Matthew 7:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Becauseb strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. ”

Matthew 7:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Enter ye in at the strait gate - Christ here compares the way to life to an entrance through a gate. The words “straight” and “strait” have very different meanings. The former means “not crooked;...
Matthew 7:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Because (c) strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (c) The way is straight and narrow: we must pass through this rough way and suffer,...
Matthew 7:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Epilogue. Warnings and exhortations close the new Law, like the old ( Exodus 23:20 ff.). Matthew 7:13 f. The Two Gates and the Two Ways ( Luke 13:24 ). The picture is based on Jeremiah 21:8...
Matthew 7:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Because strait. . Tr.. margin Syriac. Vulgate &c., and some fifty codices read "How strait". narrow . straitened. unto. Greek. ei s. Same as "to", Matthew 7:14 . life: i.e. the life [...
Matthew 7:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1331 THE STRAIT AND NARROW WAYS Matthew 7:13-14 . Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in...
Matthew 7:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Because strait is the gate - Instead of οτι because, I should prefer τι how, which readi...
Matthew 7:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Enter ye in at the strait gate— That is, strive to enter. See Luke 13:24 . By the figurative expressions used in these verses, our blessed Saviour gives us to understand how easy it is to enter...
Matthew 7:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life (in other...
Matthew 7:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount (concluded) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance of an appendix of misc...
Matthew 7:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Narrow is the way. — Literally, pressed , or hemmed in between walls or rocks, like the pathway in a mountain gorge. Which leadeth unto life. — Noteworthy as the first passage in our Lord’s rec...
Matthew 7:14 - 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 7:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Seeking Life; Testing Leaders Matthew 7:13-23 The world is full of shams. Counterfeit coins circulate; paste jewels are worn. Let us take heed against a counterfeit religion. It betrays itself...
Matthew 7:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's jud...
Matthew 7:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can be more interesting than what the Lord JESUS hath here said. And no form of words can be more decisive to mark the godly man from the hypocrite. I only detain the Reader to observe, how v...
Matthew 7:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way ,.... And so, difficult to enter in at; and when entered, the way is unpleasant to the flesh to walk in, being hedged up on each side with afflictio...
Matthew 7:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Ver. 14. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, &c. ] "In Lollards'...
Matthew 7:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says ( 1 Corinthian...
Matthew 7:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is...
Matthew 7:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 13,14. Our Saviour having in this sermon delivered many hard sayings to flesh and blood, here obviates a twofold temptation they might have to the neglect of them: 1. From their difficulty....
Matthew 7:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Two Ways (7:13-14). Jesus commences His closing exhortation by setting before them a choice as to which way they will take in the future. His words reveal that He is very much aware that among...
Matthew 7:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 7:13 . Destruction. —The word implies, not annihilation, but waste ( Matthew 26:8 ; Mark 14:4 ), perdition, i.e . the loss of all that makes existence precious. I questi...
Matthew 7:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:13-14 There are only two ways the broad and the narrow. Along one or other of these has every mortal pilgrim gone. By one or other of these is every living man travelling now. I. Look f...
Matthew 7:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
Matthew 7:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent,...
Matthew 7:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Enter ye in at the strait gate. The strait gate not a shut gate I. The faithfulness of a holy God. God has told us the way is difficult. It is against nature. II. The tenderness of a mercifu...
Matthew 7:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 7:1-40 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards ( Matthew 6:19-40 ), so does censoriousness manwards ( Matthew 7:1-40 ), our Lord thus tacitly...
Matthew 7:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Conclusion of the Sermon. The two ways:
Matthew 7:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:20 ; 1 Peter 3:21 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:2-5 ; Acts 14:22 ; Ephesians 2:2 ; Ephesians 2:3 ; Isaiah 30:21 ; Isaiah 35:8 ; Isaiah 57:14 ; Jeremiah 6:16 ; John 15:18-20 ; John 16:2 ;...
Matthew 7:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 7:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we should not judge one another. There is probably no...

Matthew 7:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 7:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 7:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 7:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 7:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 7:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 7:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 7:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 7:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 7:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 7:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 7:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 7:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary