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

“ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ”

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

Ask, and it shall be given you ... - There are here three different forms presented of seeking the things which we need from God - asking, ‘seeking, and knocking. The latter is taken from the act...
Matthew 7:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: (3) Prayers are a sure refuge in all miseries.
Matthew 7:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Value of Prayer. An interpolation with no relation to the context. It is more suitably placed in Luke 11:9-13 . The emphasis is on asking, seeking, knocking; no conditions or limitations are m...
Matthew 7:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ask. Greek. aileo. App-134. it shall be opened. This is never done in the East to this day. The one who knocks is always first questioned.. Tr. WH m. read "it is opened"
Matthew 7:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:7 . Ask, and it shall be given you It is an exhortation to prayer: and as in this exercise of religion, which ought to be our first concern, we are so careless and sluggish, Christ...
Matthew 7:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1328 THE IMPORTANCE AND EFFICACY OF PRAYER Matthew 7:7-8 . Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh r...
Matthew 7:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Ask - seek - knock - These three words include the ideas of want, loss, and earnestness. Ask: turn, b...
Matthew 7:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ask, &c.— There is often a latent connection in the discourses of our Lord, which obviates difficulties and answers doubts that may arise from what has been said; as here, when he had taught ho...
Matthew 7:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto yo...
Matthew 7:7 - 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 7:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ask, and it shall be given. — The transition is again abrupt, and suggests the idea that some links are missing. The latent sequence of thought would seem to be this, “If the work of reforming othe...
Matthew 7:7 - 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 7:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judging Self; Asking God; Serving Others Matthew 7:1-12 There is abundant need for a right and sound judgment, illumined by the Spirit of truth; but there is a world of difference between it an...
Matthew 7:7 - 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 7:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over the several most blessed things which the Lord Jesus here treats of, as being in themselves so plain, and by Him so beautifully expressed, as to render all explanation unnecessary. But I...
Matthew 7:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

ASK AND RECEIVE ‘Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.’ Matthew 7:7 Three thoughts, similar, yet distinct, rolled up together here,...
Matthew 7:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ask and it shall be given you ,.... This is to be understood of asking of God in prayer, for such things as are wanting; whether of a temporal nature, as food and raiment, which Christ, in the forme...
Matthew 7:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Ver. 7. Ask, and it shall be given you, &c. ] Whereas it might be objected, -These are hard le...
Matthew 7:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ask , &c. The exhortation contained in these verses may be considered as connected with the caution given in those immediately preceding, and then the sense of it will be, If you be at a loss to...
Matthew 7:7 - 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 7:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For...
Matthew 7:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

A Ask, and it will be given to you, B Seek, and you will find, C Knock, and it will be opened to you. As we have seen these words connect back to their dealings with ‘what is holy' ( Matthew 7:6 )...
Matthew 7:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 7:3 . Mote. —The Greek noun so translated means a stalk, or twig. The illustration seems to have been a familiar one among the Jews, and a proverb all but verbally identic...
Matthew 7:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:7 God is not only a great Giver, but He is sometimes a great Hider of His gifts. The subject to which the text applies pre-eminently, as the context shows, is the matter of the soul's we...
Matthew 7:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:1-2 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Use your judgment, of cour...
Matthew 7:7 - 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 7:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ask, and it shall be given you. I. We have in these words, not formal definition of prayer, but an incidental definition, and most complete. To pray is to “ask” of God; the more childlike the aski...
Matthew 7:7 - 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 7:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Matthew 7:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:22 ; 1 John 5:14 ; 1 John 5:15 ; 1 Kings 3:5 ; Amos 5:4 ; Hebrews 11:6 ; Isaiah 55:6 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; James 1:5 ; James 1:6 ; James 5:15 ; Jeremiah 29:12 ; Jeremiah 29:13 ; Jere...
Matthew 7:7 - 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 7:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But ask — Pray for them, as well as for yourselves: in this there can be no such danger. Seek — Add your own diligent endeavours to your asking: and knock — Persevere importunately in that diligenc...

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

Matthew 7:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Matthew 7:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Matthew 7:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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

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

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

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

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

Matthew 7:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

Matthew 7:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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

Matthew 7:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

Matthew 7:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 7:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

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

Matthew 7:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 7:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Matthew 7:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 7:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 7:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes