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Verse Matthew 5:28. _WHOSOEVER LOOKETH ON A WOMAN TO LUST AFTER HER_]
επιθυμσαι αυτην, _earnestly to covet her_. The verb,
επιθυμεω, is undoubtedly used here by our Lord, in the sense
of _coveting_ t...
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YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID BY THEM OF OLD TIME, THOU SHALT NOT
COMMIT ADULTERY - See the notes at Matthew 5:21. Our Saviour in these
verses explains the seventh commandment. It is probable that th...
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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 5:27 F. ADULTERY. Jesus again extends the scope of the
prohibition from actions to thoughts. There is so mething more here
than the seventh or even the tenth commandment, where the coveting is...
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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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You have heard that it has been said: You must not commit adultery.
But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman in such a way as
to waken within himself forbidden desires for her has already...
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WHOSOEVER. every one that.
LOOKETH. keeps looking See App-133.
A WOMAN. a married woman....
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(β) Adultery, 27 32.
28. _to lust after her_i. e. "with a view to lust after her."
_in his heart_ Contrast with the pure _in heart, Matthew 5:8_....
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In αὐτῆς read for αὐτὴν we trace the probably
unconscious emendation of a scholar.
28. ΠΡῸΣ ΤῸ ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗ͂ΣΑΙ, i.e. ‘with a view to
lust after her.’
ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΚΑΡΔΊΑΙ. Contrast with the pure _in heart,_...
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(β)
Adultery, 27–32...
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VER 27. "YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID BY THEM OF OLD TIME, 'THOU
SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY:' 28. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT WHOSOEVER
LOOKETH ON A WOMAN TO LUST AFTER HER HATH COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH...
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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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DISCOURSE: 1303
OUR LORD’S EXPOSITION OF THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
Matthew 5:27. _Ye have heard that it was said by_ [to] _them of old
time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, that
who...
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YE HAVE HEARD, &C.— What has been hitherto said refers to
_meekness;_ what now follows, to _purity of heart._ Dr. Lightfoot, to
explain the opinion of the Jewish doctors, respecting the duty of this
s...
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C. THE RELATION OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN TO THE LAW
3. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD LUST.
TEXT: 5:27-32
27. Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28. but I say unto you, that every o...
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But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after
her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT WHOSOEVER LOOKETH ON A WOMEN TO LUST AFTER
HE...
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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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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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REVISION OF THE LAW OF ADULTERY. Jesus expands the Mosaic prohibition
of adultery into a law of inward purity of the strictest kind, and
gives important counsel to the tempted....
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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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TO LUST AFTER HER. — The intent is more strongly marked in the Greek
than in the English. It is not the passing glance, not even the
momentary impulse of desire, but the continued gaze by which the
im...
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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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ὁ βλέπων : the looker is supposed to be a husband who by his
look wrongs his own wife. γυναῖκα : married or unmarried.
πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι. he look is supposed to be not
casual but persistent, the desi...
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_Second illustration_, taken from the seventh commandment. A grand
moral law, in brief lapidary style guarding the married relation and
the sanctity of home. Of course the Hebrew legislator condemned...
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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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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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Reader! do not fail to observe the spiritual nature of the law of GOD.
It is not limited to actions, but includes thoughts. The heart is the
forge where all actions are worked. And whether they be bro...
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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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28._Whoever shall look upon a woman. _The design of Christ was to
condemn generally the lust of the flesh. He says, that not only those
who have seduced their neighbors’ wives, but those who have poll...
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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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BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT WHOSOEVER LOOKETH ON A WOMAN,.... Many and
severe are the prohibitions of the Jews, concerning looking upon a
woman, which they aggravate as a very great sin: they say k, it i...
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But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after
her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Ver. 28. _But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to
lust...
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_Ye have heard_, &c. Jesus now proceeds in his sermon to the seventh
commandment, the true interpretation of which he gives us. _Thou shalt
not commit adultery_ This, as well as the sixth commandment,...
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IN HIS HEART; the laws of God extend to the thoughts; and men may
violate them in their hearts without manifesting their feelings in
outward conduct....
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BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT WHOSOEVER LOOKETH ON A WOMAN TO LUST AFTER
HER HATH COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER ALREADY IN HIS HEART.
The Sixth Commandment had indeed been given to "them of old time,"
Exodus...
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A lesson from the Sixth 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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27-32 Victory over the desires of the heart, must be attended with
painful exertions. But it must be done. Every thing is bestowed to
save us from our sins, not in them. All our senses and powers mus...
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The scope of our Saviour in these verses is the very same as in the
verses immediately preceding, viz. to correct the jejune
interpretation which the Pharisees had put upon the Divine law, and to
show...
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First Apology of Justin " And, "If thy right eye offend thee, cut it
out; for it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of heaven
with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into everlasting...
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Matthew 5:28 But G1161 I G1473 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 that G3754
whoever G3956 looks G991 ...
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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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2). GOD'S CONCERN ABOUT THE PURITY OF WOMEN: WHAT THE DISCIPLES'
ATTITUDE IS TO BE TOWARDS THE LAW CONCERNING ADULTERY, DIVORCE, AND
SEXUAL ATTITUDE: THE NEED TO BE HARSH WITH THEMSELVES ABOUT SIN
(5:...
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“But I say to you, that every one who looks on a woman to lust after
her, has committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
Once again Jesus declares authoritatively, “I say to you.” Once He
has...
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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 5:28. EVERY ONE WHO, not seeth, but voluntarily LOOKETH, with
a view TO LUST AFTER HER. Our Lord declares, not that such an one
shall be condemned, but that in his _heart_ he has committed the...
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IN HIS HEART
(εν τη καρδια αυτου). Not just the centre of the blood
circulation though it means that. Not just the emotional part of man's
nature, but here the inner man including the intellect, the...
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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 5:1. _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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ANYONE WHO LOOKS. The Jews taught that there was no guilt, unless the
act was performed. Some of them were "voyers" (_see_ 2 Peter 2:14).
WANTS TO POSSESS HER. Not a casual look, but an _obsessive des...
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_In his heart._
THE HEART OR WILL IS, IN MAN, THE SEAT OF VIRTUE OR VICE.
I. Actions must be our invariable touchstone of truth whilst we
sojourn in this state of imperfect knowledge and comparative...
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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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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv.
Matthew 5:21, Matt
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:28 WITH LUSTFUL INTENT (literally, “for
the purpose of lusting for her”). It is not enough to maintain
physical purity alone. One must also guard against mental acts of
unfai...
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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 John 2:16; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Samuel 11:2; Exodus 20:17; Genesis 34:2;...
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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...