That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
That ye may be the children - `that ye may be sons' х huioi (G5207)] --
Of your Father which is in heaven. The meaning is, 'that ye may show yourselves to be such by resembling Him (cf. Matthew 5:9 and Ephesians 5:1).
For he maketh his sun - `your Father's sun.' Well might Bengel exclaim 'Magnificent appellation!' --
To rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust - rather [without the article], 'on evil and good, and on just and unjust.' When we find God's own procedure held up for imitation in the law, and much more in the prophets (Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 20:26; and cf. 1 Peter 1:15-16), we may see that the principle of this surprising verse was nothing new: hut the form of it certainly is that of One who spake as never men spake.