Verse Matthew 5:19. _WHOSOEVER - SHALL BREAK ONE OF THESE LEAST_ _COMMANDMENTS_] The Pharisees were remarkable for making a distinction between weightier and lighter matters in the law, and between w...
WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL BREAK - Shall violate or disobey. ONE OF THESE LEAST COMMANDMENTS - The Pharisees, it is probable, divided the precepts of the law into lesser and greater, teaching that they...
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:...
MATTHEW 5:17 TO MATTHEW 6:18. RIGHTEOUSNESS, LEGAL AND REAL. After laying down the principle that the Law is not destroyed or annulled, but developed and transcended (Matthew 5:17), Jesus applies it t...
WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL BREAK ONE OF THESE LEAST COMMANDMENTS. The commandments of the law were the law of God until they were replaced by the new code given through Christ. He who violated the leas...
Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to destroy them but to fulfil them. This is the truth I tell you--until the heaven and the earth shall pass away, the...
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...
WHOSOEVER. every one that (with Greek. _an._ Supposing the case). See note on "Till", Matthew 5:18. Note the Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6). THESE LEAST. these shortest. Referring not to what me...
Again addressed to the Apostles as teachers. The union of doing and teaching is essential. It was the grave sin of the Pharisees that they taught without doing. See ch. Matthew 23:2-3. This explains t...
The poetical form traceable throughout the Sermon on the Mount is especially observable here. οὐ καταλῦσαι and πληρῶσαι are the key-words. The γὰρ in _v._18 (ἀμὴν γάρ) introduces an explanation of οὐ...
ΛΎΣΗΙ … ΔΙΔΆΞΗΙ. Recall in this connection St Paul’s attitude in relation to the law. διδάσκειν points to the Presbyter or Teacher, λύσῃ, a more general term, to the people. ΠΟΙΉΣΗΙ ΚΑῚ ΔΙΔΆΞΗΙ. Again...
Ver 17. "Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall i...
_JESUS' TEACHING ABOUT INFLUENCE AND LAW MATTHEW 5:13-20:_ Those that exhibit the characteristics of the beatitudes become the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Those with humble and pure...
ΌΣ ΕΆΝ = ΎΣ ΑΝ (G3739; G159) кто бы то ни было. Это отн. _прид._ выступает в роли _conj._ и указывает на утверждение общего характера или предположение (BD, 192). ΛΎΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΎΩ (G3089...
DISCOURSE: 1298 THE DANGER OF LITTLE SINS Matthew 5:19. _Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven...
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO DESTROY, &C.— Because the doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ concerning happiness was contrary to that which the Jews were accustomed to hear, and which their preachers pret...
C. THE RELATION OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN TO THE LAW (Matthew 5:17-48) 1. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD THE STANDARD, TEXT: 5:17-20 17. Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to d...
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall b...
18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42. 21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11. 23 See Mar_1:21-39. 25 Compare Mar_3:7-8. 1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23. 1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
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
CHRISTIANITY AS THE FULFILMENT OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. This section is especially appropriate in St. Matthew's Jewish Gospel. St. Luke's sermon, being for Gentile readers, has nothing similar, an...
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...
SHALL BREAK ONE OF THESE LEAST COMMANDMENTS. — The words seem at first to imply that even the ceremonial law was to be binding in its full extent upon Christ’s disciples. The usage of the time, howeve...
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...
ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ, etc.: οὗν pointing to a natural inference from what goes before. Christ's view being such as indicated, He must so judge of the setter aside of any laws however small. When a religiou...
These verses wear on first view a Judaistic look, and have been regarded as an interpolation, or set down to the credit of an over-conservative evangelist. But they may be reconciled with Matthew 5:17...
_Jesus defines His position_. At the period of the Teaching on the Hill Jesus felt constrained to define His ethical and religious position all round, with reference to the O. T. as the recognised aut...
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...
(4) Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the (h) least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the sam...
He shall be called; i.e. (by a frequent Hebrew idiom) he shall be the least in the kingdom of heaven; that is, according to St. Augustine he shall not be there at all; for none but the great in sancti...
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...
No doubt the Reader would wish to have a clear apprehension of the words Raca and Fool. The most acceptable service on these verses I can offer, will be to explain them. Raca, was a word used by the J...
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...
19._Whoever then shall break _Christ here speaks expressly of the commandments of life, or the ten words, which all the children of God ought to take as the rule of their life. He therefore declares,...
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...
WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL BREAK ONE OF THESE LEAST COMMANDMENTS,.... Which are to be understood not of the beatitudes in the preceding verses, for these were not delivered by Christ under the form of...
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach _them_, the same shall...
_Whosoever therefore shall break_ Shall himself transgress in his practice, or pervert and weaken by his doctrine, _one of these least commandments, and teach men so_ Shall direct or encourage men to...
LEAST COMMANDMENTS; least, as compared with others. No precept of God's law may be set aside on the ground of its comparative unimportance; for the least disobedience to any command of God is highly o...
In the meantime all men should know: WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL BREAK ONE OF THESE LEAST COMMANDMENTS, AND SHALL TEACH MEN SO, HE SHALL BE CALLED THE LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL...
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...
17-20 Let none suppose that Christ allows his people to trifle with any commands of God's holy law. No sinner partakes of Christ's justifying righteousness, till he repents of his evil deeds. The mer...
Whosoever shall in his practice violate but one of the commandments of God, which the Pharisees judge of the least, and which possible are so compared with others, and shall teach men that they may do...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians It is good to teach, if he who speaks also acts. For he who shall both "do and teach, the same shall be great in the kingdom."[109] Clement of Alexandria Stromat...
Matthew 5:19 Whoever G3739 G1437 therefore G3767 breaks G3089 (G5661) one G3391 least G1646 these G5130 commandments
A “Whoever therefore shall loose (relax, treat lightly, render ineffective) one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, b Will be called least in the Kingly Rule of Heaven, a But whoeve...
THE PERMANENCE OF THE LAW AND THE WARNING TO OBSERVE IT TRULY SO AS TO EXPERIENCE A FULLER RIGHTEOUSNESS (5:17-20). Having spoken to His disciples of a life which acts as a preservative in the world,...
Matthew 5:19. An application of the truth just announced. WHOSOEVER, THEREFORE, because of this permanent character of the law. SHALL BREAK, or at any time may break, ONE OF THESE LEAST COMMANDMENT...
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...
SHALL DO AND TEACH (ποιηση κα διδαξη). Jesus puts practice before preaching. The teacher must apply the doctrine to himself before he is qualified to teach others. The scribes and Pharisees were me...
Matthew 5:19 I. There are two instincts implanted by God in the soul as seeds out of which our spiritual life is to grow; one of these is the instinct of duty, the other is the instinct of love. Throu...
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...
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 5:17. _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...
WHOEVER DISOBEYS. The Jews taught that some commands were more important, and that some were "small" and unimportant. They also taught that if you kept one commandment perfectly, you would be given cr...
_Break one of these least commandments._ THE PERILOUS HARMFULNESS OF LITTLE SINS Man is set free from the curse of the law, but not from its authority. I. Let us consider these minor violations of t...
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 Peter 5:4; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:1;...
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...
One of the least — So accounted by men; and shall teach — Either by word or example; shall be the least — That is, shall have no part therein....
To evidence yet farther, that the moral law is. perfect rule of life, our Saviour tells his disciples, that if any of them did either by their doctrine or practice, make void any one of the least of G...