Matthew 7:21-29 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 7:28

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings ,.... Delivered in this, and the two foregoing chapters, concerning true happiness; the duty and usefulness of Gospel ministers; the true sense and meaning of several commandments in the law; concerning alms, prayer, and fasting; concerning the care of worldly things, rash judging, rigid censures, and reproofs; the straitness and narrowness of the way to eternal life, and the largeness and breadth of the way to destruction; concerning... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 7:29

For he taught them, as one having authority ,.... This does not so much respect the subject matter of his ministry, the gravity, weight, and solidity of his doctrine; which, to be sure, was greatly different from that of the Scribes, which chiefly lay in proposing and handling things trivial, and of no moment; such as the rituals of the law, the traditions of the elders, or washing of the hands and cups, &c.; nor merely the manner of his delivery, which was with great affection, ardour,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:21

Not every one - Ου πας , a Hebraism, say some, for no person. It is a Graecism and a Latinism too: ου παντων θεων , not All of the gods, i.e. not Any of the gods, Hom. Odyss. Z. 240. So Terence Sine omni periclo , without All danger, i.e. without Any danger. And Juvenal: Sine omni labe , without All imperfection, i.e. without Any. See more in Mr. Wakefield. The sense of this verse seems to be this: No person, by merely acknowledging my authority, believing in the Divinity of my... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:22

Many will say to me in that day - Εκεινη τη ημερα , in that very day, viz. the day of judgment - have we not prophesied, taught, publicly preached, in thy name; acknowledging thee to be the only Savior, and proclaiming thee as such to others; cast out demons, impure spirits, who had taken possession of the bodies of men; done many miracles, being assisted by supernatural agency to invert even the course of nature, and thus prove the truth of the doctrine we preached? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:23

Will I profess - Ομολογησω , I will fully and plainly tell them, I never knew you - I never approved of you; for so the word is used in many places, both in the Old and New Testaments. You held the truth in unrighteousness, while you preached my pure and holy doctrine; and for the sake of my own truth, and through my love to the souls of men, I blessed your preaching; but yourselves I could never esteem, because you were destitute of the spirit of my Gospel, unholy in your hearts, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:24

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine - That is, the excellent doctrines laid down before in this and the two preceding chapters. There are several parables or similitudes like to this in the rabbins. I shall quote but the two following: - Rabbi Eleasar said, "The man whose knowledge exceeds his works, to whom is he like? He is like a tree which had many branches, and only a few roots; and, when the stormy winds came, it was plucked up and eradicated. But he whose good works... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:25

And the rain descended - floods came - winds blew - In Judea, and in all countries in the neighborhood of the tropics, the rain sometimes falls in great torrents, producing rivers, which sweep away the soil from the rocky hills; and the houses, which are built of brick only dried in the sun, of which there are whole villages in the east, literally melt away before those rains, and the land-floods occasioned by them. There are three general kinds of trials to which the followers of God are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:26

And every one that heareth - and doeth them not - Was there ever a stricter system of morality delivered by God to man, than in this sermon? He who reads or hears it, and does not look to God to conform his soul and life to it, and notwithstanding is hoping to enter into the kingdom of heaven, is like the fool who built his house on the sand. When the rain, the rivers, and the winds come, his building must fall, and his soul be crushed into the nethermost pit by its ruins. Talking about... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:27

And the rain descended, and the floods came, etc. - A fine illustration of this may be seen in the case of the fishermen in Bengal, who, in the dry season, build their huts on the beds of sand from which the rivers had retired: but when the rain sets in suddenly; as it often does, accompanied with violent northwest winds, and the waters pour down in torrents from the mountains; in one night, multitudes of these buildings are swept away, and the place where they stood is on the next morning... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:28

The people were astonished - Οι οχλοι , the multitudes; for vast crowds attended the ministry of this most popular and faithful of all preachers. They were astonished at his doctrine. They heard the law defined in such a manner as they had never thought of before; and this sacred system of morality urged home on their consciences with such clearness and authority as they had never felt under the teaching of their scribes and Pharisees. Here is the grand difference between the teaching of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 7:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 7:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:28

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