Matthew 5:45 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. ”

Matthew 5:45 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That ye may be the children of your Father - In Greek, the sons of your Father. The word “son” has a variety of significations. See the notes at Matthew 1:1 . Christians are called the “sons” or...
Matthew 5:45 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. (10) A double reason: t...
Matthew 5:45 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Loving One's Neighbour ( cf. Luke 6:27 f., Matthew 5:32-36 ).Thou shalt love thy neighbour ( i.e. fellow Israelite) is the precept of the Law ( Leviticus 19:18 ); and hate thine enemy is a Rab...
Matthew 5:45 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

be . become.
Matthew 5:45 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

45. That ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven. When he expressly declares, that no man will be a child of God, unless he loves those who hate him, who shall dare to say,...
Matthew 5:45 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1309 LOVE TO ENEMIES ENJOINED Matthew 5:43-48 . Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless...
Matthew 5:45 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. That ye may be the children o...
Matthew 5:45 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That ye may be the children, &c.— Our blessed Saviour enforces the doctrine of loving our enemies, so far as to do them good, from the noblest of all considerations, that it renders men like Go...
Matthew 5:45 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. That ye may be the ch...
Matthew 5:45 - 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 5:45 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That ye may be. — Literally, and with far fuller meaning, that ye may become. We cannot become like God in power or wisdom. The attempt at that likeness to the Godhead was the cause of man’s fall...
Matthew 5:45 - 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 5:45 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Brotherly Relationship Matthew 5:38-48 In mentioning the second mile, our Lord refers to a well-known Eastern custom of forwarding messages by relays of forced labor. We leave our homes on a gi...
Matthew 5:45 - 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 5:45 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Was there ever such a refinement of the most perfect law of the LORD as is here drawn? And where shall we look for the fulfilment of it but in the Lord JESUS himself? He indeed, and He only, observed...
Matthew 5:45 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That ye may be the children of your father ,.... Not that any became the children of God, by doing things in imitation of him: for as in nature no man becomes the son of another by imitating him, or...
Matthew 5:45 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Ver. 45. That ye may be t...
Matthew 5:45 - 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 5:45 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I s...
Matthew 5:45 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As your heavenly Father hath a common love, which he extendeth to all mankind, in supplying their necessities, with the light and warmth of the sun, and with the rain; as well as a special love and f...
Matthew 5:45 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Disciples Are To Love Even Their Enemies And Are To Seek To Be Perfect Even As Their Father in Heaven Is Perfect (5:43-48). Jesus has been slowly building up to this final revelation of the lo...
Matthew 5:45 - 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 5:45 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:43-48 I. Our Lord does not say here that all men are to be equally dear to us, or equally esteemed by us. He does not substitute a vague principle of universal philanthropy in the room o...
Matthew 5:45 - 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 5:45 - 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 5:45 - 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 5:45 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Such behavior is in agreement with the true nature of Christians: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven; for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendet...
Matthew 5:45 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:9 ; Acts 14:17 ; Ephesians 5:1 ; Job 25:3 ; John 13:35 ; Luke 6:35 ; Matthew 5:9 ; Psalms 145:9
Matthew 5:45 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 5:43-48 ; Matthew 6:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." The whole world loves those who love them. That is o...
Matthew 5:45 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That ye may be the children — That is, that ye may continue and appear such before men and angels. For he maketh his sun to rise — He gives them such blessings as they will receive at his hands. Sp...

Matthew 5:45 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 5:45 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:45 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:45 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:45 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 5:45 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:45 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:45 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:45 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:45 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:45 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:45 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:45 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:45 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:45 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:45 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:45 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes