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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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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(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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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,...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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Matthew 5:19 Whoever G3739 G1437 therefore G3767 breaks G3089 (G5661)
one G3391 least G1646 these G5130 commandments
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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...
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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,...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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 5:13. _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...
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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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:19 THESE COMMANDMENTS. The rabbis
recognized a distinction between “light” commandments (such as
tithing garden produce) and “weighty” commandments (such as those
concerning...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:17 These verses explain how Jesus and the
kingdom fulfill the Law of Moses. This is the key to interpreting the
Sermon on the Mount and indeed the whole of Jesus’ ministry....
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the
Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five
major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
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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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1 Peter 5:4; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:1;...
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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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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....
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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...