Matthew 5:21

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye have heard - Or, this is the common interpretation among the Jews. Jesus proceeds here to comment on some prevailing opinions among the Jews;...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: (5) The tr...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The fulfilled Law in Relation to the Teaching of the Scribes. Matthew 5:21-26 . Murder and Malice. Ye (have) heard: i.e. in the synagogues. T...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heard. In the public reading of the Law. it was said. Opposite to "I say". Compare Matthew 19:8 ; Matthew 19:9 , where the "I" is not emphatic...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. You have heard that it was said. This sentence, and those which immediately follow, are connected with what we have just considered: for...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1300 CHRIST’S EXPOSITION OF THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT Matthew 5:21-22 . Ye have heard that it was said by [Note: It should rather be “to...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: Ye have heard t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It was said by them of old time— To them, &c. and so wherever it occurs. It was said to them of former time—But I say to you. So our Lord i...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: Ye have...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount John 5:1 to John 7:29 . The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20 . This sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by S...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

It was said by them of old time] RV 'to them of old time.' It was said by God Himself. Hence Christ, in adding to it by His own authority ('But I...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Revision of the Law of Murder (not in St. Luke's sermon, but a parallel to Matthew 5:25-26 occurs in Luke 12:58-59 ). Christ now shows by a few...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

By them of old time. — There is no reasonable doubt that the marginal reading, to them of old time, is right. The construction is identical with...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

New Heart Righteousness Matthew 5:17-26 Our Lord's mission was not to destroy but to construct. As noon fulfils dawn, and summer, spring; as ma...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. C...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

No doubt the Reader would wish to have a clear apprehension of the words Raca and Fool. The most acceptable service on these verses I can offer, will...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SIN OF ANGER ‘Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judg...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye have heard ,.... That is, from the Scriptures being read to them, and the explanations of the ancients, which were called שמעתא, "hearing", bein...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: Ver. 21. Ye...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye have heard Namely, from the scribes reciting the law, that it was said by them of old time , or to the ancients , as ερρεθη τιος αρχαιοις, mig...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, T...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“You have heard that it was said to those of old time,” This is the first ‘you have heard that it was said' of the five occurring in the chapter. Th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Five Fuller Applications of the Law (5:21-43). In order to bring home what His disciples' approach to the Law should be Jesus selects five pivotal...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT The aim and contents of the “ Sermon .”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished fr...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:21-26 The Law kept by Love. I. In dealing with this principle our Lord adduces certain examples by way of illustration, and asserts for...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:1-2 . And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:13 . Ye are the salt of the earth: The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve it. So, dear friends, if God's...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:17 . Think not that I am came to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. The life, work, and words...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:1 . Seeing the multitudes, assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry...
The Biblical Illustrator

Angry with his brother. -“Thou shalt not kill.” Are you sure you do not? How has Christ decided the point? He tells us plainly that if we have (...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 5:1 And seeing the multitudes ; i.e. those spoken of in Matthew 4:25 —the multitudes who were at that point of time...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord now proceeds to prove His condemning statement by expounding a few of the commandments of the Law according to their full spiritual signific...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:31 ; 1 Kings 2:32 ; 1 Kings 2:5 ; 1 Kings 2:6 ; 2 Samuel 20:18 ; Deuteronomy 21:7-9 ; Deuteronomy 5:17 ; Exodus 20:13 ; Exodus 21:...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:1-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Go...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye have heard — From the scribes reciting the law; Thou shalt do no murder — And they interpreted this, as all the other commandments, barely of th...

²¹ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

Related Commentaries of Matthew 5:21

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 5:21