Matthew 5:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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...

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...

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

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...

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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...

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

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,...

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

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...

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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...

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...

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.       33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them o...

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“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...

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“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...

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 5:33-37 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...

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...

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...

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

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...

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

An illustration from the Second Commandment:

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But I say unto you, Swear not at all, neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 23:21-23 ; Ecclesiastes 9:2 ; Isaiah 57:15 ; Isaiah 66:1 ; James 5:12 ; Matthew 23:16-22

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...