Matthew 12:36

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But I say unto you ... - Christ closes this address to his malignant and wicked hearers by a solemn declaration that for these things God would b...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But I say unto you, That every (e) idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. (e) Vain and unprofitable...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus-' Answer to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes, and the Intervention of His Family ( Mark 3:20-35 *, Luke 11:14-23 ; Luke 11:29-32 ; Lu...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

idle . careless or useless. Compare Matthew 20:3 ; 1 Timothy 5:13 . Titus 1:12 . word . saying. Not the same as in Matthew 12:37 . that . whi...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

36. Of every idle word This is an argument from the less to the greater; for if every idle word is to be called in question, how would Go...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1356 IDLE WORDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR Matthew 12:36-37 . I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give acc...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Every idle word - Ρημα αργον,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

O generation of vipers, &c.— Without attending to the context, and our Saviour's general argument, which he is here closely pursuing, interpret...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. But I say unto you, Th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Plucking Corn on the Sabbath. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath ( Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 ). This chapter begin...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Pharisees accuse Jesus of being in league with Beelzebub ( Mark 3:22 cp. Luke 11:17-23 ; Matthew 9:32-34 ). The ridiculous charge of the Pha...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Every idle word ] i.e. every idle word that expresses the true inward character of the man. These will pronounce judgment upon him.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Every idle word that men shall speak. — The teaching, though general in form, still looks back to the hard, bitter words of the Pharisees which had...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Slander from Evil Hearts Matthew 12:24-37 Spite and hatred absolutely blind the eyes and distort the judgment. They reached their climax in thi...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His peop...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. (37) For by thy words thou sh...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But I say unto you ,.... This form of speaking is used, the more strongly to asseverate the truth of what is after said; and the rather, because men...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Ver. 36. That every idle w...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But I say unto you You may perhaps think God does not much regard your words, but I assure you, that not only for blasphemous and profane, maliciou...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter re...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Men Are Especially Known By Their Words (12:31-37). Having put right the Pharisees' wrong conception about Him He now warns them to beware what th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they will give account of them in the day of judgment.” So men should beware. Let them...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 12:23 . Is not this the Son of David? —See “The Parallel New Testament” (1882). The “not” is omitted in both columns. It...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 12:36-37 Idle words may, in a very general way, be defined as words that issue out of a condition of idleness fruitless, useless hours. Th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 12:2 . Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day. The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of b...
The Biblical Illustrator

That every idle word. Idle words The Pharisees bad said, “This fellow doth not east out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.” Chr...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Kindred warnings:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 12:14 ; Ephesians 6:4-6 ; Jude 1:14 ; Jude 1:15 ; Revelation 20:12 ; Romans 2:16
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye may perhaps think, God does not so much regard your words. But I say to you — That not for blasphemous and profane words only, but for every idl...

³⁶ But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 12:36

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 12:36