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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head - This was a common oath. The Gentiles also used this oath. To swear by the head was the same as to swear by the life; or to say, I will forfeit my life if what I say is not true. God is the Author of the life, and to swear by that, therefore, is the same as to swear by him.Because thou canst not make one hair white or black - You have no control or right over your own life. You cannot even change one single hair. God has all that control; and it is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 5:37

But let your communication - Your word; what you say.Be, Yea - Yes. This does not mean that we should always use the word “yea,” for it might as well have been translated “yes”; but it means that we should simply affirm or declare that a thing is so.More than these - More than these affirmations.Cometh of evil - Is evil. Proceeds from some evil disposition or purpose. And from this we may learn:1. That profane swearing is always the evidence of a depraved heart. To trifle with the name of God,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 5:31-32

Matthew 5:31-32. Let him give her a writing of divorcement “The doctors of the school of Sammai affirmed, that, in the law concerning divorce, Deuteronomy 24:1, the words some uncleanness, were to be understood of adultery only; whereas, they of the school of Hillel interpreted them of any matter of dislike whatever. Hence the Pharisees asked Jesus, Matthew 19:3, if it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? The opinion of Hillel was generally espoused by the Jews, as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 5:33-37

Matthew 5:33-37. Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time Or rather, was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, &c. See the margin. The Jewish doctors affirmed, that oaths were obligatory according to the nature of the things by which a man swears: Matthew 23:10. Hence they allowed the use of such oaths in common conversation as they said were not obligatory; pretending that there was no harm in them, because the law, which forbade them to forswear... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:21-48

40. Legal obedience is not enough (Matthew 5:21-48; Luke 6:27-36; Luke 12:57-59)After his explanation concerning right and wrong attitudes to the law, Jesus gives a number of examples. He introduces these examples with statements such as ‘You have heard that it was said in the past’. This is not the same as ‘It is written’. Jesus is not quoting from the Old Testament but from the teachings of the scribes and Pharisees. He is not contradicting the law but the interpretations of the law that the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 5:31

It hath been said. It was said. See Deuteronomy 24:1 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 5:33

THE LAW OF PERJURY. it hath been said = it was said. See Leviticus 19:12 ; also App-107 . Thou shalt not, &c. Quoted from Exodus 20:7 . Numbers 30:2 .Deuteronomy 23:21 . forswear = swear falsely. Greek. epiorkeo. Occurs only here. the LORD. See App-98 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 5:34

at all. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6 ;. not lightly. The particulars given in verses: Matthew 5:35 , Matthew 5:36 . by. Greek. en. God's. App-98 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 5:35

the city of the great King. Only here in N.T. Compare Psalms 48:2 , referring to Zion. Contrast 2 Kings 18:19 , 2 Kings 18:28 . See note on Matthew 4:5 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 5:37

communication = word Greek. logos. Omit "be". Yea, yea = Yes, [be] yes. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6 . Nay, nay = Nay, [be] nay. whatsoever = what. cometh = is. of = out of. Greek. ek. App-104 . read more

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