Matthew 5:41
What meaning of the matthew 5:41 in the Bible?
What does Matthew 5:41 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain."
What does Matthew 5:41 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain."
Verse 41. _SHALL COMPEL THEE TO GO A MILE, GO WITH HIM TWAIN._] αγγαρευσει. This word is said to be derived from the _Persians_, among whom the king's _messengers_, or _posts_, were called αγγαποι, or...
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TO GO: i.e. to carry his baggage. Compare Luke 3:14. A MILE. Greek. _million_ (from Latin. _miliarium)_. Occurs only here....
_compel thee to go a mile_ The Greek text has a Persian word here signifying "to press into service as a courier" for the royal post, then, generally, "to force to be a guide," "to requisition," men o...
(_b_) The law of retaliation, 38–42...
VER 38. "YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH:' 39. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT YE RESIST NOT EVIL: BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL SMITE THEE ON THY RIGHT CHEEK, TURN TO...
_JESUS' TEACHINGS ABOUT RETALIATION AND LOVE MATTHEW 5:38-48:_ Having the right attitude will cause us to go the second mile. (Matthew 5:38-42) Do anything and everything within your power to show the...
ΆΓΓΑΡΕΎΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΓΓΑΡΕΎΩ (G29) принуждать, силой брать кого-л. на службу, заставлять его служить, нравится ему это или нет (NTW, 16; NDIEC, 1:42; 2:77). ΜΊΛΙΟΝ (G3400) миля. Римская ми...
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And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. AND WHOSOEVER SHALL COMPEL THEE TO GO A MILE, GO WITH HIM TWAIN - an allusion, probably, to the practice of the Romans and some eas...
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WHOSOEVER SHALL COMPEL THEE. — The Greek word implies the special compulsion of forced service as courier or messenger under Government, and was imported from the Persian postal system, organised on t...
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_Fifth illustration_, from the law of compensation....
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_Go with him other two. [7] I know many interpreters would have it to signify no more than two in all. But the literal sense of the Latin, and also of the best Greek manuscripts. (as Dr. Wells takes n...
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AND WHOSOEVER SHALL COMPEL THEE TO GO A MILE,.... The word αγγαρευσει, rendered "compel", is generally said to be of Persic original; the "Angari", among the Persians, were the king's messengers, or t...
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Ver. 41. _And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile_] Under colour of the magistrate's authority, which he abuseth; rather than by...
_Ye have heard_, &c. Our Lord proceeds to enforce such meekness and love toward their enemies, on those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, as were utterly unknown to the scribes and Pharisees...
COMPEL THEE TO GO A MILE; the original word here rendered compel, denotes a compulsion by the public authorities and for public service. When thus called upon by rightful authority to travel or do pub...
Christ brings out this fact by a few examples:...
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38-42 The plain instruction is, Suffer any injury that can be borne, for the sake of peace, committing your concerns to the Lord's keeping. And the sum of all is, that Christians must avoid disputing...
The apostle Paul giveth the best exposition upon this text, {ROMANS 7:17},21, _ Recompense to no man evil for evil. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly belo...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV so that we may not grieve as those who are unwilling to be defrauded, but may rejoice as those who have given willingly, and as rather conferring a favour upon our n...
Matthew 5:41 And G2532 whoever G3748 compels G29 you G4571 go G29 (G5692) one G1520 mile G3400 go G5217 (G5720) with G3326 him G846 two G1417 compel - Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21;...
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SHALL COMPEL THEE (αγγαρευσε). The Vulgate has _angariaverit_. The word is of Persian origin and means public couriers or mounted messengers (αγγαρο) who were stationed by the King of Persia at fix...
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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...
AND IF ONE OF THE OCCUPATION TROOPS. In an age when transportation was primitive, Roman soldiers had the right to force people to carry their equipment and baggage, but only for one mile. Jesus says t...
THE SECOND MILE And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him twain. Matthew 5:41. Rather more than five hundred years before the birth of Christ, about the time that the Israelites w...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv. Matthew 5:21, Matthew 5:27, etc.). Jesus does not correct the OT (see note on v. 43); rather, he corrects common misunderstandings of...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Luke 23:26; Mark 15:21; Matthew 27:32...
Shall compel thee to go [α γ γ α ρ ε υ σ ε ι]. This word throws the whole injunction into a picture which is entirely lost to the English reader. A man is travelling, and about to pass a post - statio...
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...