マタイによる福音書 7:13-14 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:13-14

The noblest provocation to sanctified imagination. Supposing that it was certain that we were intended to have, in the recorded sayings of the discourse of the mount, a closely connected discourse, we might feel it difficult to pronounce with any confidence on the connection of this thrilling passage, and feel anxious and grieved proportionately that we could not discharge more satisfactorily the responsibility herein which lay on us. Both for extent and for significance and commanding... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon on the mount: 7. "Enter ye in at the strait gate." That is to say, life is difficult, not easy. To be saved is an exceptional thing. It is an unwelcome, saddening intimation; yet it is uttered by lips that spoke more comfortingly and more hopefully to men than any others dared. It is the Saviour of the world who admits that, in spite of all he does, many are destroyed. Our nature makes a strong resistance to such ideas. There is that in us which always says—Do not put yourself about;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:13-20

Two ways. The course of human action is in Scripture called a way. Of these there are two—the right and wrong, the good and the evil. There is no intermediate way. Here we have— I. THE WAY OF DEATH . 1 . It is broad. 2 . Its gate is wide. 3 . Its company is large. 4 . Its end is destruction. II. THE WAY OF LIFE . 1 . It is strait. 2 . Its gate is narrow. 3 . The company is select. 4 . Its end is life. III. WHICH... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:13-27

(4) Epilogue (cf. Matthew 5:3 , note). Dare to take up this position, which has been laid down in Mt 5:21-7:12, involving though it must separation from the majority of men ( Matthew 7:13 , Matthew 7:14 ); and this notwithstanding the claim of others to reveal the Lord's mind, whose true nature, however, you shall perceive from their actions ( Matthew 7:15-20 ); they that work iniquity have neither present nor future union with me ( Matthew 7:21-23 ). Finally a solemn warning ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:14

Because ( ὅτι ); for (Revised Version); "many ancient authorities read, How narrow is the gate , etc.". The reading, "how" ( τί ) is much easier, as avoiding the difficulty of the connexion of this verse with the preceding, but probably ὅτι is right. The connexion is either that it is parallel to the first ὅτι , and thus gives a second reason for decision in entering through the narrow gate; or , and better, that it gives the reason for the statement in Matthew... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:14

The initial difficulty of all good enterprises. "Strait is the gate … which leadeth unto life." Dean Plumptre gives the similar figure, taken from what is known as the "Tablet of Cebes, the Disciple of Socrates:" "Seest thou not a certain small door, and a pathway before the door, in no way crowded, but few, very few, go in thereat? This is the way that leadeth to true discipline". Buckingham, the traveller among the Arabs, has a striking illustration: "Close by the sarcophagus is a curious... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 7:13-14

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 latter, “pent up, narrow, difficult to be entered.” This is the word used here, and it means that the way to heaven is “pent up, narrow, close,” and not obviously entered. The way to death is open, broad, and thronged. The Saviour here referred probably to ancient cities. They were surrounded with... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 7:13

Matthew 7:13 . Enter ye in at the strait gate The gate of true conversion, of self-denial, mortification, and universal holiness; the gate in at which few, comparatively speaking, are inclined to enter. “How strait,” says Erasmus, in his paraphrase on the place, “is the gate, how narrow the way that leadeth to life! In the way, nothing is to be found that flatters the flesh, but many things opposite to it, poverty, fasting, watching, injuries, chastity, sobriety. And as for the gate, it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 7:13-29

45. The two ways (Matthew 7:13-29; Luke 6:43-49)There are two ways of life. One is the easy way of pleasing self, which most choose and which leads to destruction. The other is the narrow way of denying self for Jesus’ sake, which leads to life (Matthew 7:13-14).One reason why many do not follow the narrow way is that they are deceived by those who teach their own views on how people can find meaning in life. Their teaching at first sounds reasonable, but in the end it proves to be destructive.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 7:13

Enter ye in, &c. Repeated on a later occasion. Luke 13:2 . at = through, or by means of Greek. dia. strait = narrow. wide. Greek. platus. Occurs only here. broad = extensive. Greek. euruchoros. Occurs only here. the way. For "the two ways", see Deuteronomy 30:15 , 1 Kings 18:21 . 2Pe 2:2 , 2 Peter 2:15 . leadeth = leads away. to = unto. Greek. ei s. go = enter in. thereat = through. Greek. dia. App-104 .Matthew 7:1 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:13-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:13-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:13-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:13-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 7:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 7:13-14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 7:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 7:13-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 7:13

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