg...
SECRET GIVING AND SECRET PRAYING Matthew 6:1-8 First we have the general proposition that righteousness, that is, one's religious duties, should not be done for the sake of display; and that princip...
In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a statemen...
But when ye pray, use not (c) vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. (c) Long prayers are not condemned, but vain, needless, and super...
Long prayer is not here forbidden; for Christ himself spent whole nights in prayer: and he sayeth, we must pray always; and the apostle, that we must pray without intermission, 1 Thessalonians v.; and...
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...
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Here the LORD speaks of prayer, and which is yet more express in reference to the LORD. Secr...
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...
7._Use not vain repetitions _He reproves another fault in prayer, a multiplicity of words. There are two words used, but in the same sense: for βαττολογία is “a superfluous and affected repetition,” a...
This discourse gives the principles of the kingdom, but supposes the rejection of the King, and the position into which this would bring those that were His; who consequently must look for a heavenly...
BUT WHEN YE PRAY, USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS,.... Saying the same things over and over again, AS THE HEATHENS DO, as the worshippers of Baal, from morning till noon, 1 Kings 18:26. This our Lord observ...
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen _do_ : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Ver. 7. _But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions_] Babble not, bu...
_When ye pray, use not vain repetitions_ A multiplicity of words without meaning, or uttered without seriousness, reverence for God, sincerity, or faith. The original word, βαττολογησητε, is derived f...
VAIN REPETITIONS; words without meaning, or often repeated without corresponding thoughts and feelings. HEATHEN; persons not Jews, nor enlightened as to the character and will of God. MUCH SPEAKING;...
A lesson in regard to the form of prayer: BUT WHEN YE PRAY, USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS, AS THE HEATHEN DO; FOR THEY THINK THAT THEY SHALL BE HEARD FOR THEIR MUCH SPEAKING. The chief characteristic of th...
Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to impr...
5-8 It is taken for granted that all who are disciples of Christ pray. You may as soon find a living man that does not breathe, as a living Christian that does not pray. If prayerless, then graceless...
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Tertullian Of Patience of a discussion on the necessaries of faith is not idle, because it is not unfruitful. In edification no loquacity is base, if it be base at any time.[37]...
Matthew 6:7 And G1161 pray G4336 (G5740) not G3361 repetitions G945 (G5661) as G5618 heathen G1482 For...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT PART 2. Seven Warnings Against False Behaviour, Each Accompanied by The Command To Take Action In The Opposite Direction, And Each of Which Culminates in Assurances of the Fat...
THEIR RELIGIOUS EXERCISES ARE TO BE KNOWN ONLY TO THE FATHER AND NOT TO MEN (6:1-18). We will now, therefore, initially consider together the first four passages which deal with their religious behavi...
“And in praying do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do, For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.” In praying they are not to ‘use vain repetitions.' This might literal...
HOW NOT TO PRAY (6:7-9A). Having gone quietly and secretly into a private room the next question was as to what kind of praying to avoid. The point being made here is that the prayers of most men are...
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...
Our Lord passes from moral to religious duties, enjoining a ‘righteousness' (Matthew 6:1), which exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees (‘hypocrites'), and has regard to the character of our ‘Fathe...
Matthew 6:5-15. SECOND EXAMPLE (_Prayer)._...
Matthew 6:7. BUT WHEN YE PRAY. The plural form is resumed, and continued throughout the Lord's prayer; this probably extends the application to public prayer. USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS. The correct s...
USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS (μη βατταλογησητε). Used of stammerers who repeat the words, then mere babbling or chattering, empty repetition. The etymology is uncertain, but it is probably onomatopoetic...
Matthew 6:5 I. "When thou prayest," the Lord says, "thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen o...
Matthew 6:5. _And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men._ We oug...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven._ The motive which leads a man to give, will form the tr...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven._ Our blessed Lord does not tell his disciples to give a...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Formalism condemned. The new revelation of prayer (disciples prayer). The law of riches. Cure of anxiety. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: True relationsh...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men._ It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righteous...
DO NOT USE A LOT OF MEANINGLESS WORDS. It is not a torrent of prayer, nor long prayer which is forbidden (_Jesus did both),_ but the making of the number of prayers said, their length, and the amount...
_But when ye pray._ PRAYER FORBIDDEN I. Let us endeavour to explain the nature of the evils here forbidden. 1. Vain repetitions. 2. Much speaking. 3. Undue length. II. The reason on which the ad...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 6:5 Prayer was also expected of God’s people. Public prayer was a common practice in NT times. ⇐...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 6:7 HEAP UP EMPTY PHRASES. Pagans repeated the names of their gods or the same words over and over without thinking (see 1 Kings 18:26;...
CHAPTER 6 _Take heed_. &c. Instead of _alms_, some Greek Codices read _δικαιοσύνην, righteousness_, or _justice._ This is the reading of the Syriac and the Latin Vulgate. The Complutensian, Royal, and...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 6:1. ALMS.—_Righteousness_ (R.V.) is probably correct and shows the connection between this chapter and the preceding, better than “alms.” In ch. Matthew 5:20, the disciples a...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 6:1 _The_ _relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day _(_continued_);_ vide _Matthew 5:17, note. (_b_) Our Lord turns from cases which could be directly dedu...
Tonight let's take a look at Matthew, chapter six. We are in the section of the book of Matthew that is commonly called the Sermon on the Mount because it was delivered to the disciples of Jesus on th...
1 Kings 18:26; 1 Kings 8:26; Acts 19:34; Daniel 9:18; Daniel 9:19;...
Use vain repetitions [β α τ τ α λ ο γ η σ η τ ε]. A word formed in imitation of the sound, battalogein : properly, to stammer; then to babble or prate, to repeat the same formula many times, as the wo...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) Matthew 5:43; _Matthew 6:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." The whole world loves those who love them. That is only natural. But...
Use not vain repetitions — To repeat any words without meaning them, is certainly a vain repetition. Therefore we should be extremely careful in all our prayers to mean what we say; and to say only wh...
A vain-glorious ostentation in prayer was condemned by our Saviour in the former verse; here. vain-glorious multiplicity of words, by idle tautologies and impetinent repetitions, is condemned also; af...