Matthew 7:4-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 7:9-11

In Matthew 7:9-10 Jesus put the matter of Matthew 7:7-8 in two other ways. Even though parents are evil (i.e., self-centered sinners) they do not typically give their children disappointing or dangerous counterfeits in response to requests for what is wholesome and nutritious. Much more will the heavenly Father who is pure goodness give gifts that are truly good to His children who request them (cf. Jeremiah 29:13; Luke 11:11-13; James 1:5-8). This is another a fortiori argument (cf. Matthew... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 7:6

7:6 lest (b-17) See ch. 5.25 and Mark 4:12 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 7:7

7:7 Ask (c-1) Aiteo , used for supplication. see Note, John 14:16 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:1-29

The Sermon on the Mount (concluded)The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance of an appendix of miscellaneous practical maxims, many of which, however, may have really formed part of the sermon. The words about rash judgment, and about a tree being known by its fruit, as well as the striking conclusion, are found also in St. Luke’s sermon.1-5. On the habit of criticising others (Luke 6:37-42). St.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 7:4

(4) How wilt thou say—i.e., how wilt thou have the face to say. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 7:5

(5) Thou hypocrite.—The man deserves this name, because he acts the part of a teacher and reformer, when he himself needs repentance and reform the most. The hypocrisy is all the greater because it does not know itself to be hypocritical.Then shalt thou see clearly.—Here the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount rises far above the level of the maxims which, to a certain extent, it resembles. It gives a new motive to the work of self-scrutiny and self-reformation. While we are blind with... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 7:6

(6) That which is holy.—The words point to the flesh which has been offered for sacrifice, the “holy thing” of Leviticus 22:6-7; Leviticus 22:10; Leviticus 22:16, of which no un clean person or stranger, and à fortiori no unclean beast, was to eat. To give that holy flesh to dogs would have seemed to the devout Israelite the greatest of all profanations. Our Lord teaches us that there is a like risk of desecration in dealing with the yet holier treasure of divine truth. Another aspect of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 7:7

(7) Ask, and it shall be given.—The transition is again abrupt, and suggests the idea that some links are missing. The latent sequence of thought would seem to be this, “If the work of reforming others and ourselves,” men might say, “is so difficult, how shall we dare to enter on it? Where shall we find the courage and the wisdom which we need?” And the answer is, In prayer for those gifts.Here, once more, the words are absolute and unqualified, and yet are clearly limited by implied... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 7:9

(9) Or what man is there of you.—The meaning of the illustrations is obvious enough, yet their homeliness is noticeable as addressed to the peasants of Galilee, who found in fish and bread, as in the miracles of the Five thousand and the Four thousand, the staple of their daily food. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 7:11

(11) If ye then, being evil.—The words at once recognise the fact of man’s depravity, and assert that it is not total. In the midst of all our evil there is still that element of natural and pure affection which makes the fatherhood of men a fit parable of the Fatherhood of God. We mount from our love to His, abstracting from our thoughts the evil of which we cannot but be conscious.Give good things to them that ask him.—The context shows that the “good things” are spiritual and not temporal... read more

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