Matthew 19:17-19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 19:16-22

Here is an account of what passed between Christ and a hopeful young gentleman that addressed himself to him upon a serious errand; he said to be a young man (Matt. 19:20); and I called him a gentleman, not only because he had great possessions, but because he was a ruler (Luke 18:18), a magistrate, a justice of peace in his country; it is probable that he had abilities beyond his years, else his youth would have debarred him from the magistracy. Now concerning this young gentleman, we are... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 19:16-22

19:16-22 And, look you, a man came to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing am I to do to possess eternal life?" He said to him, "Why do you ask me about the good? There is One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." He said to him, "What kind of commandments?" Jesus said, "'You must not kill; you must not commit adultery; you must not steal; honour your father and your mother.' And, 'You must love your neighbour as yourself.'" The young man said, "I have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 19:17

And he said unto him ,.... By way of reply, first taking notice of, and questioning him about, the epithet he gave him: why callest thou me good ? not that he denied that he was so; for he was good, both as God and man, in his divine and human natures; in all his offices, and the execution of them; he was goodness itself, and did good, and nothing else but good. But the reason of the question is, because this young man considered him only as a mere man, and gave him this character as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 19:18

He saith unto him, which ?.... Whether those commandments of a moral, or of a ceremonial kind; whether the commands of the written, or of the oral law; of God, or of the elders, or both; or whether he did not mean some new commandments of his own, which he delivered as a teacher sent from God: Jesus said ; according to the other evangelists, "thou knowest the commandments"; not the true nature, spirituality, and use of them, but the letter and number of them; being trained up from a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 19:19

Honour thy father and thy mother :.... This, as it is the first commandment with promise, so the first of the second table, and yet is here mentioned last; which inversion of order is of no consequence: so the "seventh" command is put before the "sixth", and the "fifth" omitted, in Romans 13:9 and with the Jews it is a common F3 T. Bab. Pesach. fol. 6. 2. Zohar in Num. fol. 61. 4. saying, אין מוקדם ומאוחר בתורה , "there is neither first nor last in the law": that is, it is of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:17

Why callest thou me good? - Or, Why dost thou question me concerning that good thing? τι με ερωτας περι του αγαθου . This important reading is found in BDL, three others, the Coptic, Sahidic, Armenian, Ethiopic, latter Syriac, Vulgate, Saxon, all the Itala but one, Origen, Eusebius, Cyril, Dionysius Areop., Antiochus, Novatian, Jerome, Augustin, and Juvencus. Erasmus, Grotius, Mill, and Bengel approve of this reading. This authority appears so decisive to Griesbach that he has received... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:18

Thou shalt do no murder, etc. - But some say these commandments are not binding on us. Vain, deceived men! Can a murderer, an adulterer, a thief, and a liar enter into eternal life? No. The God of purity and justice has forbidden it. But we are not to keep these commandments in order to purchase eternal life. Right. Neither Jesus Christ, nor his genuine messengers, say you are. To save your souls, Christ must save you from your sins, and enable you to walk before him in newness of life. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:19

Honour thy father and thy mother - σου thy, is omitted by almost every MS. of respectability. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself - Self-love, as it is generally called, has been grievously declaimed against, even by religious people, as a most pernicious and dreadful evil. But they have not understood the subject on which they spoke. They have denominated that intense propensity which unregenerate men feel to gratify their carnal appetites and vicious passions, self-love; whereas... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:17

Verse 17 17.Why callest thou me good? I do not understand this correction in so refined a sense as is given by a good part of interpreters, as if Christ intended to suggest his Divinity; for they imagine that these words mean, “If thou perceivest in me nothing more exalted than human nature, thou falsely appliest to me the epithet good, which belongs to God alone. ” I do acknowledge that, strictly speaking, men and even angels do not deserve so honorable a title; because they have not a drop of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:18

Verse 18 18.Thou shalt not murder It is surprising that, though Christ intended to show that we are bound to obey the whole law, he should mention the second table only; but he did so, because from the duties of charity the disposition of every man is better ascertained. Piety towards God holds, no doubt, a higher rank; (623) but as the observation of the first table is often feigned by hypocrites, the second table is better adapted for making a scrutiny. (624) Let us know, therefore, that... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 19:16-22

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 19:16-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 19:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 19:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 19:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 19:18

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