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Verse Matthew 7:16. _YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS._] Fruits, in
the Scripture and Jewish phraseology, are taken for _works_ of any
kind. "A man's works," says one, "are the _tongue_ of his _hea...
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YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS - The Saviour gives the proper test
of their character. People do not judge of a tree by its leaves, or
bark, or flowers, but by the fruit which it bears. The flower...
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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...
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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...
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YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS.
This common figure is wonderfully expressive. Not leaves
(professions), or appearance, are the proper tests of the life that is
in the tree, but the fruit it bears...
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Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but who
within are rapacious wolves. You will recognize them from their
fruits. Surely men do not gather grapes from thorns, and figs fro...
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THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
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_thorns_ The Greek word means, probably, a kind of acacia, or perhaps
"thistles." There is a Greek proverb οὐ γὰρ ἄκανθαι,
"no thistles," i. e. "nothing useless."
_thistles_ Rather, CALTROP, a prickl...
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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...
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(_d_)
The false guides to the narrow entrance, and the test of the true,
Matthew 7:15-23...
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ἌΚΑΝΘΑ. A thorn tree, a kind of acacia. Athenæus describes it
as having a round fruit on small stalks. It would give additional
point to the saying if there were a distant but deceptive likeness
betwe...
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Ver 15. "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16. Ye shall know
them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
this...
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_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...
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ΈΠΙΓΝΏΣΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. med. от_ ΈΠΙΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ
(G1921) знать, распознавать. Прист. в
данном контексте имеет директивное
значение,
ΜΉΤΙ используется в вопросах, на
которые ожидается отр. ответ (BD, 220; B...
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DISCOURSE: 1332
MEN KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS
Matthew 7:15. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by
their fruits. Do m...
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YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS— That is, by the evil tendency of
their doctrines, as well as by the immorality of their lives. Compare
1 John 4:1. 1 Corinthians 13:3. What follows seems to be a ki...
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F. THE DANGERS FACING THE WISE AND GODLY MAN
(Matthew 7:1-27; Luke 6:37-49)
6. THE DANGER OF BEING LED ASTRAY BY FALSE PROPHETS.
(Parallel: Luke 6:43-45)
TEXT: 7:15-20
15. Beware of false prophets...
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Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns,
or figs of thistles?
YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS - not their doctrines-as many of
the older interpreters and some later o...
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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...
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7:16 know (a-6) 'Recognize,' 'know well,' as in ch. 11.27....
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FRUITS] Not doctrines, but works, or moral character, as always in NT.
17-19. Our Lord echoes and reinforces the Baptist's teaching: see on
Matthew 3:1....
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HOW TO DETECT FALSE PROPHETS AND HYPOCRITES IN GENERAL (Luke 6:43).
The gift of prophecy was widely diffused in the Apostolic Church, so
that the warning against false prophets was needed, but the wor...
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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...
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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...
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YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS. — The question, What are the
fruits? is not directly answered. Those who attach most importance to
the ethical side of religion, see in them the practical outcome o...
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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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_An enlargement in parabolic fashion on the principle of testing by
fruit_....
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ἀπὸ τ. καρπῶν. By the nature of the case difficult to
detect, but discernible from their _fruit_. ἐπιγνώσεσθε.
Ye shall know them through and through (ἐπί) if ye study carefully
the outcome of their w...
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_Warning against pseudo-prophets_. Again, without connecting particle
and possibly not a part of the Sermon on the Mount. But the more
important question here is: Does this section belong to Christ's...
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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:...
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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...
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As the true Church is known by the four marks of its being one, holy,
catholic, and apostolical, so heretics and false teachers are known by
certain vices, and the pernicious effects of their noveltie...
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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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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...
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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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_BEWARE!_
‘Beware of false prophets.… Not every one that saith unto Me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth
the will of My Father which is in heaven.’
Matthew 7:15...
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16._From their fruits you shall know them _Had not this mark of
distinction been added, we might have called in question the authority
of all teachers without exception. If there is a mortal danger to...
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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...
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YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS,.... By "fruits" are meant, not so
much their external works in life and conversation; for a false
prophet may so behave, as not to be discovered thereby. So the
Pha...
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Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or
figs of thistles?
Ver. 16. _Ye shall know them by their fruits_] That is, chiefly by
their doctrines, which tend either to the i...
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_Beware of false prophets_ Who in their preaching describe a broad way
to heaven: it is their _prophesying_, their _teaching_ the broad way,
rather than _walking_ in it themselves, that is _here_ chie...
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FRUITS; the nature and effects of their doctrines and conduct....
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YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS: DO MEN GATHER GRAPES OF THORNS OR
FIGS OF THISTLES?...
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The principle of testing false teachers and all frauds:...
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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...
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15-20 Nothing so much prevents men from entering the strait gate, and
becoming true followers of Christ, as the carnal, soothing, flattering
doctrines of those who oppose the truth. They may be known...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 7:20"....
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Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics
Persons are still living who remember them,-their own actual disciples
and successors,-who cannot therefore deny the lateness of their date.
But, in fact,...
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Matthew 7:16 know G1921 (G5695) them G846 by G575 their G846 fruits
G2590 G3385 gather G4816 ...
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a Do men gather grapes of thorns,
a Or figs of thistles?
b Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit,
c But the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
d A good tree cannot bring forth evil fr...
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a Beware of false prophets,
b Who come to you in sheep's clothing,
b But inwardly they are ravening wolves.
a By their fruits you will know them.
‘Beware of false prophets.' The false prophets come...
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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...
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Matthew 7:16. BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM. This order is more
emphatic. This common figure is carried out in detail in Matthew
7:17-19.
DO MEN GATHER GRAPES OF THORNS, OR FIGS OF THISTLES? The...
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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...
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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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BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM
(απο των καρπων αυτων επιγνωσεσθε). From
their fruits you will recognize them." The verb "know "
(γινωσκω) has επ added, fully know. The illustrations from
the tr...
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Matthew 7:16
The religion of Jesus Christ is one of deeds, not words; a life of
action, not of dreaming. Our Lord warns us to beware of any form of
religion, in ourselves or others, which does not bri...
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Matthew 7:15
I. Christ warns us here to beware of false prophets, which come to you
in sheep's clothing. There is allusion here, no doubt, to the
symbolical garments of the prophets, with which His he...
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Matthew 7:15
I. The object of our Lord in this Sermon on the Mount was to convey an
accurate idea of the righteousness required in His kingdom. He did so
mainly by contrasting it with the spurious for...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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YON WILL KNOW THEM. Actions speak louder than words. Talk is cheap,
but actions show what is really there. THORN BUSHES DO NOT BEAR
GRAPES. Grapes and figs were two highly valued fruits. Nothing is mo...
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_Know them by their fruits._
UTILITY THE TEST OF TRUTH
The two criteria on which men most chiefly rest for the guidance “of
their religious opinions would here be of no avail; _authority _would
be cl...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:15 BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS. The
prophet’s life and the results of his influence on others are the
FRUITS that show whether his message is consistent with the teachings
of Je...
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JESUS TEACHES ABOUT FRUIT IN PEOPLE'S LIVES MATTHEW 7:15-20; LUKE
6:43-45; MATTHEW 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves....
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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2 Peter 2:10; James 3:12; Jude 1:10; Luke 6:43; Matthew 12:33;...
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Ye shall know [ε π ι γ ν ω σ ε σ θ ε]. The compound verb
indicates full knowledge. Character is satisfactorily tested by its
fruits....
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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...
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By their fruits ye shall know them — A short, plain, easy rule,
whereby to know true from false prophets: and one that may be applied
by people of the weakest capacity, who are not accustomed to deep...