Matthew 5:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: ”

Matthew 5:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye have heard - Or, this is the common interpretation among the Jews. Jesus proceeds here to comment on some prevailing opinions among the Jews; to show that the righteousness of the scribes and...
Matthew 5:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: (5) The true meaning of the first commandment.
Matthew 5:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The fulfilled Law in Relation to the Teaching of the Scribes. Matthew 5:21-26 . Murder and Malice. Ye (have) heard: i.e. in the synagogues. The addition to the sixth commandment represents th...
Matthew 5:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heard. In the public reading of the Law. it was said. Opposite to "I say". Compare Matthew 19:8 ; Matthew 19:9 , where the "I" is not emphatic (as it is here). See Exodus 20:13 . Deuteronomy...
Matthew 5:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. You have heard that it was said. This sentence, and those which immediately follow, are connected with what we have just considered: for our Lord explains more fully, by minute instances...
Matthew 5:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1300 CHRIST’S EXPOSITION OF THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT Matthew 5:21-22 . Ye have heard that it was said by [Note: It should rather be “to.” See Whitby on the place.] them of old time, Th...
Matthew 5:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time - τοις αρχαιοι...
Matthew 5:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It was said by them of old time— To them, &c. and so wherever it occurs. It was said to them of former time—But I say to you. So our Lord introduces his several improvements of the law unde...
Matthew 5:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, [erre...
Matthew 5:21 - 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 5:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

By them of old time. — There is no reasonable doubt that the marginal reading, to them of old time, is right. The construction is identical with that of Romans 9:12 ; Romans 9:26 ; Galatians...
Matthew 5:21 - 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 5:21 - 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 5:21 - 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 5:21 - 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 5:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SIN OF ANGER ‘Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry...
Matthew 5:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye have heard ,.... That is, from the Scriptures being read to them, and the explanations of the ancients, which were called שמעתא, "hearing", being read in the schools, and heard by the scholars o...
Matthew 5:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: Ver. 21. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old ] Anti...
Matthew 5:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye have heard Namely, from the scribes reciting the law, that it was said by them of old time , or to the ancients , as ερρεθη τιος αρχαιοις, might be properly rendered. Thou shalt not kill Wor...
Matthew 5:21 - 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 5:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall...
Matthew 5:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 5:22 " .
Matthew 5:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“You have heard that it was said to those of old time,” This is the first ‘you have heard that it was said' of the five occurring in the chapter. These deal with violence ( Matthew 5:21 ), marital r...
Matthew 5:21 - 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 5:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:21-26 The Law kept by Love. I. In dealing with this principle our Lord adduces certain examples by way of illustration, and asserts for Himself a high right and authority to declare to...
Matthew 5:21 - 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 5:21 - 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 5:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Angry with his brother. -“Thou shalt not kill.” Are you sure you do not? How has Christ decided the point? He tells us plainly that if we have (1) any malice; (2) hatred; (3) ill-will;...
Matthew 5:21 - 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 5:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord now proceeds to prove His condemning statement by expounding a few of the commandments of the Law according to their full spiritual significance: Ye have heard that it was said by them of ol...
Matthew 5:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:31 ; 1 Kings 2:32 ; 1 Kings 2:5 ; 1 Kings 2:6 ; 2 Samuel 20:18 ; Deuteronomy 21:7-9 ; Deuteronomy 5:17 ; Exodus 20:13 ; Exodus 21:12-14 ; Genesis 9:5 ; Genesis 9:6 ; Job 8:8-10...
Matthew 5:21 - 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 5:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye have heard — From the scribes reciting the law; Thou shalt do no murder — And they interpreted this, as all the other commandments, barely of the outward act. The judgement — The Jews had in eve...

Matthew 5:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 5:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 5:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 5:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes