MATTHEW 7:14 ti, {B} Besides having wide external support the reading ti, also has strong internal probabilities in its favor. There is no reason why the familiar o[ti, if original, should have been...
Verse Matthew 7:14. _BECAUSE STRAIT_ IS _THE GATE_] Instead of οτι _because_, I should prefer τι _how_, which reading is supported by a great majority of the best MSS., _versions_, and _fathers_. How...
ENTER YE IN AT THE STRAIT GATE - Christ here compares the way to life to an entrance through a gate. The words “straight” and “strait” have very different meanings. The former means “not crooked;” the...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Judgment of Righteousness.(Matthew 7:1 .) 2. Warning against False Prophets.(Matthew 7:15 .) 3. Warning against False Professors. (Matthew 7:21 .)_ The chapter which follows contai...
EPILOGUE. Warnings and exhortations close the new Law, like the old (Exodus 23:20 ff.). MATTHEW 7:13 F. THE TWO GATES AND THE TWO WAYS (Luke 13:24). The picture is based on...
FOR STRAIT IS THE GATE. What is it Augustine asks, that makes this gate so strait to us. It is not that it is _strait,_ or narrow, in itself, but that we want to crowd through it with the world upon...
Go in through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the road which leads to ruin, and there are many who go in through it. Narrow is the gate and hard is the way that leads to life, and t...
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
BECAUSE STRAIT.. Tr.. margin Syriac. Vulgate &c., and some fifty codices read "How strait". NARROW. straitened. UNTO. Greek. _ei_ s. Same as "to", Matthew 7:14. LIFE: i.e. the life [eternal]. See n...
(_c_) The narrow entrance to the Kingdom, 13, 14 These verses are linked to the preceding by the thought of prayer, for it is by prayer chiefly that the narrow entrance must be gained....
_because_ To be taken after "enter ye" as in preceding verse, or it gives a reason why many go in at the wide gate. _narrow_ Literally, PRESSED, CONFINED....
C. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM, 1–27 After contrasting the New Law with the Mosaic Law and with Pharisaic rules and conduct, Jesus proceeds to lay down rules for the guidance of His disciples in th...
ὍΤΙ is rightly adopted, though τί has a great preponderance of external authority; of the uncials, א* B* and X alone exhibit ὅτι. The variant probably illustrates an interesting cause of error, by whi...
VER 13. "ENTER YE IN AT THE STRAIT GATE; FOR WIDE IS THE GATE, AND BROAD IS THE WAY, THAT LEADETH TO DESTRUCTION, AND MANY THERE BE WHICH GO IN THEREAT: 14. BECAUSE STRAIT IS THE GATE, AND NARROW IS T...
_JESUS SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY ABOUT BEARING FRUIT MATTHEW 7:13-20:_ There are two ways and two gates. Only one way has eternal appeal. Walking the straight and narrow way requires a new heart and a new...
DISCOURSE: 1331 THE STRAIT AND NARROW WAYS Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat...
ENTER YE IN AT THE STRAIT GATE— That is, _strive to enter._ See Luke 13:24. By the figurative expressions used in these verses, our blessed Saviour gives us to understand how easy it is to enter into...
F. THE DANGERS FACING THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 7:1-27; Luke 6:37-49) 5. THE DANGER OF CHOOSING THE WRONG WAY OF LIFE. TEXT: 7:13, 14 13. Enter ye in by the narrow gate: -for wide is the gate,...
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. BECAUSE STRAIT IS THE GATE, AND NARROW IS THE WAY, WHICH LEADETH UNTO LIFE (IN OTHER WORDS...
12 Compare Luk_6:31. 12 To do as we would be done by is an ethical standard far above the world's attainment, yet far beneath the monitions of grace. The law and the prophets demand compliance with t...
7:14 narrow (d-2) Or 'how narrow.'...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONCLUDED) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance of an appendix of miscell...
STRAIT] RV 'narrow.' NARROW] RV 'straitened.' FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT] lit. 'few be they who are finding it.' In St. Luke the disciples definitely ask, 'Lord, are they few that be saved?' but Jesus...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 DO NOT BE JUDGES OF OTHER PEOPLE 7:1-6 V1 ‘Do not be judges of other people. If you do, God will be your judge. V2 In the same way...
NARROW IS THE WAY. — Literally, _pressed_, or hemmed in between walls or rocks, like the pathway in a mountain gorge. WHICH LEADETH UNTO LIFE. — Noteworthy as the first passage in our Lord’s recorded...
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...
_The two ways_ (Luke 13:23-25). From this point onwards we have what commentators call the _Epilogue_ of the sermon, introduced without connecting particle, possibly no part of the teaching on the hil...
SEEKING LIFE; TESTING LEADERS Matthew 7:13-23 The world is full of shams. Counterfeit coins circulate; paste jewels are worn. Let us take heed against a counterfeit religion. It betrays itself thus:...
After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's judg...
Because (c) strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (c) The way is straight and narrow: we must pass through this rough way and suffer,...
Our Saviour in another place says, my yoke is sweet, and my burthen light. How comes it then that so few bear it, or how can we reconcile these texts together? The answer is at hand; for if soldiers a...
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...
Nothing can be more interesting than what the Lord JESUS hath here said. And no form of words can be more decisive to mark the godly man from the hypocrite. I only detain the Reader to observe, how ve...
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...
There are two things connected with the presence of the multitude, Matthew 5:1. First, the time required that the Lord should give a true idea of the character of His kingdom, since already He drew th...
BECAUSE STRAIT IS THE GATE, AND NARROW IS THE WAY,.... And so, difficult to enter in at; and when entered, the way is unpleasant to the flesh to walk in, being hedged up on each side with afflictions...
Because strait _is_ the gate, and narrow _is_ the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Ver. 14. _Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, &c._] "In Lollards' tower,...
FEW; that find or go in the way of life. This truth is contrary to what many teach. Therefore,...
BECAUSE STRAIT IS THE GATE, AND NARROW IS THE WAY, WHICH LEADETH UNTO LIFE, AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT. The Lord has finished the sermon proper, but He here adds, as a conclusion, a few warnings an...
THE CONCLUSION OF THE SERMON. The two ways:...
Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says (1 Corinthians...
12-14 Christ came to teach us, not only what we are to know and believe, but what we are to do; not only toward God, but toward men; not only toward those of our party and persuasion, but toward men...
Ver. 13,14. Our Saviour having in this sermon delivered many hard sayings to flesh and blood, here obviates a twofold temptation they might have to the neglect of them: 1. From their difficulty. 2. F...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I Or, again, what inexperienced person can with ease detect the presence of brass when it has been mixed up with silver? "Lest, therefore, through my neglect, some shou...
Matthew 7:14 Because G3754 narrow G4728 gate G4439 and G2532 difficult G2346 (G5772) way G3598 which G3588 leads...
THE TWO WAYS (7:13-14). Jesus commences His closing exhortation by setting before them a choice as to which way they will take in the future. His words reveal that He is very much aware that among the...
EXHORTATION TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WAY AND PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT BY FULL OBEDIENCE TO HIS WORDS SO AS TO ENTER INTO LIFE AND AVOID DESTRUCTION (7:13-27). We now move on to the application part of the Sermon...
CONNECTION AND CONTENTS. The exposition of the requirements of ‘the law and the prophets' just given, was far beyond the low morality of the scribes and Pharisees, and men might easily be tempted by t...
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...
Matthew 7:14. STRAITENED (lit, ‘pressed together') IS THE WAY. Even after we pass through the gate the Christian course continues difficult, is a constant conflict and self-denial, but it LEADETH UNTO...
Matthew 7:13 There are only two ways the broad and the narrow. Along one or other of these has every mortal pilgrim gone. By one or other of these is every living man travelling now. I. Look first at...
Matthew 7:14 I. The faithfulness of a holy God is the meaning which lies on the surface of the text. Sin has separated man from God, and the whole world lies in an outer darkness. The way that leads d...
Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate._ It is very unpopular. The great ones will recommend to you great liberality and breadth; but enter yet in at the strait gate. Matthew 7:13. For wide i...
Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is...
Matthew 7:7. _Ask, and it shall be given you;_ He that will not ask for it deserves to go without it. Have you ever asked for it? If not, whose fault is it that you have it not? Matthew 7:7. _Seek,...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again._ Some people are of a censorious...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is the Judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.» There is much better wor...
While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Encouragement to prayer. The two ways. Warnings against false teachers. Danger of profession without faith. The two foundations. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONC...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent, tha...
13-14. GO IN THROUGH THE NARROW GATE. The key thought of the entire lesson is the Kingdom of heaven and its requirements. "Go in" means into the Kingdom of heaven. Nearly every town in Palestine was e...
_Enter ye in at the strait gate._ THE STRAIT GATE NOT A SHUT GATE I. The faithfulness of a holy God. God has told us the way is difficult. It is against nature. II. The tenderness of a merciful fat...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:13 NARROW GATE. The way to eternal life is through Jesus alone (see note on Acts 4:12). DESTRUCTION. Eternal punishment and separation from God.
CHAPTER 7 _Judge not_, rashly and malignantly, _that ye_, &c. Christ does not here prohibit the public judgments of magistrates, by which they condemn the guilty and absolve the innocent, for this is...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 7:13. DESTRUCTION.—The word implies, not annihilation, but waste (Matthew 26:8; Mark 14:4), perdition, _i.e_. the loss of all that makes existence precious. I question whether...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 7:1 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards (Matthew 6:19), so does censoriousness manwards (Matthew 7:1), our Lord thus tacitly op
MATTHEW 7:1-29 I believe that it goes without saying that Jesus Christ was certainly the greatest teacher who ever lived and it is interesting to study his teaching habits. And He used the method of d...
1 Peter 3:20; 1 Peter 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; Acts 14:22; Ep
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) Matthew 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we should not judge one another. There is probably no sin qui...