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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:20

Except your righteousness shall exceed - περισσευση , Unless your righteousness abound more - unless it take in, not only the letter, but the spirit and design of the moral and ritual precept; the one directing you how to walk so as to please God; the other pointing out Christ, the great Atonement, through and by which a sinner is enabled to do so - more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, who only attend to the letter of the law, and had indeed made even that of no effect by their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 who lived under it; for murder was, in the most solemn manner, forbidden before, as well as under, the law, Genesis 9:5 , Genesis 9:6 . But it is very likely that our Lord refers here merely to traditions and glosses relative to the ancient Mosaic ordinance; and such as, by their operation, rendered the primitive... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:22

Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause - ὁ οργιζομενος - εικη , who is vainly incensed. "This translation is literal; and the very objectionable phrase, without a cause, is left out, εικη being more properly translated by that above." What our Lord seems here to prohibit, is not merely that miserable facility which some have of being angry at every trifle, continually taking offense against their best friends; but that anger which leads a man to commit outrages against... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:23

Therefore if thou bring thy gift - Evil must be nipped in the bud. An unkind thought of another may be the foundation of that which leads to actual murder. A Christian, properly speaking, cannot be an enemy to any man; nor is he to consider any man his enemy, without the fullest evidence: for surmises to the prejudice of another can never rest in the bosom of him who has the love of God in his heart, for to him all men are brethren. He sees all men as children of God, and members of Christ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:24

Leave there thy gift before the altar - This is as much as to say, "Do not attempt to bring any offering to God while thou art in a spirit of enmity against any person; or hast any difference with thy neighbor, which thou hast not used thy diligence to get adjusted." It is our duty and interest, both to bring our gift, and offer it too; but God will not accept of any act of religious worship from us, while any enmity subsists in our hearts towards any soul of man; or while any subsists in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:25

Agree with thine adversary quickly - Adversary, αντιδικος , properly a plaintiff in law - a perfect law term. Our Lord enforces the exhortation given in the preceding verses, from the consideration of what was deemed prudent in ordinary law-suits. In such cases, men should make up matters with the utmost speed, as running through the whole course of a law-suit must not only be vexatious, but be attended with great expense; and in the end, though the loser may be ruined, yet the gainer has... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:26

The uttermost farthing - Κοδραντην . The rabbins have this Greek word corrupted into קרדיונטסס kordiontes , and קונטריק , kontrik , and say, that two פרוטות prutoth make a kontarik , which is exactly the same with those words in Mark 12:42 , λεπτα δυο, ο εστι κοδραντης , two mites, which are one farthing. Hence it appears that the λεπτον lepton was the same as the prutah . The weight of the prutah was half a barley-corn, and it was the smallest coin among the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:20

Verse 20 Matthew 5:20.Unless your righteousness shall be more abundant. He takes a passing notice of the Scribes, who were laboring to throw a stain on the doctrine of the Gospel, as if it were the ruin of the Law. True, he does not reason on this subject, but only points out briefly, that nothing has less influence over their minds than zeal for the law. “They pretend, that their hostility to me arises from their strong desire, that the law should not be violated. But their life makes it... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:21

Verse 21 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 tortuous methods (396) the Pharisees debase the law, so that their righteousness is mere filth. It is a mistake, however, to suppose that this is an ἐπανόρθωσις , or correction (397) of the Law, and that Christ raises his disciples to a higher degree of perfection, than Christ could raise a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:22

Verse 22 22.But I say to you His reply is not opposed to the command of Moses, (Exodus 20:13; Leviticus 24:21; Numbers 35:16;) but to the interpretation usually put upon it by the scribes. Now, as the Pharisees boasted of antiquity, (for it is always the custom to plead the prescription of a long period in defense of errors,) (398) Christ reminds the people of his authority, to which all antiquity ought justly to give way. Hence we conclude, that truth is of greater weight than custom or the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:22

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