Matthew 15:4

See Poole on "Matthew 15:6".

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See also Mark 7:1-9 . Then came to Jesus ... - Mark says that they saw the disciples of Jesus eating with unwashed hands. Matthew 15:2...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For God commanded, saying, (b) Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. (b) By honour is meant ev...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Washing of Hands and the Traditions of the Elders ( Mark 7:1-23 *). Mt. is again briefer than Mk. He omits the parenthetical explanation Mark...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

commanded. Quoted from Exodus 20:12 ; Exodus 20:21 . Exodus 20:17 . App-117. let him die the death . he shall surely die. Figure of speech Pol...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. Honor thy father and mother -...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But he answered, &c.— It was easy for our Lord to retort upon the Pharisees the charge of impiety which they had brought against his disciples,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. For God commanded, say...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Traditions of the Elders. The Canaanitish Woman. Feeding the Four Thousand 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders ( Mark 7:1 )....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See Exodus 20:12 ; Deuteronomy 5:16 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and thy mother. — At first it might seem as if our Lord Himself, no less than the Pharisees, had taught me...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1-36 - Matthew 15:1-39 - Matthew 16:1-12 . THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Truth above Men's Teaching Matthew 15:1-9 The legal washing of hands before eating was especially sacred in the eyes of the Pharisees. “H...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The question was not of cleanliness, but of ritual. This washing of hands to remove imaginary evil was a part of the tradition of the elders. Against...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, (2) Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For God commanded, saying ,.... That he might not be thought to suggest this without any foundation, he gives them an instance, wherein a command of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. Ver. 4. For God commanded,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees See notes on Mark 7:1-23 , where the facts here spoken of are related more at large. Why do thy disciple...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

After the power and grace of the Lord Jesus has wrought so great, refreshing blessing, the cold, barren criticism of scribes and Pharisees of Jerusal...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jesus Reproves the Scribes and Pharisees. 1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharis...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Challenge From Jerusalem (15:1-9). In Chapter s 11-12, after the discourse in chapter 10, Matthew had begun by drawing attention to the impris...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“For God said, ‘Honour your father and your mother', and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die the death'.” He points out that God h...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 15:1 . Of Jerusalem. — From Jerusalem (see R.V.). Probably a deputation from the Sanhedrin sent expressly to watch Him....
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:1-2 . Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the el...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:1 . Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, They had taken a journey to come and attack him; perha...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:1 . Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:1-14 . then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the e...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 15:2 . Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? The cabala, or unwritten law, was counted by the pharisees of equal au...
The Biblical Illustrator

Honour thy father and mother. The duty of children to honour their parents I. What is it to honour parents? To obey them in all that is right,...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 15:1-40 Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. ( Mark 7:1-41 .) Matthew 15:1 Then . This is after the thir...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ's reply:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother; and He that curseth father and mother, let him die the death.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ; Deuteronomy 27:16 ; Deuteronomy 5:16 ; Ephesians 6:1 ; Exodus 20:12 ; Exodus 21:17 ; Isaiah 8:20 ; Leviticus 19:3 ; L...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Honour thy father and mother — Which implies all such relief as they stand in need of. Exodus 20:12 ; Exodus 21:17 .

⁴ For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 15:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 15:4