Matthew 7:1
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. Jewish proverb.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. Jewish proverb.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH WHAT, &C. Figure of speech _Paroemia_. App-6. AGAIN. All the critical texts omit. App-94.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLDEST. See App-133. This is in contrast with "considerest". Jewish proverb. MOTE. Anglo-Saxon, _mot_. a particle of dust, something dry: i.e. any dry particle, as wood (splinter), chaff, or dust. BROTHER'S. See note on Matthew 5:22. CONSIDEREST. Greek. _katanoeo._ Stronger than "beholdest" ab... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF. from. Greek. _ap'o._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOGS. Note the _Introversion_ here.. | dogs.. | swine.. | swine.. | dogs (and the dogs). THEY: i.e. the swine. trample. All the critical texts read "shall trample upon". UNDER. with. Greek. _en._ AND. and [the dogs]. TURN AGAIN AND. having turned.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASK. Greek. _aileo._ App-134. IT SHALL BE OPENED. This is never done in the East to this day. The one who knocks is always first questioned.. Tr. WH m. read "it is opened... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. See App-118.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF HE ASK. All read "if he shall ask". A FISH. a fish also.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. grudging, or harmful. See App-128. Scripture thus challenges man, that is why man challenges it. HEAVEN. the heavens. See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. GOOD THINGS. Compare Psalms 34:8; Psalms 84:11.Luke 11:13.James 1:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE. Summing up all that has been said in verses: Matthew 7:1. WOULD. be willing. See App-102. THE LAW. See note on Matthew 5:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENTER YE IN, &C. Repeated on. later occasion. Luke 13:2. AT. through, or by means of Greek. _dia._ STRAIT. narrow. WIDE. Greek. _platus._ Occurs only here. BROAD. extensive. Greek. _euruchoros._ Occurs only here. the way. For "the two ways", see Deuteronomy 30:15; 1 Kings 18:21. 2Pe 2:2, 2 Peter... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE STRAIT.. Tr.. margin Syriac. Vulgate &c., and some fifty codices read "How strait". NARROW. straitened. UNTO. Greek. _ei_ s. Same as "to", Matthew 7:14. LIFE: i.e. the life [eternal]. See note on Leviticus 18:5. App-170.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEWARE. Take heed, as in Matthew 6:1. OF. from, or away from. Greek. _apo_: i.e. Beware [and keep] away from.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL KNOW. Note the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6). See Matthew 7:20. KNOW. fully know and recognize. See App-132. BY. from. Gr _apo._ DO MEN, &C. Figure of speech _Erotesis_, for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, LORD. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. See App-114. HEAVEN. heavens. All the texts read "the heavens". See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. WILL. Greek. _thelema._ See App-102.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE. did. Note the Figure of speech _Erotesis._ PROPHESIED. acted as spokesmen. See App-49. IN THY NAME. by or through Thy name. Note the Figure of speech _Anadiplosis._ DEVILS. demons. WONDERFUL WORKS. Greek. _dunamis_ (see App-172.); in Septuagint in this sense only in Job 37:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNEW. got to know. Greek. _ginosko._ See App-132. FROM. away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. INIQUITY. lawlessness. See App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSOEVER. every one (as in Matthew 7:26). Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6. SAYINGS. words. Greek plural of _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32. WISE. prudent. A. the. ROCK. rocky ground.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), emphasizing each particular. THE RAIN DESCENDED. down came the rain. Greek. _broche._ Occurs only here. On the roof. FLOODS. At the foundation. WINDS. At the sides. BEAT. broke upon, dashed against (with great violence), as in Luke 6:48, in... [ Continue Reading ]
BEAT UPON. on the roof; stumbled against, merely impinged, or lightly struck, in contrast with Matthew 7:25. FELL. _did_ fall.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENDED. This marks the end of the first period and subject of the Lord's ministry. See the Structure, p. 1315, and App-119. PEOPLE. multitudes. DOCTRINES. teaching.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAUGHT. was continually teaching. HAVING AUTHORITY: i.e. possessing Divine authority. Greek. _exousia._ App-172. In the current Hebrew literature of that time it denoted the Hebrew _mippi hagg burah_. from the mouth of God. See notes on Matthew 26:64.Mark 14:62, and Hebrews 1:3. AND NOT. Note the... [ Continue Reading ]