2. As fornication signifies no more than the unlawful connection of unmarried persons, it cannot be used here with propriety, when speaking of those who are married. Blessed are the meek Happy,
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Verse 46. Therefore if thou bring thy gift Evil must be nipped in the bud. He calls himself L. , to teach us that in this consists that perfection, the attainment of which he has made both our duty and privilege: for these words of our Lord include both a command and a promise. eulogeite, give them good words for their bad words. Every one flies from sorrow, and seeks after joy, and yet true joy must necessarily be the fruit of sorrow. Matthew 1-5. Or our Lord may refer to the little ornaments which certain letters assume on their tops, which cause them to appear like small branches. Written later than the Gospel of Mark (on which it almost certainly draws), in all likelihood at some time towards the end of the period 70-100-ce, the Gospel of Matthew came to be given priority of place among the four canonical gospels and therefore, subsequently, priority of place as the first book of the New Testament. Of bearing injuries and persecution, 38-41. whose eyes being full of adultery, they cannot cease from sin, 2 Peter 2:14. When the soul is awakened to a tense of its wants, and begins to hunger and thirst after righteousness or holiness, which is its proper food, we know that it must be purified by the Holy Spirit, and be made a partaker of that living bread, John 8:48, or perish everlastingly. That they may see your good works It is not sufficient to have light-we must walk in the light, and by the light. wlljt techelelu, my holy name, change
luw, I loose, violate, or dissolve-I am not come to make the law of none effect-to dissolve the connection which subsists between its several parts, or the obligation men are under to have their lives regulated by its moral precepts; nor am I come to dissolve the connecting reference it has to the good things promised. It is very remarkable, that the criminal code published by Joseph II., late emperor of Germany, though it consists of seventy-one capital crimes, has not death attached to any of them. This word commonly means finished, complete, pure, holy. Be ye therefore perfect, he concludes this part of the discourse by commanding his disciples to be perfect. Now, as God never inspires a prayer but with a design to answer it, he who hungers and thirsts after the full salvation of God, may depend on being speedily and effectually blessed or satisfied, well-fed, as the word
mia keraia of our Lord, refers to the apices, points, or corners, that distinguish
plhsion, among the Hellenistic Jews, meant friend merely: Christ uses it precisely in this sense in Luke 10:36, in answer to the question asked by a certain lawyer, Matthew 5:29. Who of the three was neighbor (plhsion friend) to him who fell among the thieves? They did not pretend to forbid ALL common swearing, but only what they term MUCH. It punished criminals by strangling or beheading; but Dr. Lightfoot supposes the judgment of God to be intended. He whose words agree not with his private thoughts is as detestable to me as the gates of hell. See on Joshua 2: at the end. Even murder, with all intention to rob, is punished only with imprisonment for thirty years, to lie on the floor, to have no nourishment but bread and water, to be closely chained, and to be publicly whipped once a year, with less than one hundred lashes. See Colquhoun on the Police of the City of London, p. 272. An eye for an eye Our Lord refers here to the law of retaliation mentioned See Exodus 21:24, (see the note there, and See Leviticus 24:20,) which obliged the offender to suffer the same injury he had committed. Entdecken Sie The Gospel According to St. Matthew 5, 13-16;20-22;26-28;32-45 von Ryszard Ronczewski & Arche bei Amazon Music. As the body has its natural appetites of hunger and thirst for the food and drink suited to its nourishment, so has the soul. 4:43. They are happy who suffer, seems a strange saying: and that the righteous should suffer, merely because they are such, seems as strange. Rabbi Akiba said, If any man saw a woman handsomer than his own wife, he might put his wife away; because it is said in the law, If she find not favor in his eyes. Deuteronomy 24:1. Dr. Lightfoot has some curious observations on this passage in the preface to his Harmony of the Evangelists. Lastly, he that saith to his brother, Thou fool, wicked one, or cast-away, shall be in danger of hell-fire,
, vainly, or, as in the common translation, without a cause, is wanting in the famous Vatican MS. and two others, the Ethiopic, latter Arabic, Saxon, Vulgate, two copies of the old Itala, J. Martyr, Ptolomeus, Origen, Tertullian, and by all the ancient copies quoted by St. Jerome. In all these eases, our blessed Lord points out the spirituality of the law; which was a matter to which the Jews paid very little attention. 38, col. 4. awh k µymçh hashsha mayim, ken hu, By heaven, so it is. BAB. This translation is literal; and the very objectionable phrase, without a cause, is left out,
If you indulge them, they will gain strength, and you shall be ruined. The reader will not be displeased to find a few of them here, if he can bear with the allegorical and strongly figurative language of the rabbins. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: they shall see God. If you donate just $5.00, or whatever you can, Catholic Online could keep thriving for years. This is he that slays himself. See the note on Leviticus 2:13. gentleman; but it has now almost wholly lost its original signification. , those who press hard on and pursue you with hatred and malice accompanied with repeated acts of enmity. The disciples the salt of the earth, and light of the world. God has many imitators of his power, independence, justice, etc., but few of his love, condescension, and kindness. IS
See all the cases, Code of Gentoo Laws, chap. Chapter 2: Matthew 1–4. Jesus Christ designs to make men happy. One is bound to swear to his neighbor, and he saith,
But if the salt have lost his savor That this is possible in the land of Judea, we have proof from Mr. Maundrell, who, describing the Valley of Salt, speaks thus: Along, on one side of the valley, toward Gibul, there is a small precipice about two mens lengths, occasioned by the continual taking away of the salt; and, in this, you may see how the veins of it lie. See the Gospels and epistles; and see especially this sermon on the mount, the Epistle of James, and the Epistle to the Hebrews.
Verse 9. 31 'It has also been said, Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a writ of dismissal. Dr. A disposition of the heart, through which it is affected at the sight of such an object. A particular place in this valley was called Tophet, from. eccl., V, x, 3) says that, in India, Pantænus found the Gospel according to St. Matthew written in the Hebrew language, the Apostle Bartholomew having left it there. One would not, perhaps, suspect that similar customs obtain in our times, among Europeans: but I find that the Roman Catholics of some provinces of Germany never address the Protestants that live among them with the compliment J, be praised; and, when such a thing happens by mistake, the Protestants do not return it after the manner in use among Catholics, For ever and ever. Take these few examples: A certain man sought to betake himself to repentance (and restitution.) answered,
Because it is natural to man to avenge himself, and plague those who plague him; and he will ever find abundant excuse for his conduct, in the repeated evils he receives from others; for men are naturally hostile to each other. Eusebius (Hist. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow. Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption, i.e. This is he that slays a man himself, and not by the hand of another. These angari are now termed chappars, and serve to carry despatches between the court and the provinces. Be ye therefore perfect-as your Father God himself is the grand law, sole giver, and only pattern of the perfection which he recommends to his children. Has it appeared unreasonable and absurd to some? One of his scholars laughed him to scorn. The following letters only can assume coronal apices. So strictly was it attended to at Athens, that if a man put out the eye of another who had but one, the offender was condemned to lose both his eyes, as the loss of one would not be an equivalent misfortune. A religion, the very essence of which is love, cannot suffer at its altars a heart that is revengeful and uncharitable, or which does not use its utmost endeavors to revive love in the heart of another. Now, as God never inspires a prayer but with a design to answer it, he who hungers and thirsts after the full salvation of God, may depend on being speedily and effectually blessed or satisfied, well-fed, as the word. Parkhurst. See Sir J. Chardins and Hanways Travels. Of divorce, 31, 32. those mentioned in the preceding verse, which should make the first verse of this chapter. Bible Commentary in 8 Volumes. A participation of all the blessings of the new covenant here, and the blessings of glory above. I saluted them sometimes with the Salam aleikum, and I had often only the common answer. The Israelites said to the holy blessed God, Thou commandest us to light lamps to thee; and yet thou art the, Light of the world, and with thee the light dwelleth. The Gospel according to St. Matthew - Chapter 19. No being is indestructible or unfailing in its nature but G, ; no being is independent but him: as the body depends for its nourishment, health, and strength upon the earth, so does the soul upon heaven. The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels - February 2006. He who showed him mercy; i.e. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: they shall be recognised as children of God. makarioi should be referred to,
For a full explanation of this verse, see Luke 18:10, etc. The being burnt alive in the valley of the son of Hinnom. 44 But I say this to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you; 45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on the bad as well as the good, and sends down rain to fall on the upright and the wicked alike. 4:54. Verse 15. Or, the evil person. Shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Murder is the most punishable of all crimes, according to the written law, in respect both of our neighbors and civil society. Righteousness here is taken for all the blessings of the new covenant-all the graces of the Messiahs kingdom-a full restoration to the image of God! It is worthy of observation, that the word
Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel A bushel
The gospel according to Matthew is the most detailed and, in its format, clearest of all four gospels. See on Matthew 3:2. Among the Gentoos, such an expression was punished by cutting out the tongue, and thrusting a hot iron, of ten fingers breadth, into the mouth of the person who used it. There are three kinds of offenses here, which exceed each other in their degrees of guilt. So John 3:3: Except a man be born again, he cannot SEE the kingdom of God, i.e. 2. p. 212. 30:19,) whereas, the word we translate salute is of a much more general nature: this, I apprehend, arose from his being struck with the thought, that it could never be necessary to caution his disciples, not to restrain the civilities of a common salutation to those of their own religious party. In Matthew, the end-time Elijah duly appears in the person of John the Baptist, preparing the way for 'the Lord', one whose identity is revealed at his baptism as Jesus, God's 'beloved Son' (3.17). Verse 27. There is a remarkable illustration of this passage, quoted by Mr. Wakefield from Origen, Contra Cels. In the tract Shabbath, fol. As the religion of Christ gives no quarter to vice, so the vicious will give no quarter to this religion, or to its professors. , that ye may be like to, or resemble, your Father who is in heaven. 15: sec. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for uprightness: they shall have their fill. qnhtwn anqrwpwn, mortal men. Hear their own words: A Jew sees a Gentile fall into the sea, let him by no means lift him out; for it is written, Thou shalt not rise up against the blood of thy neighbor:-but this is not thy neighbor. Maimon. ], daleth, he would ruin the world. [Because the command would then run, Thou shalt not worship the O, he, he would ruin the world. [Because the sense of the commandment would then be, Neither shall ye P, Should any one, in the words of Psalm 150:6, Let every thing that hath breath P, cheth, he would ruin the world. [Because the command would then run, Let every thing that hath breath P, Should any one, in the words of Jeremiah 5:10, They lied A, caph, he would ruin the world. [For then the words would run, They lied L. Should any one, in the words of Hosea, Hosea 5:7, They have dealt treacherously, caph, he would ruin the world. [For then the words would run, They have dealt treacherously L, Should any one, in the words of 1 Samuel 2:2, There is none holy A, beth, he would ruin the world. [For then the words would mean, There is no holiness I, of our Lord, refers to the apices, points, or corners, that distinguish, daleth. Rabbi Jochanan was teaching concerning the building of Jerusalem with sapphires and diamonds, etc. Hom. Though all earth and hell should join together to hinder the accomplishment of the great designs of the Most High, yet it shall all be in vain-even the sense of a single letter shall not be lost. Matthew 5:22 Some manuscripts brother or sister without cause. The judgment, the council of twenty-three, which could inflict the punishment of strangling. JUCAS. He shows us also how we are to behave to those. Amen!, After this, the words of our Lord in the close of the fifth of Matthew want no farther commentary. 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. See on Matthew 22:36. dwron, which we translate gift, is used by the rabbins in Hebrew letters
They swore by the city Jerusalem. It is very probable that nothing more is meant here than a small hill or eminence. A particular place in this valley was called Tophet, from
It is not sufficient to have light-we must walk in the light, and by the light. Blessed are the poor! Gospel According to Matthew -Chapters 1 to 15Malayalam Audio Bible POCMP4 files of Gospel According to Matthew-Chapters 1 to 15 As the religion of Christ gives no quarter to vice, so the vicious will give no quarter to this religion, or to its professors. Being a breach of the law of God, it is the way to everlasting misery. Our Lord prohibits that only which, from its nature, is opposed to mans happiness. Herod. He who loves for the sake of pleasure or interest, pays himself. The merciful The word mercy, among the Jews, signified two things: the pardon of injuries, and almsgiving. Be exceeding glad
11 'Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account. This term implied, among the Jews, the highest enormity, and most aggravated guilt. Verse 21. A peace-maker is a man who, being endowed with a generous public spirit, labors for the public good, and feels his own interest promoted in promoting that of others: therefore, instead of fanning the fire of strife, he uses his influence and wisdom to reconcile the contending parties, adjust their differences, and restore them to a state of unity. cheth (as the change of any of these into the other would make a most essential alteration in the sense, or, as the rabbins say, destroy the world.) eikh, vainly, or, as in the common translation, without a cause, is wanting in the famous Vatican MS. and two others, the Ethiopic, latter Arabic, Saxon, Vulgate, two copies of the old Itala, J. Martyr, Ptolomeus, Origen, Tertullian, and by all the ancient copies quoted by St. Jerome. But who can obey it? Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause. MAIMONIDES.. And when he was seated his disciples came to him. 9. That is, the instruments which God chooses to make use of to illuminate the minds of men; as he uses the sun (to which probably he pointed) to enlighten the world. This is he that delivers up his neighbor before a beast to be rent in pieces. If men, slighting their own mercies, cry out, This is impossible!-whom does this arguing reprove-God, who, on this ground, has given a command, the fulfillment of which is impossible. per. Let such leave the judgment of their cause to Him for whose sake they suffer. 26-105; CCCC MS 106 Edition of a letter of Sir John Cheke to Dr Matthew Parker, dated at Cheekstoke, 6th February 1552, taken from CCCC MS 106, App. the devil, the father of superfluities and lies. The persecution mentioned in the preceding verse comprehends all outward acts of violence-all that the hand can do. toiv arcaioiv, to or by the ancients. Thou shalt love thy friend, and hate thine enemy. kalew, I call. The original word,
The book of Deuteronomy came and prostrated itself before the Lord, and said: O Lord of the world, thou hast written in me thy law; but now, a Testament defective in some parts is defective in all. The words of God, which point out his designs, are as unchangeable as his nature itself. The Pharisees accuse the disciples of eating with unwashed hands, 1, 2. Having been taught the mysteries of the kingdom of God, they became closely attached to their Divine Master, imitating his life and. The Gospel According to Matthew - Chapter 5 - Verse 1. Verse 36. Bears and lions, in the mountains; and TAX-GATHERERS
Upon the place beneath. The Armenian Slavonic, and Gothic versions, with the later Syriac, and some of the primitive fathers, agree in this reading. d daleth,
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