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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:33-37

Profanity. In the words before us our Lord brings out the very spirit of the third commandment. We have to distinguish— I. THE SWEARING THAT IS NOT FORBIDDEN . This is of two kinds, viz. religious and civil—spiritual and judicial. 1 . Spiritual swearing. 2 . Judicial swearing. II. THE SWEARING FORBIDDEN IS THE PROFANE . 1 . False swearing is emphatically such. 2 . -Promissory vows are especially to be avoided. 3 . Habitual swearing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:37

Your communication . Similarly, the Authorized Version in Ephesians 4:29 , in archaic usage for "talk." Yea, yea; Nay, nay . Christ permits as far as the repetition of the asseveration. The adoption here by a few authorities of the phrase in James 5:12 ("Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay," τὸ ναὶ ναὶ κ .τ.λ. .)is unsuitable; for here the question is not of truthfulness, but of fervency in asseveration. Whatsoever is more than these ; "that which is over and above these"... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 5:37

But let your communication - Your word; what you say.Be, Yea - Yes. This does not mean that we should always use the word “yea,” for it might as well have been translated “yes”; but it means that we should simply affirm or declare that a thing is so.More than these - More than these affirmations.Cometh of evil - Is evil. Proceeds from some evil disposition or purpose. And from this we may learn:1. That profane swearing is always the evidence of a depraved heart. To trifle with the name of God,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 5:33-37

Matthew 5:33-37. Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time Or rather, was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, &c. See the margin. The Jewish doctors affirmed, that oaths were obligatory according to the nature of the things by which a man swears: Matthew 23:10. Hence they allowed the use of such oaths in common conversation as they said were not obligatory; pretending that there was no harm in them, because the law, which forbade them to forswear... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:21-48

40. Legal obedience is not enough (Matthew 5:21-48; Luke 6:27-36; Luke 12:57-59)After his explanation concerning right and wrong attitudes to the law, Jesus gives a number of examples. He introduces these examples with statements such as ‘You have heard that it was said in the past’. This is not the same as ‘It is written’. Jesus is not quoting from the Old Testament but from the teachings of the scribes and Pharisees. He is not contradicting the law but the interpretations of the law that the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 5:37

communication = word Greek. logos. Omit "be". Yea, yea = Yes, [be] yes. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6 . Nay, nay = Nay, [be] nay. whatsoever = what. cometh = is. of = out of. Greek. ek. App-104 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 5:33-37

Matthew 5:33-37. Again, ye have heard, &c.— As to oaths, the doctors affirmed, that they were obligatory, according to the nature of the things by which a man swears. See ch. Matthew 23:16. Hence they allowed the use of such oaths in common conversation as they said were not obligatory; pretending that there was no harm in them, because the law which forbad them to forswear themselves, and enjoined them to perform their vows, meant such solemn oaths only, as were of a binding nature. It was... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 5:37

37. But let your communication—"your word," in ordinary intercourse, be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay—Let a simple Yes and No suffice in affirming the truth or the untruth of anything. (See James 5:12; 2 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 1:18). for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil—not "of the evil one"; though an equally correct rendering of the words, and one which some expositors prefer. It is true that all evil in our world is originally of the devil, that it forms a kingdom at the head of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 5:17-48

Righteousness and the Scriptures 5:17-48In His discussion of righteousness (character and conduct that conforms to the will of God), Jesus went back to the revelation of God’s will, namely, God’s Word, the Old Testament. read more