Matthew 5:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; ”

Matthew 5:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar ... - The Pharisees were intent only on the external act in worship. They looked not at all to the internal state of the mind. If a man conformed to...
Matthew 5:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the (o) altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; (6) The covetous Pharisees taught that God was appeased by the sacrifices appoi...
Matthew 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bring . offer, as in Matthew 5:24 . gift: i.e. sacrifice. to . up to. Greek. epi .
Matthew 5:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:23 . Therefore, if thou shalt bring thy gift This clause confirms, and at the same time explains, the preceding doctrine. It amounts to this, that the precept of the law, which for...
Matthew 5:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1301 THE NECESSITY OF SEEKING RECONCILIATION WITH MEN Matthew 5:23-24 . Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;...
Matthew 5:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Therefore if thou bring thy gift - Evil must be nipped in the bud. An unkind thought of...
Matthew 5:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore, if thou bring thy gift— Farther, to quench the first and smallest sparks of enmity, and prevent all occasion of angry resentments, our Lord adds what follows from this to the 26th verse;...
Matthew 5:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Therefore - to apply the foregoing, and show its paramount importance -- If t...
Matthew 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If thou bring thy gift to the altar. — Literally, If thou shouldst be offering. Our Lord was speaking to Jews as such, and paints, therefore, as it were, a scene in the Jewish Temple. The worship...
Matthew 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CHRIST is our New Testament Altar, neither have we any other. It is painful to hear men call the communion table Altar, a name which belongs only to JESUS. But seen in this point of view, when drawin...
Matthew 5:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar ,.... The Jews obliged such who had done any damage to their neighbours, by stealing from them, to make satisfaction before they brought their offering...
Matthew 5:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Ver. 23. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar ] To anger our Saviour here o...
Matthew 5:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore , &c. “Because men are very apt to fall into rash anger, and to express their anger by contemptuous speeches and abusive names, fancying that there is no sin in these things, or but li...
Matthew 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 5:24 " .
Matthew 5:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Five Fuller Applications of the Law (5:21-43). In order to bring home what His disciples' approach to the Law should be Jesus selects five pivotal aspects of the Law, and expands on them and expla...
Matthew 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Be reconciled to thy brother. Mutual conciliation I. That a worshipper of God may be in a state of discord in reference to his brother. II. That public worship rightly used is one of the mea...
Matthew 5:23 - 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 5:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,
Matthew 5:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:44 ; 1 Samuel 15:22 ; Amos 5:21-24 ; Deuteronomy 16:16 ; Deuteronomy 16:17 ; Ezekiel 16:63 ; Genesis 41:9 ; Genesis 42:21 ; Genesis 42:22 ; Genesis 50:15-17 ; Hosea 6:6 ; Isaiah...
Matthew 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy brother hath aught against thee — On any of the preceding accounts: for any unkind thought or word: any that did not spring from love.

Matthew 5:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 5:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 5:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 5:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes