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Verse 33. _THOU SHALT NOT FORSWEAR THYSELF_] They dishonour the great
God, and break this commandment, who use frequent oaths and
imprecations, even in reference to things that are true; and those wh...
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THOU SHALT NOT FORSWEAR THYSELF - Christ here proceeds to correct
another false interpretation of the law. The law respecting oaths is
found in Leviticus 19:12, and Deuteronomy 23:23. By those laws pe...
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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:...
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OATHS. Jesus sums up several OT passages, _e.g._ Exodus 20:7;
Leviticus 19:12; Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:21. The use of oaths a
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You have heard that it was said by the people of the old days: You
shall not take an oath falsely, but you shall pay your oath in full to
the Lord. But I say to you: Do not swear at all, neither by he...
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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...
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THE LAW OF PERJURY. IT HATH BEEN SAID. it was said. See Leviticus
19:12. also App-107.
THOU SHALT NOT, &C. Quoted from Exodus 20:7; Numbers 30:2.
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(γ) Oaths, 33 37.
33. _Thou shalt not forswear thyself_ The special reference may be to
the third commandment. Cp. also Leviticus 19:12, "Ye shall not swear
by my name falsely, neither shalt thou prof...
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ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΠΙΟΡΚΉΣΕΙΣ. The special reference may be to the
third commandment. Cp. also Leviticus 19:12, ‘Ye shall not swear by
my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God.’ In
the kingd...
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(γ)
Oaths, 33–37...
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Ver 33. "Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old
time, 'Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the
Lord thine oaths:' 34. But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neit...
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_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...
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ΈΠΙΟΡΚΉΣΕΙΣ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΟΡΚΈΩ (G1964)
ложно клясться, нарушать клятву.
ΆΠΟΔΏΣΕΙΣ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G591)
воздавать, выполнять обязанности по
отношению к кому-л., исполнять кля...
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DISCOURSE: 1306
SWEARING FORBIDDEN
Matthew 5:33. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of
old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the
Lord thine oaths: but I sa...
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AGAIN, YE HAVE HEARD, &C.— As to oaths, the doctors affirmed, that
they were obligatory, according to the nature of the things by which a
man swears. See ch. Matthew 23:16. Hence they allowed the use...
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C. THE WISE AND GODLY MAN IN RELATION TO THE LAW
4. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD TRUTH.
TEXT: 5:33- 37
33. Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou
shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt...
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Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine
oaths:
AGAIN, YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID BY THEM OF...
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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...
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REVISION OF THE LAW OF OATHS. The prohibition 'Swear not at all' is to
be taken in its widest sense, and not simply as forbidding the common
oaths of conversation. Christ looks forward to a time when...
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BY THEM] RV 'to them': see Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:21, etc.
34. Oaths that did not expressly invoke the name of God were
considered less binding than those that did. Jesus cuts at the root of
the...
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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
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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...
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BY THEM OF OLD TIME. — Read, _to them of old time,_ as before. Here,
again, the reference is to the letter of the Law as taught by the
Rabbis, who did not go beyond it to its wider spirit. To them the...
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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...
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PURE EYES AND CLEAN SPEECH
Matthew 5:27-37
The legislation of the old time insisted that no member of the
commonwealth should commit adultery, and enforced terrible penalties.
See Deuteronomy 22:22-2...
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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...
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(8) Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time,
Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine
oaths:
(8) The meaning of the third commandment against the...
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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...
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What a beautiful train of thoughts arise from those words of Jesus.
Not only the prohibition of the Load to what is so highly unsuitable
and offensive in oaths and the like, but the injunction to a si...
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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...
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_REVERENCE FOR THE HOLY NAME_
‘Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time,
Thou … shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you,
Swear not at all,’ etc.
Matthew 5:...
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33._Thou shalt not perjure thyself _This also is not a correction of
the law, but a true interpretation of it. For God condemned in the law
not only acts of perjury, but lightness in swearing, which l...
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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...
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AGAIN, YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID,.... Besides what has been
observed, in ver. 21 and 27 you know it has also been said,
BY, OR TO THEM OF OLD TIME, what is written in Leviticus 19:12. "And...
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Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine
oaths:
Ver. 33. _Thou shalt not forswear thyself_] An oath is ο...
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_Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time_ Or rather,
_was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself_, &c. See
the margin. The Jewish doctors affirmed, that oaths were obli...
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FORSWEAR THYSELF; commit perjury, or swear to that which is false.
PERFORM UNTO THE LORD; the Pharisees taught that religious oaths in
which God's name was used were binding and should be filled, whi...
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AGAIN, YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID BY THEM OF OLD TIME, THOU
SHALT NOT FORSWEAR THYSELF, BUT SHALT PERFORM UNTO THE LORD THINE
OATHS....
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An illustration from the Second Commandment:...
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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...
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33-37 There is no reason to consider that solemn oaths in a court of
justice, or on other proper occasions, are wrong, provided they are
taken with due reverence. But all oaths taken without necessit...
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This was said EXODUS 20:7, and more plainly LEVITICUS 19:12; the
substance was there said, though the words be not _verbatim_ recited....
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
And, "It hath been said, Thou shalt not forswear thyself. But I say
unto you, Swear not at all; but let your conversation be, Yea, yea,
and Nay, nay."[154]
Constitu...
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Matthew 5:33 Again G3825 heard G191 (G5656) that G3754 said G4483
(G5681) old G744 not G3756 falsely...
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3). THE DISCIPLES' APPROACH TO OATH-TAKING AND RELIABILITY (5:33-37).
In Jesus' day the taking of oaths was popular and often somewhat
hypocritical. Going by what was written later they were divided i...
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‘Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old time,
“You shall not swear falsely (or ‘break your oath'), but shall
perform to the Lord your oaths.”
As described above this was probably a ci...
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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...
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Matthew 5:33. A summary of the Mosaic precepts in regard to swearing;
negatively, THOU SHALT NOT SWEAR FALSELY; positively, BUT SHALT
PERFORM TO THE LORD THINE OATHS. (Comp. Leviticus 19:12; Numbers
2...
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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...
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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...
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Matthew 5:33
I. Our Lord does not here forbid a solemn oath, such as may be
required, for example, in a court of justice. The law clearly allowed
such an oath for confirmation. When the high priest ad...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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DO NOT BREAK YOUR PROMISE. The Law said that solemn promises must be
kept (Leviticus 19:12). The Jews taught that some promises could be
broken without penalty....
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_Swear not._
I. Profane swearing is always the evidence of a depraved heart.
II. No man is believed any sooner in common conversation because he
swears to a thing.
III. It is no mark of a gentleman...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:33 An OATH involved using God’s name, or
substitutes for it, to guarantee the truth of one’s statements (see
Numbers 30:2). Jesus’ disciples
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv.
Matthew 5:21, Matt
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 23:23; Deuteronomy 5:11; Ecclesiastes 5:4; Exodus 20:7;...
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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...
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Our Lord here refers to the promise made to the pure in heart of
seeing God in all things, and points out a false doctrine of the
scribes, which arose from their not thus seeing God. What he forbids
i...
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Did Jesus condemn all oath taking, even in court?
(See comments on James 5:12.)...
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The next commandment which our Saviour expounds and vindicates, is the
third, which requires. reverent use of God's name.
Now the Pharisees taught that perjury was the only breach of this
commandment...