Matthew 7:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? ”

Matthew 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

if. See App-118.
Matthew 7:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Is there any man among you? It is a comparison from the less to the greater. First, our Lord contrasts the malice of men with the boundless goodness of God. Self-love ( φιλαυτία) renders...
Matthew 7:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1329 GOD’S READINESS TO GIVE HIS HOLY SPIRIT Matthew 7:9-11 . Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a...
Matthew 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or what man is there - whom if his son - Men are exhorted to come unto God, with the persuasion that he is a most gra...
Matthew 7:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Or what man, &c.— Is there any man among you? Blackwall. And indeed what one man is there among you? Doddridge; who observes upon this verse, "Young preachers I hope will remark, how much l...
Matthew 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread [ arton ( G740 ), 'a loaf,'] will he give him a s...
Matthew 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Or what man is there of you. — The meaning of the illustrations is obvious enough, yet their homeliness is noticeable as addressed to the peasants of Galilee, who found in fish and bread, as in the...
Matthew 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Or what man is there of you ,.... "That is a father", as in Luke 11:11 that is, is in the relation, and has the affections of a father; and indeed is a man, and has the nature and passions of a m...
Matthew 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Ver. 9,10. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, &c. ] By an argument from the less to the...
Matthew 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 7:11 " .
Matthew 7:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Means By Which the Law and the Prophets Will Be Fulfilled In The Coming Of The Messianic Age Through The Prayers Of His People (7:7-12). Having outlined in some depths the Messianic interpreta...
Matthew 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:7-11 I. Our Lord enjoins us here to pray; and He assures us that we shall not pray in vain. It does not indeed follow that God will grant any and every thing we may choose to ask; for th...
Matthew 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

A stone. The bread of God’s Word not to be petrified by preachers Petrarch’s works are said to have laid so long in the roof of St. Mark’s, at Venice, that they became turned into stone; by wha...
Matthew 7:9 - 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 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Matthew 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 11:11-13
Matthew 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 7:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 7:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 7:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 7:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 7:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 7:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 7:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary