Verse 42. _GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE, AND FROM HIM THAT WOULD_ _BORROW_] To _give_ and _lend_ freely to all who are in need, is a general precept from which we are only excused by our inability to...
GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE - This is the general rule. It is better to give sometimes to an undeserving person than to turn away one who is really in need. It is good to be in the habit of giving. A...
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:...
RETALIATION (_cf._ Luke 6:29 f.). Like the law of divorce, the law of the _ius talionis_ (Exodus 21:24 f.*) was more restrictive than permissive; it limited revenge by fixing an exact compensation for...
You have heard that it has been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I tell you not to resist evil; but if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also; and if an...
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...
WOULD. would fain. Greek. _thelo_. App-102. OF. from. Grr. _apo._...
_from him that would borrow of thee_ Luke has "lend, hoping for nothing again." Forced loans have been a mode of oppression in every age, for which, perhaps, no people have suffered more than the Jews...
ΤῸΝ ΘΈΛΟΝΤΑ�. St Luke has, δανείζετε μηδὲν� (Luke 6:35). Forced loans have been a mode of oppression in every age, from which, perhaps, no people have suffered more than the Jews....
(_b_) The law of retaliation, 38–42...
VER 38. "YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH:' 39. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT YE RESIST NOT EVIL: BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL SMITE THEE ON THY RIGHT CHEEK, TURN TO...
_JESUS' TEACHINGS ABOUT RETALIATION AND LOVE MATTHEW 5:38-48:_ Having the right attitude will cause us to go the second mile. (Matthew 5:38-42) Do anything and everything within your power to show the...
ΑΊΤΟΎΝΤΙ _praes. act. part. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154) просить, ΔΌΣ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать. Imper. употребляется в конкретных повелениях, ΔΑΝΊΣΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. inf. от_ ΔΑΝΊΖΩ (G1155) одо...
DISCOURSE: 1308 LIBERALITY ENJOINED Matthew 5:42. _Give to him that asketh thee; and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away_. TO render good for evil is a duty of indispensable obliga...
YE HAVE HEARD, &C.— With respect to men's resisting and revenging such injuries as are done them, Jesus assured his disciples, that although, for the preservation of society, Moses had ordained the ju...
C. THE WISE AND GODLY MAN IN RELATION TO THE LAW 5. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD PERSONAL VINDICATION. (Parallel: Luke 6:27-31) TEXT: 5:38-42 38. Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a toot...
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE. The sense of unreasonable asking here implied (cf. Luke 6:30). AND FROM HIM THA...
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...
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
ABOLITION OF THE LAW OF RETALIATION: cp. Luke 6:29; Luke 6:30. It is a difficulty to some that God should ever have sanctioned the barbarous principle of 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' (E...
GIVE TO HIM, etc.] Not an exhortation to indiscriminate charity, but to that brotherly love which Christians ought to feel even towards the improvident and wicked. It is right to give to him that asks...
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...
GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH. — Here again our Lord teaches us by the method of a seeming paradox, and enforces a principle binding upon every one in the form of a rule which in its letter is binding upon...
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...
This counsel does not seem to belong to the same category as the preceding three. One does not think of begging or borrowing as an injury, but at most as a nuisance. Some have doubted the genuineness...
_Fifth illustration_, from the law of compensation....
BROTHERLY RELATIONSHIP Matthew 5:38-48 In mentioning the second mile, our Lord refers to a well-known Eastern custom of forwarding messages by relays of forced labor. We leave our homes on a given mo...
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...
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...
Who can read the justice and equity of that strict law, which enjoins an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, without having his mind directed to the contemplation of CHRIST as our surety. In hint...
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...
Matthew 5:42._Give to him that asketh of thee. _Though the words of Christ, which are related by Matthew, appear to command us to give to all without discrimination, yet we gather a different meaning...
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...
GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE,.... To every man, Luke 6:30 whether Jew or Gentile; friend or foe; believer or unbeliever; a good, or a bad man; worthy or unworthy; deserving or not, that asketh alms, w...
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Ver. 42. _Give to him that asketh thee_] Yet with discretion and choice of a fit object. _a_ Which having met...
_Ye have heard_, &c. Our Lord proceeds to enforce such meekness and love toward their enemies, on those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, as were utterly unknown to the scribes and Pharisees...
GIVE-TURN NOT THOU AWAY; when the person who asks or would borrow is needy accommodate him, if consistently with duty you can do it....
GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE; AND FROM HIM THAT WOULD BORROW OF THEE TURN NOT THOU AWAY. To give and to lend are two duties of charity which Christ puts on a level, both guided by prudence and the int...
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...
38-42 The plain instruction is, Suffer any injury that can be borne, for the sake of peace, committing your concerns to the Lord's keeping. And the sum of all is, that Christians must avoid disputing...
In these words our Saviour presseth another piece of charity, viz. liberality to those who are poor; who are of two sorts: some such as are never able to repay us; to those he commandeth Christians _...
Epistle of Barnabas Thou shalt not hesitate to give, nor murmur when thou givest. "Give to every one that asketh thee,"[266] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Carpocratis autem justitia, et e...
Matthew 5:42 Give G1325 (G5720) asks G154 (G5723) you G4571 and G2532 wants G2309 (G5723) borrow...
HIS DISCIPLES ARE TO SHOW GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT, NOT TO CRY FOR VENGEANCE (5:38-42). In this example Jesus is replying to a mistaken interpretation of the Law. The purpose of the law ‘an eye for an eye...
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...
Give to him who asks you, And from him who would borrow of you turn not yourself away.” These commands are rooted in the Old Testament. They are not spoken in a capitalist environment, but in an agri...
Matthew 5:42. GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE. Begging was as common and annoying then as now. AND FROM HIM THAT WOULD BORROW OF THEE TURN NOT THOU AWAY, or ‘be not turned away.' Obviously to give to ev...
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...
TURN NOT THOU AWAY (μη αποστραφηις). Second aorist passive subjunctive in prohibition. "This is one of the clearest instances of the necessity of accepting the spirit and not the letter of the Lord'...
Matthew 5:38 I. The principle of the Mosaic law and it is a principle of no little importance in its own place is that there should be as far as possible a just proportion between the offence and the...
Matthew 5:41. _And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain._ If you can do him any service, do it cheerfully, do it readily. Do what he wants of you. Matthew 5:42. _Give to him t...
Matthew 5:31. _It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto to you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of f...
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...
WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU. Many who were blind, crippled, and lepers roamed Palestine. They live on what charity was given to them. Jesus does not mean that we must give to everyone, nor loan to everyone,...
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 John 3:16; 1 Timothy 6:17; 2 Corinthians 9:6; Daniel 4:27;...
Borrow [δ α ν ι σ α σ θ α ι]. Properly, to borrow at interest....
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...
Thus much for your behaviour toward the violent. As for those who use milder methods, Give to him that asketh thee — Give and lend to any so far, (but no further, for God never contradicts himself) as...
Should believers literally give anything to anyone who asks? PROBLEM: Here Jesus clearly said, “Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away” (cf. Luke 6:30). B...
Our Saviour here presses the law of charity upon his disciples: this is two-fold;. charity in giving to them that beg, and. charity in lending to them that desire to borrow. Christianity obliges all t...