Into thy closet] RV 'into thine inner chamber': cp. Isaiah 26:20; 2 Kings 4:33. There is no disparagement here of public worship, which our Lord elsewhere emphatically commends by precept and practice. But private prayer affords a test of sincerity which public worship does not. Shall reward thee openly] RV 'shall recompense thee.'
MATTHEW 6:6 soi {B} See the comment on ver. 4....
Verse Matthew 6:6. _BUT THOU, WHEN THOU PRAYEST_] This is a very impressive and emphatic address. But THOU! whosoever thou art, Jew, Pharisee, Christian-enter into thy closet. Prayer is the most secr...
ENTER INTO THY CLOSET - Every Jewish house had a place for secret devotion. The roofs of their houses were flat places, well adapted for walking, conversation, and meditation. See the notes at Matthew...
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...
WHEN THOU PRAYEST, ENTER INTO THY CLOSET. Private devotions are meant, nor is this designed to prohibit prayers in public assemblies, as some have foolishly contended. The Lord himself both prayed "in...
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...
And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they are fond of praying standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, so that they may be seen by people. This is the truth...
CLOSET. store-chamber. Hence. secret chamber where treasures were stored. Occurs only here, Matthew 24:26, and Luke 12:3; Luke 12:24. Compare Isaiah 26:20;
_closet_ A private oratory or place of prayer. These were usually in the upper part of the house. The Greek word in the original is translated (1) "Secret Chambers," ch. Matthew 24:26; (2) "Storehouse...
ΤΑΜΕΙ͂ΟΝ has high authority (אBDE) for ταμιεῖον; cp. the late form ὑγεία for ὑγίεια. 6. ΤΑΜΙΕΙ͂ΟΝ. A private oratory or place of prayer. These were usually in the upper part of the house; in classica...
VER 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. VERILY I SAY U...
_THE ACTION OF PRAYING MATTHEW 6:5-15_ : Prayer is to be a simple petition from a child (Christian) to his Father (God). We are not to pray to be "seen of men" but to be "heard of God." Prayer involve...
ΤΑΜΕΊΟΝ (G5009) кладовая, внутреннее потайное помещение (BAGD; ВВС), ΚΛΕΊΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΚΛΕΊ Ω (G2808) закрывать. _Temp. part._, или же это часть повеления. ΠΡΌΣΕΥΞΑΙ _aor. imper. med. (de...
DISCOURSE: 1312 DIRECTIONS RESPECTING PRAYER Matthew 6:5. And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the str...
ENTER INTO THY CLOSET— That is, "perform thy private devotions without noise or shew; by which it will appear, that thou art influenced by a true sense of duty." The word ταμιειον, _closet,_ signifies...
D. THE MOTIVES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 6:1-18) 3. HIS MOTIVE FOR PRAYING TO GOD. (Matthew 6:5-15,) TEXT: 6:5-15 5. And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to s...
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. BUT THOU...
1 The Pharisees deemed alms-giving, prayer and fasting the three most eminent exhibitions of piety, for alms was the ideal expression of their relation to their neighbor, prayer of their intercourse w...
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...
ENTER INTO THY CLOSET. — Literally, _the store-closet of thy house._ The principle, as before, is embodied in a rule which startles, and which cannot be binding literally. Not in synagogue or street,...
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...
: true prayer in contrast to the theatrical type. σὺ δὲ, hou, my disciple, in opposition to the “actors”. ὅταν, when the spirit moves, not when the customary hour comes, freedom from rule in prayer, a...
_Prayer_. ὡς οἱ ὑποκριταί, as the actors. We shrink from the harshness of the term “hypocrite”. Jesus is in the act of creating the new meaning by the use of an old word in a new connection. φιλοῦσι s...
SECRET GIVING AND SECRET PRAYING Matthew 6:1-8 First we have the general proposition that righteousness, that is, one's religious duties, should not be done for the sake of display; and that princip...
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...
Because he who should pray in his chamber, and at the same time desire it to be known by men, that he might thence receive vain glory, might truly be said to pray in the street, and sound a trumpet be...
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...
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Here the LORD speaks of prayer, and which is yet more express in reference to the LORD. Secr...
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...
_ALONE WITH GOD_ ‘But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret.’ Matthew 6:6 It is the test of what a man is when he i...
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 PRAYEST, ENTER INTO THY CLOSET,.... Or "chamber", a secret place, fit for private retirement, meditation, and prayer. AND WHEN THOU HAST SHUT THY DOOR; see some such like phrases...
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Ver. 6. _Bu...
_When thou prayest_ Which, if thou art my disciple indeed, thou wilt often do: _thou shalt not be as the hypocrites_ Praying out of vain ostentation. _For they love to pray standing in the synagogues_...
PRAYEST; as an individual. CLOSET; a private room or retired place. Every one is bound to pray in secret. "Thou" enter into "thy" closet, and pray to "thy" Father....
The true manner of praying: BUT THOU, WHEN THOU PRAYEST, ENTER INTO THY CLOSET, AND WHEN THOU HAST SHUT THY DOOR, PRAY TO THY FATHER WHICH IS IN SECRET; AND THY FATHER, WHICH SEETH IN SECRET, SHALL RE...
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...
5-8 It is taken for granted that all who are disciples of Christ pray. You may as soon find a living man that does not breathe, as a living Christian that does not pray. If prayerless, then graceless...
By this public prayer is not condemned, but secret prayer is established, and made every Christian's duty; and Christians are warned not to think that their duty of prayer is discharged by their going...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I Or go to the bee, and learn how laborious she is; for she, feeding on the whole meadow, produces one honey-comb. And if "thou prayest in the closet," as the Lord...
Matthew 6:6 But G1161 you G4771 when G3752 pray G4336 (G5741) go G1525 (G5628) into G1519 your...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT PART 2. Seven Warnings Against False Behaviour, Each Accompanied by The Command To Take Action In The Opposite Direction, And Each of Which Culminates in Assurances of the Fat...
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 ESSENCE OF TRUE PERSONAL PRAYER IS TO BE PRAYING SECRETLY ALONE WITH GOD (6:5-6). Jesus now turns to the question of true prayer. He will deal with this in two stages, firstly as to the need for s...
“But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, And having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, And your Father who sees in secret will recompense you.” But the true discipl...
Matthew 6:6. Shows the proper way, and the injunction is made more personal: THOU, WHEN THOU PRAYEST, ENTER INTO THY CLOSET. The little room on the housetop of an Eastern dwelling, used for such purpo...
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...
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...
Matthew 6:5-15. SECOND EXAMPLE (_Prayer)._...
INTO THY CLOSET (εις το ταμειον). The word is a late syncopated form of ταμιειον from ταμιας (steward) and the root ταμ- from τεμνω, to cut. So it is a store-house, a separate apartment, one's priv...
Matthew 6:5 I. "When thou prayest," the Lord says, "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 o...
Matthew 6:6 I. By the word "closet" our Saviour is understood to convey an allusion to the room in the ancient Jewish dwelling which was set apart for the office of lonely prayer. Yet as "Stone wall...
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...
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._ Our blessed Lord does not tell his disciples to give a...
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...
BUT WHEN YOU PRAY. This does not prohibit public prayers, but it emphasizes the fact that it is the prayer itself which is important. Your own room is a good place to pray, because there you will not...
_Enter into thy closet._ PRIVATE PRAYER. I. The nature of prayer. II. The kind of prayer prescribed-“Enter into thy closet.” III. The object of prayer” Thy Father.” IV. The reward promised-“Rewar...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 6:5 Prayer was also expected of God’s people. Public prayer was a common practice in NT times. ⇐...
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 Kings 4:33; Acts 10:30; Acts 10:9; Acts 9:40; Ephesians 3:14;...
Closet [τ α μ ι ε ι ο ν]. See on Luke 12:3....
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) Matthew 5:43; _Matthew 6:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." The whole world loves those who love them. That is only natural. But...
Enter into thy closet — That is, do it with as much secrecy as thou canst....
If Jesus said prayer should be in private, why does the Bible commend public prayer? PROBLEM: In this text, Jesus urged His disciples to pray in private, saying, “When you pray, go into your room, and...