MATTHEW 5:22 auvtou/ {B} Although the reading with eivkh|/ is widespread from the second century onwards, it is much more likely that the word was added by copyists in order to soften the rigor of t...
Verse Matthew 5:22. _WHOSOEVER IS ANGRY WITH HIS BROTHER WITHOUT A CAUSE_] ο οργιζομενος - εικη, _who is vainly incensed_. "This translation is literal; and the very objectionable phrase, _without a...
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU - Jesus being God as well as man John 1:1, John 1:14, and therefore, being the original giver of the law, had a right to expound it or change it as he pleased. Compare Matthew 12:6,...
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:...
THE FULFILLED LAW IN RELATION TO THE TEACHING OF THE SCRIBES. Matthew 5:21. Murder and Malice. Ye (have) heard: _ i.e._ in the synagogues. The addition to the sixth commandment represents the traditi...
BUT. SAY UNTO YOU. Jehovah had spoken the decalogue to Israel, but Christ assumes the right to amend it. Such. claim is based only on that of divinity. He speaks as the "brightness of the Father's gl...
You have heard that it was said by the people of the old days: You shall not kill; and whoever kills is liable to the judgment court. But I say unto you that everyone who is angry with his brother is...
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...
BROTHER. An Israelite by nation and blood; while. neighbour was an Israelite by religion and worship (=. Proselyte). Both distinct from the heathen. So the Talmud defines them. WITHOUT. CAUSE. Omitte...
_I say_ A most emphatic formula, which implies the authority of a lawgiver. _without a cause_ The Greek word is omitted in the oldest MSS., and has probably been inserted by a copyist desirous of sof...
The insertion of εἰκῆ after αὐτοῦ dates from very ancient MSS., but א and B omit, also Vulgate and Æth. Verss. and Origen twice. The feeling which prompted its insertion as a marginal note would tend...
Ver 20. "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 21. Ye have heard that it...
_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...
ΌΡΓΝΖΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΟΡΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3710) гневаться, преисполняться гнева, быть в ярости (LN, 1:761). ΕΝΠΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ. рака (G4469) дурак, глупец. Примеры — _см._ SB,...
DISCOURSE: 1300 CHRIST’S EXPOSITION OF THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT Matthew 5:21. _Ye have heard that it was said by_ [Note: It should rather be “to.” See Whitby on the place.] them of old time, Thou shalt n...
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU— Which of the _prophets_ ever spake thus? _Their_ language is, _Thus saith the Lord._ Who hath the authority to use this language?—he who is able to save and destroy. The Lord Jesus...
C. THE WISE AND GODLY MAN IN RELATION TO THE LAW 2. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD ANGER OR HATE, TEXT: 5:21-26 21. Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall ki...
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but w...
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...
5:22 Raca, (f-29) i.e. stupid, worthless, a term of contempt. Fool, (g-43) As chs. 23.17; 25.2,3,8. to (h-47) _ Eis_ . has the force of 'even to,' 'as far as,'as in other cases. as Romans 5:21 , 'to...
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 MURDER (not in St. Luke's sermon, but a parallel to Matthew 5:25 occurs in Luke 12:58). Christ now shows by a few illustrative examples how the Law is to be understood and pract...
BROTHER] either a fellow-Christian or a fellow-man. WITHOUT A CAUSE] RV omits. RACA (Aramaic)] i.e. 'Empty-head': cp. Judges 9:4; Judges 11:3. THE COUNCIL] i.e. the supreme Sanhedrin of seventy-one me...
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...
I SAY UNTO YOU. — The _I_ is emphasized in the Greek. It was this probably that, more than anything else, led to the feeling of wonder expressed in Matthew 7:28. The scribe in his teaching invariably...
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...
_First illustration of Christ's ethical attitude_, taken from the Sixth Commandment. In connection with this and the following exemplifications of Christ's ethical method, the interpreter is embarrass...
ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν. Christ supplies the defect, as a painter fills in a rude outline of a picture (σκιαγραφίαν), says Theophy. He goes back on the roots of crime in the feelings: anger, contempt, etc. π...
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...
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be (i) in danger (k) of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the (l) cou...
Whosoever is angry [2] with his brother. In almost all Greek copies and manuscripts we now read angry without a cause: yet St. Jerome, who corrected the Latin of the New Testament from the best copies...
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...
_THE SIN OF ANGER_ ‘Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry w...
22._But I say to you _His reply is not opposed to the command of Moses, (Exodus 20:13; Leviticus 24:21; Numbers 35:16;) but to the interpretation usually put upon it by the scribes. Now, as the Pharis...
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...
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU,.... This is a Rabbinical way of speaking, used when a question is determined, and a false notion is refuted; it is a magisterial form of expression, and well suits with Christ, the...
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but wh...
_Ye have heard_ Namely, from the scribes reciting the law, _that it was said by them of old time_, or _to the ancients_, as ερρεθη τιος αρχαιοις, might be properly rendered. _Thou shalt not kill_ Word...
ANGRY WITH HIS BROTHER; in his heart, to which God looks. WITHOUT A CAUSE; not merely without an occasion, but rather, in an unreasonable degree, or with any mixture of malice. THE JUDGMENT; the jud...
Christ's exposition is not so narrow: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, sha...
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...
21-26 The Jewish teachers had taught, that nothing except actual murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. Thus they explained away its spiritual meaning. Christ showed the full meaning of this...
Ver. 21,22. The Pharisees, in their lectures upon the law, usually thus prefaced, _It was said by them of old time; _ this, saith Christ, YE HAVE HEARD. THOU SHALT NOT KILL: this was spoken by God in...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV and, "he that is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment."[208] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV ), used to express Himself thu...
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“But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother will be in danger of the judgment.” “I say to you.” This will be repeated on each proposed extension of men's understanding of the comm...
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...
Matthew 5:22. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU. This implies equal authority with Him who gave the Decalogue, greater authority than those who expounded it. The two thoughts of Matthew 5:21 require two here. EVER...
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...
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU (εγω δε λεγω υμιν). Jesus thus assumes a tone of superiority over the Mosaic regulations and proves it in each of the six examples. He goes further than the Law into the very hear...
HELL FIRE Greek, "Geenna", means "Gehenna", the place in the valley of Hinnom where, anciently, human sacrifices were offered. (2 Chronicles 33:6); (Jeremiah 7:31) The word occurs, (Matthew 5:22); ...
Matthew 5:21 The Law kept by Love. I. In dealing with this principle our Lord adduces certain examples by way of illustration, and asserts for Himself a high right and authority to declare to the peo...
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 5:1. _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 5:17. _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...
BUT NOW I TELL YOU. Christ has the authority to amend the Law spoken by Jehovah. WHOEVER IS ANGRY WITH HIS BROTHER. Jesus deals with motive, forbidding the anger and the harsh words which produce murd...
_Angry with his brother._ -“Thou shalt not kill.” Are you sure you do not? How has Christ decided the point? He tells us plainly that if we have (1) any malice; (2) hatred; (3) ill-will; (4) scor...
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 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Corinthians 6:6; 1 John 2:9; 1 John 3:10;...
Hell - fire [τ η ν γ ε ε ν ν α ν τ ο υ π υ ρ ο ς]. Rev., more accurately, the hell of fire. The word Gehenna, rendered hell, occurs outside of the Gospels only at James 3:6. It is the Greek representa...
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...
But I say unto you — Which of the prophets ever spake thus? Their language is, Thus saith the Lord. Who hath authority to use this language, but the one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. W...