The sixth commandment.
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Matthew 5:21-26
The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 5:21-26
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 5:1-48EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 5:17-48Sermon on the mount: 3. Exceeding righteousness. A teacher who compels the public to look at an unfamiliar truth, the reformer who introduces a new style of goodness, will be misinterpreted just in proportion to the adv…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 5:17-48The second part of the sermon: the mount of the Beatitudes and Mount Sinai: the new Law and the old. I. CHRIST THE FULFILLER OF THE LAW. 1. He came not to destroy. They must not misunderstand the purpose of his teaching…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Matthew 5:21-26The Jewish teachers had taught, that nothing except actual murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. Thus they explained away its spiritual meaning. Christ showed the full meaning of this commandment; according to…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Sermon on the MountTHE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. Christ having laid down these principles, that Moses and the prophets were still to be their rulers, but that the scribes and Pharisees were to be no longer their rulers, proceeds to expound the…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 5:21-26The stringency of the gospel Law. "Ye have heard," etc. The people generally were acquainted with the Law chiefly through the teaching of the scribes; but the scribes so mixed the traditions of the elders with the Word…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 5:21-26The Christian type of a true fulfilling of the Law: Christ's first illustration. Had the scribes and Pharisees not adulterated in many ways the Law, their righteousness would still have been the observing of the letter…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 5:21Ye have heard ( ἠκούσατε, frequentative aorist). Our Lord does not say, "ye have read" (cf. Matthew 21:42), for he was not now speaking to the learned classes, but to a large audience many of whom were probably unable…Joseph S. Exell and contributors