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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 5:26

Till thou hast paid the last farthing — That is, for ever, since thou canst never do this. What has been hitherto said refers to meekness: what follows, to purity of heart.

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See also Matthew 5:26 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Matthew 5:26. _THE UTTERMOST FARTHING._] Κοδραντην. The rabbins have this Greek word corrupted into קרדיונטסס _kordiontes_, and קונטריק, _kontrik_, and say, that two פרוטות _prutoth_ make a _ko...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Get on to good terms again with your opponent, while you are still on the road with him, in case your opponent hands you over to the judge, and the judge hands you over to the court officer, and you b...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BY NO MEANS. Greek. _on me._ Compare App-105. UTTERMOST. last. FARTHING: which shows it to be. case of debt. See App-51....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    VER 25. "AGREE WITH THINE ADVERSARY QUICKLY, WHILES THOU ART IN THE WAY WITH HIM; LEST AT ANY TIME THE ADVERSARY DELIVER THEE TO THE JUDGE, AND THE JUDGE DELIVER THEE TO THE OFFICER, AND THOU BE CAST...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:26 farthing. (b-20) The quarter of an assarion. see ch. 10.29....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    There is much more reason for regarding this passage as an interpolation. It is connected only externally (by the references to courts of law) with what goes before, and it is out of keeping with the...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _First illustration of Christ's ethical attitude_, taken from the Sixth Commandment. In connection with this and the following exemplifications of Christ's ethical method, the interpreter is embarrass...

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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