Matthew 12:32

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:31-32

Matthew 12:31-32 The "speaking" or blaspheming against the Holy Ghost is the sign of a very rancorous and very violent dislike in the heart against Him; and it is not the word taken abstractedly, but that evil and determinate state of heart which that word proves which constitutes the "sin against the Holy Ghost." I. We have in the Bible four separate sins against the Holy Ghost laid out in a certain order and progression. (1) First, there is the grieving of the Holy Ghost. This occurs when you... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:1-50

Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew?Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law, they have thoroughly disallowed the law, for the purposes that God intended it. For they were interpreting the law after a physical sense. "Thou shalt not kill," interpreting that as clubbing your enemy to death. But Jesus said, no, really if you have hatred in your heart for your brother, you're... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:1-50

Matthew 12:2 . Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day. The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their feasts, because it was allowed by the law of Moses, provided they put nought of the fruit in their vessel, or their pouch; but they objected on the ground of the sabbath. Now, the appeal which Jesus made to David’s eating the holy bread, which belonged exclusively to the priests, shows that the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:32

32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Ver. 32. And whosoever speaketh a word, &c. ] As Peter did through infirmity, Paul through ignorance; those poor souls whom he haled to prison, and for fear of death compelled them to blaspheme Christ, Acts 26:11 . Tertullian reports the like of Claudius Herminianus, a... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 12:32

whosoever: Matthew 11:19, Matthew 13:55, Luke 7:34, Luke 23:34, John 7:12, John 7:52, Acts 3:14, Acts 3:15, Acts 3:19, Acts 26:9-1 Kings :, 1 Timothy 1:13, 1 Timothy 1:15 but: John 7:39, Hebrews 6:4-Joshua :, Hebrews 10:26-Joel : it shall not: Job 36:13, Mark 3:29, Luke 16:23-Ezekiel : Reciprocal: Numbers 15:30 - doeth ought Matthew 16:13 - I the Mark 3:28 - General Luke 12:10 - General Luke 22:65 - blasphemously Hebrews 10:29 - and hath James 3:6 - a world 1 John 5:16 - There read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:32

And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.Whosoever speaketh against the Son of man — In any other respects: It shall be forgiven him - Upon his true repentance: But whosoever speaketh thus against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come - This was a proverbial expression among the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:32

32. Against the Son Olshausen has called special attention to the gradations of aggravation implied in the blasphemy successively against the Father and the Son and the Spirit. But perhaps in detail he has hardly so developed it as to bring out the true point. Let it be remarked, that when sin is committed against the Father or the Son, neither is ever viewed as withdrawing himself from the sinner during the day of his probation. God, the Father, as Creator and Providence, still... read more