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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...
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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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THOU SHALT NOT COME OUT FROM THENCE.
From the prison into which he is cast when the case before the judge
has gone against him. After the debtor was cast into prison he was
held until the debt was pa...
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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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BY NO MEANS. Greek. _on me._ Compare App-105.
UTTERMOST. last.
FARTHING: which shows it to be. case of debt. See App-51....
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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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ΚΟΔΡΆΝΤΗΝ. Cp. Mark 12:42, λεπτὰ δύο ὅ ἐστιν
κοδράντης. κοδράντης = Lat. _quadrans_, the fourth
part of an _as_, and the smallest Roman coin. τὸ λεπτὸν in
the parallel passage in Luke is the _prutah_...
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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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ΈΞΈΛΘΗΣ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831)
выходить, уходить,
ΆΠΟΔΩΣ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΆΠΟΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G591)
отдавать, платить,
ΚΟΔΡΆΝΤΗΣ (G2835) лат. кодрант, римская
монета или монета, ходившая...
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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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Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till
thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
VERILY I SAY UNTO THEE, THOU SHALT BY NO MEANS COME OUT THENCE, UNTIL
THOU HAST PAID THE...
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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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5:26 farthing. (b-20) The quarter of an assarion. see ch. 10.29....
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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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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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FARTHING (Lat. _quadrans_)] about half-a-farthing. Lk (Luke 12:59) has
_lepton_, i.e. about a quarter of a farthing....
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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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THE UTTERMOST FARTHING. — The Greek word is derived from the Latin
_quadrans,_ the fourth part of the Roman _as,_ a small copper or
bronze coin which had become common in Palestine. The “mite,” half
t...
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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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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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_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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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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Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till
thou hast (q) paid the uttermost farthing.
(q) You will be dealt with in this manner, to the utmost extremity....
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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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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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VERILY, I SAY UNTO THEE,.... This may be depended upon, you may assure
yourself of it, that
THOU SHALT BY NO MEANS COME OUT THENCE, from prison,
TILL THOU HAST PAID THE UTTERMOST FARTHING, or "last...
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Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till
thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Ver. 26. _Thou shalt by no means come out thence till, &c._] _i.e._
Never come ont. Let our...
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VERILY, I SAY UNTO THEE, THOU SHALL BY NO MEANS COME OUT THENCE TILL
THOU HAST PAID THE UTTERMOST FARTHING.
The picture is that of a debtor on the way to court with his creditor,
Deuteronomy 21:18; De...
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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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Forasmuch as the overt acts and expressions of unjust wrath and malice
are iniquities punishable by the judge, let it be the care of those
that will be my disciples, if by their passions they have pro...
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Matthew 5:26 Assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G4671 means G3364
get G1831 (G5632) there G1564 till...
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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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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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Matthew 5:26. VERILY I SAY UNTO THEE. A higher application of the
illustration. The prudent course in worldly affairs points out the
prudent course in the higher sphere. ‘Reconciliation with an
offend...
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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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THE LAST FARTHING
(τον εσχατον κοδραντην). A Latin word, _quadrans,
1/4 of an _as_ (ασσαριον) or two mites (Mark 12:42), a vivid
picture of inevitable punishment for debt. This is emphasized by the...
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PAID
Compare (Isaiah 40:2); (Ruth 1:21)....
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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 5:21
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 5:1. _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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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 5:17. _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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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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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 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv.
Matthew 5:21, Matt
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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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2 Thessalonians 1:9; James 2:13; Luke 12:59; Luke 16:26; Matthew 18:34
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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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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....