Matthew 6:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. ”

Matthew 6:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Use not vain repetitions - The original word here is supposed to be derived from the name of a Greek poet, who made long and weary verses, declaring by many forms and endless repetitions the same...
Matthew 6:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But when ye pray, use not (c) vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. (c) Long prayers are not condemned, but vain, needless, and supe...
Matthew 6:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The fulfilled Law in Relation to the Life of the Pharisees. Mt. only, though the digression on Prayer ( Matthew 6:7-15 ) has parallels in Lk. Matthew 6:1 is a general warning; three aspects o...
Matthew 6:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

use not vain repetitions . repeat not the same things over and over; explained in last clause. Greek. battologeo. Occurs only here. heathen . Gentiles. Greek. ethnikos. Occurs only here, and...
Matthew 6:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Use not vain repetitions He reproves another fault in prayer, a multiplicity of words. There are two words used, but in the same sense: for βαττολογία is “a superfluous and affected r...
Matthew 6:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1312 DIRECTIONS RESPECTING PRAYER Matthew 6:5-8 . And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners o...
Matthew 6:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Use not vain repetitions - Μη βαττολογησητε, Suidas explains this wor...
Matthew 6:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions— The original word βαττολογησητε, is derived from one Battus, who was a great babbler. (see Ovid's Metamorph. 2. ver. 688.); and signifying "to use a va...
Matthew 6:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, х mee ( G3361 )...
Matthew 6:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount (continued) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expecting no reward of any kind, but that we are to loo...
Matthew 6:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Use not vain repetitions. — The Greek word has a force but feebly rendered in the English. Formed from a word which reproduces the repeated attempts of the stammerer to clothe his thoughts in words...
Matthew 6:7 - 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 6:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Secret Giving and Secret Praying Matthew 6:1-8 First we have the general proposition that righteousness, that is, one's religious duties, should not be done for the sake of display; and that pr...
Matthew 6:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a stateme...
Matthew 6:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Here the LORD speaks of prayer, and which is yet more express in reference to the LORD. Se...
Matthew 6:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions ,.... Saying the same things over and over again, as the Heathens do , as the worshippers of Baal, from morning till noon, 1 Kings 18:26 . This our Lord...
Matthew 6:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Ver. 7. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions ] Babble not,...
Matthew 6:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When ye pray, use not vain repetitions A multiplicity of words without meaning, or uttered without seriousness, reverence for God, sincerity, or faith. The original word, βαττολογησητε, is derived...
Matthew 6:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to imp...
Matthew 6:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the...
Matthew 6:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 6:8 " .
Matthew 6:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount Part 2. Seven Warnings Against False Behaviour, Each Accompanied by The Command To Take Action In The Opposite Direction, And Each of Which Culminates in Assurances of the...
Matthew 6:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 6:1 . Alms .— Righteousness (R.V.) is probably correct and shows the connection between this chapter and the preceding, better than “alms.” In ch. Matthew 5:20 , the dis...
Matthew 6:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:5-9 I. "When thou prayest," the Lord says, "thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be...
Matthew 6:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Our blessed Lord does not tell his disciples to giv...
Matthew 6:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men. It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righte...
Matthew 6:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

But when ye pray. Prayer forbidden I. Let us endeavour to explain the nature of the evils here forbidden. 1. Vain repetitions. 2. Much speaking. 3. Undue length. II. The reason on w...
Matthew 6:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 6:1-40 The relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day ( continued ); vide Matthew 5:17 , note. ( b ) Our Lord turns from cases which could b...
Matthew 6:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A lesson in regard to the form of prayer: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. The chief characteristic o...
Matthew 6:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:26-29 ; 1 Kings 8:26-54 ; Acts 19:34 ; Daniel 9:18 ; Daniel 9:19 ; Ecclesiastes 5:2 ; Ecclesiastes 5:3 ; Ecclesiastes 5:7 ; Matthew 18:17 ; Matthew 6:32 ; Matthew 26:39 ; Matth...
Matthew 6:7 - 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 6:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Use not vain repetitions — To repeat any words without meaning them, is certainly a vain repetition. Therefore we should be extremely careful in all our prayers to mean what we say; and to say only...

Matthew 6:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 6:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 6:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 6:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 6:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 6:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 6:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 6:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 6:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 6:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 6:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 6:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 6:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 6:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 6:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 6:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes