Bible Commentary

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 8. The triple formula covers every kind of want. The prayer shall be granted, the treasure found, the gate of heaven opened. St Luk 13:24-25. Observe the climax: ask seek knock; the fervour of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 7:8”

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 7. Ask, and it shall be given ] The connection is again difficult. The verse may be the answer to the disciples’ unspoken questions: (1) “How shall we discriminate?” or (2) “Who are fit to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 7:7”

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. ( b) The Father’s love for the children of the Kingdom shewn by answering prayer, 7 11. 6. The connection between this verse and the preceding … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 7:6”

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. 5. out of ] Greek = “from within,” of the deep-seated root of sin which the Pharisee may discern only when he has cast out the beam … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 7:5”

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye? 4. a beam is in thine own eye ] Which (1) ought to prevent condemnation of another for a less grave offence; and which (2) would obscure the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 7:4”

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that [is] in thine own eye? 3. the mote ] The English word is either connected with mite (the coin) from a Latin root (minutum), or mite (the insect) from an Anglo-Saxon root meaning “to cut,” “sever,” or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 7:3”

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 2. judgment ] The same Greek word is used Rom 2:2-3 of the divine sentence or decision: see that passage and context which are closely parallel to these verses: cp. also Mar … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 7:2”

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof. 34. the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself ] The morrow shall have its own anxieties; sufficient for the day is its own distracting evil or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 6:34”

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Mat 6:33 Seek ye first the kingdom of God. The profitable pursuit I. What we are to seek. II. How we are to seek. 1. First in time. 2. First in attention. 3. What are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 6:33”

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: ) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 32. the Gentiles seek ] Seek with eagerness. A compound verb. The simple verb is used below in the next verse. For the aims of the heathen world read Juvenal Sat. x., … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 6:32”