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Verse Matthew 5:25. _AGREE WITH THINE ADVERSARY QUICKLY_]
_Adversary_, αντιδικος, properly a _plaintiff_ in law - a
perfect law term. Our Lord enforces the exhortation given in the
preceding verses,...
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AGREE WITH THINE ADVERSARY QUICKLY - This is still an illustration of
the sixth commandment. To be in hostility, to go to law, to be
litigious, is a violation always, on one side or the other, of the...
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5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7
_ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .)
2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
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THE FULFILLED LAW IN RELATION TO THE TEACHING OF THE SCRIBES.
Matthew 5:21. Murder and Malice. Ye (have) heard: _ i.e._ in the
synagogues. The addition to the sixth commandment represents the
traditi...
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AGREE WITH THINE ADVERSARY QUICKLY.
By adversary is meant an opponent in. lawsuit who is supposed to have.
just claim, in this case. creditor. The law of reconciliation, already
given, requires that...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48)
As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel.
In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that
the hour has struc...
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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...
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AGREE. Be well-minded. Greek. _eunoeo._ Occurs only here. adversary.
opponent (in. lawsuit).
WITH. Greek. _meta._
OFFICER. Here. the tax-collector, as shown by the Papyri. See note on
Luke 12:58....
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_Agree_ Lit. BE FRIENDLY WITH. The participle in the orig. conveys the
idea of continuance. The thought of the preceding verse is extended
and generalised. By the "adversary" are meant those against w...
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25, 26. The illustration is drawn from a legal process. It would be
wise for the debtor to arrange with the creditor while he is on the
way to the Court; otherwise the judge’s sentence and a hopeless...
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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...
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_JESUS' TEACHING ABOUT MURDER, ADULTERY AND SWEARING MATTHEW 5:21-37:_
In Matthew 5:21-26 we learn that the thought of hatred produces the
act of murder. Therefore, the thought is the act in the heart...
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DISCOURSE: 1302
THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEKING RECONCILIATION WITH GOD
Matthew 5:25. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in
the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to...
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AGREE WITH THINE ADVERSARY— Our blessed Saviour here enforces the
exhortation in the preceding verses, from the consideration of what
was reckoned prudent in ordinary law-suits. In such cases, wise an...
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C. THE WISE AND GODLY MAN IN RELATION TO THE LAW
2. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD ANGER OR HATE,
TEXT: 5:21-26
21. Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not
kill; and whosoever shall ki...
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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 into pri...
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22 Gehenna, the valley of the son of Hinnom, just below the city of
Jerusalem, where idolatrous worship was once carried on and where the
city offal was burned, will once more become the incinerator f...
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5:25 time (a-18) Or 'lest it may be.' Perhaps 'lest' is sufficient; it
suggests something uncertain which otherwise might happen any time.
see Mark 4:12 ....
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THINE ADVERSARY] The injured brother of Matthew 5:22 is now
represented under the figure of a creditor who has power to bring the
debtor before the judge, and to cause him to be cast into prison.
PRIS...
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REVISION OF THE LAW OF MURDER (not in St. Luke's sermon, but a
parallel to Matthew 5:25 occurs in Luke 12:58). Christ now shows by a
few illustrative examples how the Law is to be understood and
pract...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This
sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20),
that it is
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29
INTRODUCTION
This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus
taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
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AGREE WITH THINE ADVERSARY. — The imagery is changed, and returns to
that of human tribunals, which has met us in Matthew 5:22. The man
whom we have wronged appears as the “adversary,” the prosecutor...
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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...
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_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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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...
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NEW HEART RIGHTEOUSNESS
Matthew 5:17-26
Our Lord's mission was not to destroy but to construct. As noon
fulfils dawn, and summer, spring; as manhood fulfils childhood and the
perfect picture, the ru...
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In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the
Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme
condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
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(p) 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 into...
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Agree whilst you are in the way, or wayfaring men, i.e. in this life,
lest you be cast into prison, i.e. according to Sts. Cyprian, Ambrose,
and Origen, into purgatory; according to St. Augustine, int...
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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...
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These are sweet verses if referred to that lawsuit we all have, by
reason of sin and transgression, with Gob. An adversary doth, not
always mean the evil spirit. It is indeed one of his names. 1 Peter...
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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...
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25._Be agreed with thy adversary _Christ appears to go farther, and to
exhort to reconciliation not only those who have injured their
brethren, but those also who are unjustly treated. (401) But I
int...
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He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him
in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their
portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside.
The str...
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AGREE WITH THINE ADVERSARY QUICKLY,.... These words are not to be
understood in an allegorical sense, as if "the adversary" was the
justice of God, demanding payment of debts; "the way", this present...
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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 into pris...
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_Agree_, &c. Here our Lord enforces the preceding exhortation, from
the consideration of what is reckoned prudent in ordinary quarrel and
law-suits. “In such cases, wise men always advise the party th...
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ADVERSARY; thy fellow-man who has just claims against thee. But the
precept also looks beyond all human adversaries to God, with whom,
under an example taken from earthly matters, it warns us to be
re...
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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 INTO PRI...
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The same truth in a different parable:...
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From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first,
but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and
east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
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21-26 The Jewish teachers had taught, that nothing except actual
murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. Thus they explained
away its spiritual meaning. Christ showed the full meaning of this...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 5:26"....
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Matthew 5:25 Agree G2468 (G5749) G2132 (G5723) your G4675 adversary
G476 quickly G5035 while G2193...
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FIVE FULLER APPLICATIONS OF THE LAW (5:21-43).
In order to bring home what His disciples' approach to the Law should
be Jesus selects five pivotal aspects of the Law, and expands on them
and explains...
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Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way,
Lest it happen that the adversary deliver you to the judge,
And the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into priso...
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Matthew 5:25. AGREE WITH THINE ADVERSARY QUICKLY. An opponent in a
law-suit
WITH HIM IN THE WAY, _i.e.,_ to the place of judgment, the last
opportunity for settlement. The rest of the verse describe...
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Our Lord defines His relation to the old dispensation (Matthew
5:17-19), thus introducing the negative leading thought, viz., the
utter failure of the Pharisees to attain true righteousness, according...
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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...
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AGREE WITH
(ισθ ευνοων). A present periphrastic active imperative. The
verb is from ευνοος (friendly, kindly disposed). "Mak up wi'
yere enemy" (_Braid Scots_). Compromise is better than prison whe...
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Matthew 5:21
The Law kept by Love.
I. In dealing with this principle our Lord adduces certain examples by
way of illustration, and asserts for Himself a high right and
authority to declare to the peo...
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Matthew 5:25
The literal and the figurative application of this precept are each of
them so important that it would be difficult to assign to either a
claim upon us more momentous than the other. The...
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Matthew 5:17. _Think not that I am came to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill._
The life, work, and words of Christ are not an emendation of the Old
Testament,...
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Matthew 5:13. _Ye are the salt of the earth:_
The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve
it. So, dear friends, if God's grace is in you, there is a pungent
savor about you w...
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Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:
and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his
mouth, and taught them, saying,-_
Our Saviour soon gathered a...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light.
Christ's relation to the law. Divorce.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
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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...
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IF A MAN BRINGS A LAWSUIT. A creditor could bring suit, and the debtor
be put in jail for a just debt. It makes sense to be friendly and
settle out of court, and avoid the penalty. The same is true wi...
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_Agree with thine adversary._
RECONCILIATION WITH GOD
1. Man by his sin has made God his adversary.
2. God has opened a way by which sinners, though they have thus
grossly offended, may be brought...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv.
Matthew 5:21, Matt
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:25 COME TO TERMS QUICKLY. Failure to
reconcile will have disastrous consequences on a human level, but much
more so if one is not reconciled to God. (Regarding lawsuits, see...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the
Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five
major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 22:26; 1 Kings 22:27; 1 Samuel 25:17; 2 Corinthians 6:2;...
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Agree with [ι σ θ ι ε υ ν ο ω ν]. Lit., be well - minded
towards; inclined to satisfy by paying or compromising. Wyc., Be thou
consenting to.
Officer [υ π η ρ ε τ η]. Denoting a subordinate official,...
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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 p...
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Agree with thine adversary — With any against whom thou hast thus
offended: while thou art in the way — Instantly, on the spot; before
you part. Lest the adversary deliver thee to the judge — Lest he...