Matthew 5:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ”

Matthew 5:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whosoever therefore shall break - Shall violate or disobey. One of these least commandments - The Pharisees, it is probable, divided the precepts of the law into lesser and greater, teaching...
Matthew 5:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the (h) least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the sa...
Matthew 5:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:17 to Matthew 6:18 . Righteousness, Legal and Real. After laying down the principle that the Law is not destroyed or annulled, but developed and transcended ( Matthew 5:17-20 ), Jesus...
Matthew 5:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Whosoever . every one that (with Greek. an. Supposing the case). See note on "Till", Matthew 5:18 . Note the Figure of speech Anaphora (App-6). these least . these shortest. Referring not to...
Matthew 5:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. Whoever then shall break Christ here speaks expressly of the commandments of life, or the ten words, which all the children of God ought to take as the rule of their life. He therefore d...
Matthew 5:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1298 THE DANGER OF LITTLE SINS Matthew 5:19 . Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of h...
Matthew 5:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them , the same shall...
Matthew 5:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Think not that I am come to destroy, &c.— Because the doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ concerning happiness was contrary to that which the Jews were accustomed to hear, and which their preache...
Matthew 5:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same sha...
Matthew 5:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount John 5:1 to John 7:29 . The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20 . This sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke ( Luke 6:20 ), that it is best to regard t...
Matthew 5:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall break one of these least commandments. — The words seem at first to imply that even the ceremonial law was to be binding in its full extent upon Christ’s disciples. The usage of the time, how...
Matthew 5:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
Matthew 5:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

New Heart Righteousness Matthew 5:17-26 Our Lord's mission was not to destroy but to construct. As noon fulfils dawn, and summer, spring; as manhood fulfils childhood and the perfect picture, t...
Matthew 5:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggesti...
Matthew 5:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

No doubt the Reader would wish to have a clear apprehension of the words Raca and Fool. The most acceptable service on these verses I can offer, will be to explain them. Raca, was a word used by the...
Matthew 5:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments ,.... Which are to be understood not of the beatitudes in the preceding verses, for these were not delivered by Christ under the form...
Matthew 5:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them , the same shall...
Matthew 5:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whosoever therefore shall break Shall himself transgress in his practice, or pervert and weaken by his doctrine, one of these least commandments, and teach men so Shall direct or encourage men to...
Matthew 5:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him w...
Matthew 5:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil....
Matthew 5:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whosoever shall in his practice violate but one of the commandments of God, which the Pharisees judge of the least, and which possible are so compared with others, and shall teach men that they may d...
Matthew 5:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Permanence of the Law And The Warning To Observe It Truly So As To Experience A Fuller Righteousness (5:17-20). Having spoken to His disciples of a life which acts as a preservative in the wor...
Matthew 5:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT The aim and contents of the “ Sermon .”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and...
Matthew 5:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:19 I. There are two instincts implanted by God in the soul as seeds out of which our spiritual life is to grow; one of these is the instinct of duty, the other is the instinct of love. T...
Matthew 5:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:1-2 . And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,- Our Saviour soon gather...
Matthew 5:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:1 . Seeing the multitudes, assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upo...
Matthew 5:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Break one of these least commandments. The perilous harmfulness of little sins Man is set free from the curse of the law, but not from its authority. I. Let us consider these minor violation...
Matthew 5:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 5:1 And seeing the multitudes ; i.e. those spoken of in Matthew 4:25 —the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. He went up . From the lower groun...
Matthew 5:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the meantime all men should know: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever sha...
Matthew 5:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:4 ; 1 Samuel 2:30 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-7 ; 1 Timothy 4:11 ; 1 Timothy 4:12 ; 1 Timothy 6:11 ; 1 Timothy 6:3 ; 1 Timothy 6:4 ; Acts 1:1 ; Daniel 12:3 ;...
Matthew 5:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:1-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great...
Matthew 5:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

One of the least — So accounted by men; and shall teach — Either by word or example; shall be the least — That is, shall have no part therein.

Matthew 5:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 5:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 5:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 5:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes