Matthew 5:27-29 NIV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:29

Verse 29 29.If thy right eye shall be a stumbling-block to thee. It might be thought that, considering the weakness of the flesh and of nature, Christ pressed too severely on men, and therefore he anticipates all such complaints. The general meaning is, that however difficult, or severe, or troublesome, or harsh, any commandment of God may be, yet no excuse ought to be pleaded on those grounds, because the justice of God ought to stand higher in our estimation, than all that we reckon most... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:17-48

The second part of the sermon: the mount of the Beatitudes and Mount Sinai: the new Law and the old. I. CHRIST THE FULFILLER OF THE LAW . 1 . He came not to destroy. They must not misunderstand the purpose of his teaching. The Old Testament is not contrary to the New; both speak of Christ. The commandments are as binding now upon the Christian conscience as when they were first delivered amid the thunders of Mount Sinai. "We establish the Law," says the apostle of faith ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:17-48

Sermon on the mount: 3. Exceeding righteousness. A teacher who compels the public to look at an unfamiliar truth, the reformer who introduces a new style of goodness, will be misinterpreted just in proportion to the advance he makes upon former ideas. Our Lord renounced explicitly, and with warmth, the goodness of the Pharisees, and the cry was at once raised against him as a destroyer of the Law, a libertine, a companion or' loose people. He thus found himself called on publicly to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:21-48

( a ) Our Lord is still concerned with the relation of himself and his followers to the religion of the day, of which the Old Testament ( Matthew 5:17 ), and more especially the Law ( Matthew 5:18 ), was the accepted standard. But after having spoken of the need of careful attention to ( Matthew 5:17 , Matthew 5:18 ), and observance of ( Matthew 5:19 ), even the least commands of the Law, he goes on to point out the far-reaching character of these commands, whether they are such... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:27

By them of old time . Omit, with the Revised Version (cf. Matthew 5:21 , note). Thou shalt not ( Exodus 20:14 ; Deuteronomy 5:18 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:27-30

The seventh commandment. The verses occur in this form only here, but Matthew 5:29 and Matthew 5:30 are found in Matthew 18:8 , Matthew 18:9 , as illustrations of another subject ( vide infra ) . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:27-32

Christ's second and third illustration of the Christian type of a true fulfilling of the Law. After the illustration based on the letter of the sixth commandment, Christ takes the letter of the seventh as the basis of further illustration. Both of these commandments lend themselves so well for the instruction of the individual in the matter of the wide difference between the outer commandment and the spirit of it, that whoever will may learn that difference, and, learning it, become a true... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:27-32

Purity. In the preceding paragraph Jesus expounded the spirituality of the Law in ruling the passions; here he pursues the subject in respect to the appetites. The case of adultery is typical or representative of the series. Learn— I. THAT THE LAW IS KEPT OR BROKEN IN THE HEART . 1 . Acts are good or evil as expressions of the heart. (1) This was the reverse of the teaching of the elders. Especially so in the school of Hillel. Hence the Pharisees took the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:28

But I say ( Matthew 5:22 , note). The bare command forbidding an external action is insufficient. It must extend to the thought. Contrast Josephus ('Ant.,' 12.9. 1), "The purposing to do a thing, without actually doing it, is not worthy of punishment." Generally, however, the sinfulness of wrong thoughts must have been acknowledged (cf. Psalms 51:10 , and the tenth commandment; cf. late examples in Schottgen). Hammond ('Pr. Cat.,' in Ford) says, "In the Law, the fastening of the eyes on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:28

Cherished evil feeling is sin before God. It is not possible to deal, in a general audience, with the precise subject introduced in this text; but it is possible to treat it as illustrating the searching character of God's Law, which goes in behind all acts of sin, and recognizes the states of mind and feeling out of which acts of sin would surely come if opportunity offered. "Man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart." And yet we have to make a very precise... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:17-48

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:17-48

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:21-48

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:27-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:27-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:27-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:28

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