Thy head. This was a common oath. Many of the Gentiles also used this oath. To swear by the head was the same as to swear by …

By your head—This is apparently chosen as an extreme instance of a common oath in which people found no reference to God. Yet here…

False swearing was forbidden formerly, but every kind of swearing is forbidden now by the word of our Lord Jesus. He mentions several forms of oath…

Glossa Ordinaria: The Lord has until now taught to abstain from injuring our neighbor, forbidding anger with murder, lust with…

Jesus now cites an antithesis on a new theme. What the people have heard is not given as direct OT quotation but as a summary statement accurately …

Neither shall you swear by your head
This also was a common form of swearing among the Jews: take a few instances. `…

There is no reason to consider solemn oaths in a court of justice, or on other proper occasions, to be wrong, provided they are taken with due reve…

Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, you shall not forswear yourself. Above, the Lord fulfilled one perm…