1 Peter 2:20; Luke 10:4; Luke 10:5; Luke 6:32; Matthew 5:20; Matthew 10:12
And if you salute your brethren ... - The word “salute” here means to show the customary tokens of civility, or to treat with the common marks of...
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the (x) publicans so? (x) They that were the toll masters, and had t...
Loving One's Neighbour ( cf. Luke 6:27 f., Matthew 5:32-36 ).Thou shalt love thy neighbour ( i.e. fellow Israelite) is the precept of the Law...
publicans. L. with Vulgate and some codices read "Gentiles". The publican was despised; Gentiles were detested.
DISCOURSE: 1309 LOVE TO ENEMIES ENJOINED Matthew 5:43-48 . Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine e...
DISCOURSE: 1310 CHRISTIANS DO MORE THAN OTHERS Matthew 5:47 . What do ye more than others? OUR Lord is here rescuing the law from the false gl...
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so? And if ye salute your brethren only - Instead of αδ...
And if ye salute— The original word ασπασησθε denotes all outward signs of friendship, such as embracing, wishing well, &c. It is the word used...
And if ye salute your brethren only what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye...
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...
Hatred of enemies forbidden, love enjoined ( Luke 6:27-36 ). The maxim 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour' is found in Leviticus 19:18 . The words 'Th...
If ye salute your brethren. — The prominence of salutation in the social life of the East gives a special vividness to this precept. To utter the f...
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...
Brotherly Relationship Matthew 5:38-48 In mentioning the second mile, our Lord refers to a well-known Eastern custom of forwarding messages by...
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...
Was there ever such a refinement of the most perfect law of the LORD as is here drawn? And where shall we look for the fulfilment of it but in the Lo...
And if you salute your brethren only ,.... This does not mean salutation by embraces or kisses, but by words, asking of each other's welfare, and wi...
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so? Ver. 47. What do ye more than others? ] Singul...
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. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love...
Ver. 46,47. Reason obliges you, who expect a reward from God for what you do, to do something more than those who know of no such reward, or at least...
The Disciples Are To Love Even Their Enemies And Are To Seek To Be Perfect Even As Their Father in Heaven Is Perfect (5:43-48). Jesus has been slo...
“For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the civil servants the same? And if you salute your brethren only, what do y...
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 5:43-48 I. Our Lord does not say here that all men are to be equally dear to us, or equally esteemed by us. He does not substitute a vague...
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 5:41 . And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. If you can do him any service, do it cheerfully, do it readily. D...
Matthew 5:43 . Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. In this case a command of Scripture had...
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...
What do ye more? Christian benevolence I. What have we more than others? 1. You have forgiveness of sins. 2. Peace with God. 3. Fellow...
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...
And there is also the moral distinction;
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so? That is the usual, the customary way of dealing in...
The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 5:43-48 ; Matthew 6:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." Th...
And if ye salute your friends only — Our Lord probably glances at those prejudices, which different sects had against each other, and intimates, th...
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?