Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 6:17
Anoint] This may mean 'Anoint thy head as for a banquet,' but anointing was a common practice at all times.
Anoint] This may mean 'Anoint thy head as for a banquet,' but anointing was a common practice at all times.
Verse Matthew 6:17. _ANOINT THINE HEAD AND WASH THY FACE_] These were forbidden in the Jewish canon on days of fasting and humiliation; and hypocrites availed themselves of this ordinance, that they...
BUT THOU WHEN THOU FASTEST, ANOINT ... - That is, appear as you do daily. Do not assume any new appearance, or change your visage or dress. The Jews and all neighboring nations were much in the habit...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Better Righteousness.(Matthew 6:1 .) 2. Kept in the World; Single-eyed; Trusting God.(Matthew 6:19 .)_ Our Lord said: “For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass th...
THE FULFILLED LAW IN RELATION TO THE LIFE OF THE PHARISEES. Mt. only, though the digression on Prayer (Matthew 6:7) has parallels in Lk. MATTHEW 6:1 is a general warning; three aspects of the mechani...
THE REWARD MOTIVE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Matthew 6:1-18) When we study the opening verses of Matthew 6:1-34, we are immediately confronted with one most important question-- What is the place of the...
When you fast, don't put on a sad face, as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces, so that all men may see that they are fasting. This is the truth I tell you--they are paid in full. But wh...
WASH. Greek. _niptd._ App-136....
ΣῪ ΔῈ ΝΗΣΤΕΎΩΝ ἌΛΕΙΨΑΙ, as if feasting rather than fasting: cp. τὼ δὲ λοεσσαμένω καὶ�ʼ ἐλαίῳ | δείπνῳ ἐφιζανέτην, _Il._ X. 577....
VER 17. "BUT THOU, WHEN THOU FASTEST, ANOINT THINE HEAD, AND WASH THY FACE; 18. THAT THOU APPEAR NOT UNTO MEN TO FAST, BUT UNTO THY FATHER WHICH IS IN SECRET: AND THY FATHER, WHICH SEETH IN SECRET, SH...
_THE ACTIONS OF FASTING AND GIVING MATTHEW 6:16-21_ : Fasting is to be seen only by God. God said, "When you fast." It seems that fasting is expected among Christians, but not commanded for Christians...
ΝΗΣΤΕΎΩΝ _praes. act. part. (temp.)._ "Когда вы (эмфатическое) поститесь..." ΆΛΕΙΨΑΙ _aor. imper. med. от_ ΑΛΕΊΦΟΜΑΙ (G218) помазывать себя. Обычно во время поста этого не делали (Lachs, 125). ΝΊΨΑΙ...
DISCOURSE: 1320 DIRECTIONS RESPECTING FASTING Matthew 6:16. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fas...
ANOINT THINE HEAD— That is to say, "Affect nothing which is uncommon; and, rather than put on a _sad countenance,_ which may shew to all around you that you fast, _wash_, on the contrary, _your face,...
D. THE MOTIVES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 6:1-18) 4. HIS MOTIVATION FOR FASTING. (Matthew 6:16-18) TEXT: 6:16-18 16. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance:...
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; BUT THOU, WHEN THOU FASTEST, ANOINT THINE HEAD, AND WASH THY FACE - as the Jews did, except when mourning (); so that the meaning...
14-15 Compare Mar_11:25-26. 14 Forgiveness now is according to the riches of His grace (Eph_1:7), not according to our forgiveness of others. The believers in Israel failed at this point. Their forgi...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE GIFTS 6:1-4 V1 ‘Be careful not to show how good you are in front of other people. Do not do your good works...
ANOINT THINE HEAD, AND WASH THY FACE. — Both these acts were rigidly prohibited by the traditions of the Elders on the Day of Atonement, and by implication on other fast days also. They were the outwa...
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...
ἄλειψαι, νίψαι : not necessarily as if preparing for a feast (Meyer and Weiss), but performing the usual daily ablutions for comfort and cleanliness, so avoiding parade of fasting by neglect of them ...
_Fasting_....
HOW TO PRAY AND HOW TO FAST Matthew 6:9-18 This might more fitly be termed the “disciples' prayer.” As we tread its stately aisles, we cannot but think of the myriads who have stood on the same pavem...
In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a statemen...
The forty days' fast, my dear brethren, is not an observance peculiar to ourselves; it is kept by all who unite with us in the profession of the same faith. Nor is it without reason that the fast of C...
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...
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. We have our LORD'S direction in these verses concerning...
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...
This discourse gives the principles of the kingdom, but supposes the rejection of the King, and the position into which this would bring those that were His; who consequently must look for a heavenly...
BUT THOU, WHEN THOU FASTEST,.... Christ allows of fasting, but what is of a quite different kind from that of the Jews; which lay not in an outward abstinence from food, and other conveniences of life...
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; Ver. 17. _But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, &c._] Not but that a man is bound at such a time to abridge himself of the...
_When ye fast_ Our Lord does not enjoin either fasting, alms-deeds, or prayer, all these being duties which were before fully established in the Church of God. _Be not as the hypocrites_, &c. Do not f...
ANOINT THY HEAD; that is, dress and appear as usual....
BUT THOU, WHEN THOU FASTEST, ANOINT THINE HEAD AND WASH THY FACE,...
The proper method of fasting:...
Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to impr...
16-18 Religious fasting is a duty required of the disciples of Christ, but it is not so much a duty itself, as a means to dispose us for other duties. Fasting is the humbling of the soul, Psalms 35:13...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 6:18"....
Matthew 6:17 But G1161 you G4771 fast G3522 (G5723) anoint G218 (G5669) your G4675 head G2776 and...
THEIR RELIGIOUS EXERCISES ARE TO BE KNOWN ONLY TO THE FATHER AND NOT TO MEN (6:1-18). We will now, therefore, initially consider together the first four passages which deal with their religious behavi...
THE CORRECT APPROACH TO FASTING (6:16-18). The idea of fasting in Israel was that of expressing repentance for sin (Nehemiah 9:1; Jonah 3:5); or of revealing grief (2 Samuel 1:12;...
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face, That you be not seen of men to fast, But of your Father who is in secret, And your Father, who sees in secret, will recompense you.” So...
Matthew 6:16-18. Third Example _(Fasting)._...
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...
Our Lord passes from moral to religious duties, enjoining a ‘righteousness' (Matthew 6:1), which exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees (‘hypocrites'), and has regard to the character of our ‘Fathe...
Matthew 6:17. WHEN THOU FASTEST. He assumes that His disciples would practise private fasting. ANOINT THY HEAD AND WASH THY FACE. The usual practice before meals, especially before feasts. Special pr...
Matthew 6:16 Let us ask what is the use of fasting, for so we shall best come to understand the true methods and degrees of fasting. All bodily discipline, all voluntary abstinence from pleasure of wh...
Matthew 6:5. _And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men._ We oug...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven._ The motive which leads a man to give, will form the tr...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Formalism condemned. The new revelation of prayer (disciples prayer). The law of riches. Cure of anxiety. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: True relationsh...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men._ It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righteous...
16-18. AND WHEN YOU FAST. This is the third example of the right and wrong way of doing religious duties. The same principle of avoiding a "show off" attitude applies here. Fasting can be useful, but...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 6:16 Various kinds of fasts were practiced in OT times, though the law required only one fast a year, on the Day of Atonement. (Fasting is probably implied by the command to “a...
CHAPTER 6 _Take heed_. &c. Instead of _alms_, some Greek Codices read _δικαιοσύνην, righteousness_, or _justice._ This is the reading of the Syriac and the Latin Vulgate. The Complutensian, Royal, and...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 6:1. ALMS.—_Righteousness_ (R.V.) is probably correct and shows the connection between this chapter and the preceding, better than “alms.” In ch. Matthew 5:20, the disciples a...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 6:1 _The_ _relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day _(_continued_);_ vide _Matthew 5:17, note. (_b_) Our Lord turns from cases which could be directly dedu...
Tonight let's take a look at Matthew, chapter six. We are in the section of the book of Matthew that is commonly called the Sermon on the Mount because it was delivered to the disciples of Jesus on th...
2 Samuel 14:2; Daniel 10:2; Daniel 10:3; Ecclesiastes 9:8; Ruth 3:3...
Anoint thy head — So the Jews frequently did. Dress thyself as usual....