Luke 12:25; Matthew 23:16-21; Matthew 6:27
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head - This was a common oath. The Gentiles also used this oath. To swear by the head was the same as to swear by...
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...
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...
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head - For these plain rea...
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...
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou...
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...
By thy head. — This is apparently chosen as an extreme instance of a common oath in which men found no reference to God. Yet here, too, nothing but...
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...
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head ,.... This also was a common form of swearing among the Jews: take a few instances. "If anyone is bound to his...
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. Ver. 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head ] That i...
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...
Ver. 34-36. Doth our Saviour here oppose himself to the law of God, which saith, Deuteronomy 6:13 , Deuteronomy 10:20 , Thou shalt fear the...
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...
“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...
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:
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
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...
For thou canst not make one hair white or black — Whereby it appears, that this also is not thine but God's.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.