Matthew 5:36 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. ”

Matthew 5:36 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head - This was a common oath. The Gentiles also used this oath. To swear by the head was the same as to swear by the life; or to say, I will forfeit my life if wh...
Matthew 5:36 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Oaths. Jesus sums up several OT passages, e.g. Exodus 20:7 ; Leviticus 19:12 ; Numbers 30:2 ; Deuteronomy 23:21-23 . The use of oaths and vows by the Jews was much abused, and the Rabbis were...
Matthew 5:36 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1306 SWEARING FORBIDDEN Matthew 5:33-37 . Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Matthew 5:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head - For these plain reasons: 1st. God commands thee not to do it. 2dly....
Matthew 5:36 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Again, ye have heard, &c.— As to oaths, the doctors affirmed, that they were obligatory, according to the nature of the things by which a man swears. See ch. Matthew 23:16 . Hence they allowed...
Matthew 5:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. In the ot...
Matthew 5:36 - 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 5:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

By thy head. — This is apparently chosen as an extreme instance of a common oath in which men found no reference to God. Yet here, too, nothing but an implied reference to Him fits it to be an oath...
Matthew 5:36 - 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 5:36 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pure Eyes and Clean Speech Matthew 5:27-37 The legislation of the old time insisted that no member of the commonwealth should commit adultery, and enforced terrible penalties. See Deuteronomy...
Matthew 5:36 - 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 5:36 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a beautiful train of thoughts arise from those words of Jesus. Not only the prohibition of the Load to what is so highly unsuitable and offensive in oaths and the like, but the injunction to a s...
Matthew 5:36 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

REVERENCE FOR THE HOLY NAME ‘Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou … shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you, Swear not at all,’ etc. Matthew...
Matthew 5:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head ,.... This also was a common form of swearing among the Jews: take a few instances. "If anyone is bound to his friend by an oath, and says to him, vow unto me ב...
Matthew 5:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. Ver. 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head ] That is, by thy health, which is the life of our lives,...
Matthew 5:36 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time Or rather, was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself , &c. See the margin. The Jewish doctors affirmed, that oaths were...
Matthew 5:36 - 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 5:36 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but s...
Matthew 5:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 34-36. Doth our Saviour here oppose himself to the law of God, which saith, Deuteronomy 6:13 , Deuteronomy 10:20 , Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and swear by his name? Doth he cond...
Matthew 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:33-37 I. Our Lord does not here forbid a solemn oath, such as may be required, for example, in a court of justice. The law clearly allowed such an oath for confirmation. When the high pr...
Matthew 5:36 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:17 . Think not that I am came to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. The life, work, and words of Christ are not an emendation of the Old Testame...
Matthew 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An illustration from the Second Commandment:
Matthew 5:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 12:25 ; Matthew 23:16-21 ; Matthew 6:27
Matthew 5:36 - 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 5:36 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For thou canst not make one hair white or black — Whereby it appears, that this also is not thine but God's.

Matthew 5:36 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:36 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:36 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 5:36 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:36 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:36 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:36 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:36 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:36 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:36 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:36 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:36 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes