Matthew 12:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. ”

• Matthew 12:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  By thy words thou shalt be justified ... - That is, “words” are the indication of the true principles of the heart; by “words” the heart shall be known, as the tree is by its fruit. If they are t...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus-' Answer to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes, and the Intervention of His Family ( Mark 3:20-35 *, Luke 11:14-23 ; Luke 11:29-32 ; Luke 12:10 ; Luke 8:19-21 ). For the painful statem...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  words. Greek plural of logos. Not the same as in Matthew 12:36 . See note on Mark 9:32 . "Words" are reckoned as "deeds" ( 2 Corinthians 5:10 ). See App-121.

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• Matthew 12:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  37. By thy words thou shalt be justified This was a common proverb, which he applied to the present subject; for I have no doubt that this was a saying which the people had frequently in the...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1356 IDLE WORDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR Matthew 12:36-37 . I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment: for by thy wo...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. By thy words thou shalt be justified - That is, the whole tenor of thy conversation will be an evidence for or agai...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  O generation of vipers, &c.— Without attending to the context, and our Saviour's general argument, which he is here closely pursuing, interpreters have been strangely perplexed with the phrase...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. No JFB commentary on this verse.

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• Matthew 12:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Plucking Corn on the Sabbath. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath ( Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 ). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  By thy words thou shalt be justified. — Stripped of the after-thoughts which have gathered round it in the later controversies of theologians, the word “justified” means, as its position here shows...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's recor...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Slander from Evil Hearts Matthew 12:24-37 Spite and hatred absolutely blind the eyes and distort the judgment. They reached their climax in this effort of the Pharisees to discredit Christ. The...

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• Matthew 12:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabb...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. (37) For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be c...

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• Matthew 12:37 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  JUDGED BY WORDS ‘By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.’ Matthew 12:37 Consider our responsibility for the gift of speech. It is to God that we have...

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• Matthew 12:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For by thy words thou shalt be justified ,.... Theophylact seems to take these words to be a passage of Scripture cited by Christ, in proof of what he had said, but does not point to any; nor is any...

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• Matthew 12:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Ver. 37. For by thy words thou shalt be justified ] Our Saviour insists upon this subject because by words they...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But I say unto you You may perhaps think God does not much regard your words, but I assure you, that not only for blasphemous and profane, malicious, false, slanderous, and reviling words, but for...

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• Matthew 12:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Sin against the Holy Ghost.       22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomu...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  OLBGrk; Ver. 36,37. Some understand by idle words here, lying and deceitful words; others, contumelious and reproachful words. But the best interpreters here extend the sense further, not only fro...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Men Are Especially Known By Their Words (12:31-37). Having put right the Pharisees' wrong conception about Him He now warns them to beware what they say. For what they say will reveal the truth ab...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 12:23 . Is not this the Son of David? —See “The Parallel New Testament” (1882). The “not” is omitted in both columns. It “was wisely omitted by King James’ translators. It...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Matthew 12:36-37 Idle words may, in a very general way, be defined as words that issue out of a condition of idleness fruitless, useless hours. The care of speech is eminently a fit training which...

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• Matthew 12:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Matthew 12:2 . Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day. The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their...

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• Matthew 12:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations ( Matthew 12:46-40 ); ,and the manner in which he de...

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• Matthew 12:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Kindred warnings:

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• Matthew 12:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  James 2:21-25 ; Proverbs 13:3

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• Matthew 12:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  For by thy words (as well as thy tempers and works) thou shalt then be either acquitted or condemned. Your words as well as actions shall he produced in evidence for or against you, to prove whethe...

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