Matthew 7:24

Matthew 7:24. Therefore. In view of all that precedes, especially the warnings just given, to which a further warning is here added.

These sayings of mine, coming from me, with a hint as to His authority. This expression does not favor the view that this discourse is a summary made by the Evangelist

Doeth them, makes them his habitual rule of action. The power to do them Christ gives us. How and why is to be learned elsewhere. To rise to the Mount of Beatitudes in our life, we must go to Mount Calvary for our life.

Shall be likened. This is the better established reading.

A wise man, a prudent man.

Who, ‘such an one as.'

Built his house upon a rock. The Greek has the article with ‘rock' and ‘sand,' with a generalizing meaning, i.e., rocky foundation, sandy foundation. The English idiom usually omits the definite article in such a case; but the E. V. is inconsistent, omitting the article here, and reading ‘the sand' (Matthew 7:26). The practice was common, but the form indicates a special case, which may have been known to the hearers.