But I say unto you, Swear not at all - That is, in the manner which he proceeds to specify. Swear not in any of the common and profane ways custo...
Oaths. Jesus sums up several OT passages, e.g. Exodus 20:7 ; Leviticus 19:12 ; Numbers 30:2 ; Deuteronomy 23:21-23 . The use of oaths and vow...
at all. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6 ;. not lightly. The particulars given in verses: Matthew 5:35 ; Matthew 5:36 . by. Gre...
34. Swear not at all Many have been led by the phrase, not at all, to adopt the false notion, that every kind of swearing is condemned by...
DISCOURSE: 1306 SWEARING FORBIDDEN Matthew 5:33-37 . Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear th...
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Neither by heaven, etc. - It was a custom among the Scythians, when...
Again, ye have heard, &c.— As to oaths, the doctors affirmed, that they were obligatory, according to the nature of the things by which a man s...
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
Revision of the Law of Oaths . The prohibition 'Swear not at all' is to be taken in its widest sense, and not simply as forbidding the common oaths...
Swear not at all. — Not a few interpreters, and even whole Christian communities, as e.g. the Society of Friends, see in these words, and in Jam...
(34-35) Neither by heaven;... nor by the earth;... neither by Jerusalem. — Other formulæ of oaths meet us in Matthew 23:16-22 ; James 5:12 . It i...
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...
Pure Eyes and Clean Speech Matthew 5:27-37 The legislation of the old time insisted that no member of the commonwealth should commit adultery,...
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...
What a beautiful train of thoughts arise from those words of Jesus. Not only the prohibition of the Load to what is so highly unsuitable and offensiv...
REVERENCE FOR THE HOLY NAME ‘Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou … shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But...
But I say unto you, swear not at all ,.... Which must not be understood in the strictest sense, as though it was not lawful to take an oath upon any...
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Ver. 34. Swear not at all ] Not at all by the creatures. a (wh...
Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time Or rather, was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself , &c. See the ma...
From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of...
The Sermon on the Mount. 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them o...
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...
3). The Disciples' Approach To Oath-Taking And Reliability (5:33-37). In Jesus' day the taking of oaths was popular and often somewhat hypocritica...
“But I say to you, do not swear oaths at all.” Once again we have Jesus' authoritative “I say to you.” He again claims to speak with unique authorit...
“Neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God, Nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet, Nor towards Jerusalem, for it is the ci...
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...
Matthew 5:33-37 I. Our Lord does not here forbid a solemn oath, such as may be required, for example, in a court of justice. The law clearly allow...
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...
Matthew 5:31-32 . It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto to you, That whos...
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...
Swear not. I. Profane swearing is always the evidence of a depraved heart. II. No man is believed any sooner in common conversation because he...
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...
An illustration from the Second Commandment:
But I say unto you, Swear not at all, neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;
Deuteronomy 23:21-23 ; Ecclesiastes 9:2 ; Isaiah 57:15 ; Isaiah 66:1 ; James 5:12 ; Matthew 23:16-22
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...
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: