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Verse Matthew 5:21. _YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID BY THEM OF OLD
TIME_] τοις αρχαιοις, _to_ or _by the ancients_. By the
_ancients_, we may understand those who lived _before_ the law, and
those wh...
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YE HAVE HEARD - Or, this is the common interpretation among the Jews.
Jesus proceeds here to comment on some prevailing opinions among the
Jews; to show that the righteousness of the scribes and Phari...
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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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II. THE LAW. MENDED.
21. YE HAVE HEARD.
They had heard these things that follow out of the law. They did not
have books, or copies of the law, in their homes, but they heard it
read every Sabbath, i...
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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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You have heard that it was said by the people of the old days: You
shall not kill; and whoever kills is liable to the judgment court. But
I say unto you that everyone who is angry with his brother is...
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HEARD. In the public reading of the Law.
IT WAS SAID. Opposite to "I say". Compare Matthew 19:8; Matthew 19:9,
where the "I" is not emphatic (as it is here). See Exodus 20:13.
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(_a_) Instances from the Decalogue, Matthew 5:21-37. (_a_) Murder,
Matthew 5:21-26.
21. _Ye have heard_ Rather, YE HEARD either in the service of the
synagogue or in the teaching of the scribes.
_by...
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ἨΚΟΎΣΑΤΕ, ‘ye heard,’ a use of the Greek aorist to
express frequentative action where in English it would be natural to
use the present tense; ‘ye hear’ daily in the Synagogue the law as
it was delive...
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Ver 20. "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall
exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no
case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 21. Ye have heard that it...
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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: 1300
CHRIST’S EXPOSITION OF THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
Matthew 5:21. _Ye have heard that it was said by_ [Note: It should
rather be “to.” See Whitby on the place.] them of old time, Thou
shalt n...
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IT WAS SAID BY THEM OF OLD TIME— _To them,_ &c. and so wherever it
occurs. _It was said to them of former time—But I say to you._ So
our Lord introduces his several improvements of the law under the
d...
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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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Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID BY THEM OF OLD TIME, [erreethee-...
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18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42.
21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11.
23 See Mar_1:21-39.
25 Compare Mar_3:7-8.
1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23.
1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
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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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IT WAS SAID BY THEM OF OLD TIME] RV 'to them of old time.' It was said
by God Himself. Hence Christ, in adding to it by His own authority
('But _I_ say unto you'), claims to be equal to God. So also i...
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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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BY THEM OF OLD TIME. — There is no reasonable doubt that the
marginal reading, _to them of old time,_ is right. The construction is
identical with that of Romans 9:12; Romans 9:26_;_ Galatians 3:16;...
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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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Ἠκούσατε. The common people knew the law by hearing it read
in the synagogue, not by reading it themselves. The aorist expresses
what they were accustomed to hear, an instance of the “gnomic”
use. Tho...
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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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(5) Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
(5) The true meaning of the first commandment....
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Shall be liable to the judgment. That is, shall deserve to be punished
by that lesser tribunal among the Jews, called the judgment, which
took cognizance of such crimes. (Challoner) --- Among the Jews...
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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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No doubt the Reader would wish to have a clear apprehension of the
words Raca and Fool. The most acceptable service on these verses I can
offer, will be to explain them. Raca, was a word used by the J...
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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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_THE SIN OF ANGER_
‘Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but
I say unto you, That whosoever is angry w...
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21._You have heard that it was said. _This sentence, and those which
immediately follow, are connected with what we have just considered:
for our Lord explains more fully, by minute instances, by what...
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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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YE HAVE HEARD,.... That is, from the Scriptures being read to them,
and the explanations of the ancients, which were called
שמעתא, "hearing", being read in the schools, and heard by the
scholars o; s...
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Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Ver. 21. _Ye have heard that it was said by them of old_] Antiqui...
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_Ye have heard_ Namely, from the scribes reciting the law, _that it
was said by them of old time_, or _to the ancients_, as ερρεθη
τιος αρχαιοις, might be properly rendered. _Thou shalt not
kill_ Word...
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BY THEM OF OLD TIME; rather, as the margin, "to them of old time"; and
so below, verses Matthew 5:27; Matthew 5:33.
THE JUDGMENT; here the sentence of death from the lower court
established by Moses i...
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The Lord now proceeds to prove His condemning statement by expounding
a few of the commandments of the Law according to their full spiritual
significance: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old...
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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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BY THEM:
Or, to them...
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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 5:22"....
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II
Moreover, this impious opinion of theirs with respect to
actions-namely, that it is incumbent on them to have experience of all
kinds of deeds, even the most abomina...
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Matthew 5:21 heard G191 (G5656) that G3754 said G4483 (G5681) old G744
shall G5407 not G3756 murder...
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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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“You have heard that it was said to those of old time,”
This is the first ‘you have heard that it was said' of the five
occurring in the chapter. These deal with violence (Matthew 5:21),
marital relat...
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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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Matthew 5:21. YE HAVE HEARD, when the law was read in public, etc.
IT WAS SAID TO (not ‘by') THEM OF OLD TIME, ‘the ancients.' As
the passage is from the law, the indefinite phrase, ‘it was said,'
c...
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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 5:17. _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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YOU HAVE HEARD. Jesus now restates the Ten Commandments and gives them
new form and meaning in his Kingdom. [He does not restate the law of
the Sabbath.] DO NOT MURDER. One of the Ten Commandments. BE...
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_Angry with his brother._
-“Thou shalt not kill.” Are you sure you do not? How has Christ
decided the point? He tells us plainly that if we have
(1) any malice;
(2) hatred;
(3) ill-will;
(4) scor...
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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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1 Kings 2:31; 1 Kings 2:32; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Kings 2:6; 2 Samuel 20:18;...
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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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Ye have heard — From the scribes reciting the law; Thou shalt do no
murder — And they interpreted this, as all the other commandments,
barely of the outward act. The judgement — The Jews had in every...
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Here our blessed Saviour begins to expound the spiritual sense and
meaning of the law, and to vindicate it from the corrupt grosses of
the Pharisees:
Where observe, Christ doth not deliver. new law,...