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He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who is living in it.
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God and His Temple
Jesus teaches that you cannot separate a holy place from the God who makes it holy. Commentators explain that swearing by the temple was an indirect way of swearing by God Himself, who dwelt there. The Pharisees' attempt to create a 'lesser' oath was a logical and spiritual error, as the temple's entire significance comes from God's presence.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Him that dwelleth therein. That is, God. The temple was His house, His dwelling. In the first, or Solomon's temple, He dwelt between the c…
19th Century
Baptist
The Jews invented fantastic forms of swearing in order to evade the use of the divine name. Our Lord therefore next proved the utter failure of all…
See comments on 5:33–37 and 15:14 for the background and thrust of these verses. While it may be true that the rabbis fought the abuses of oaths an…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And whoever shall swear by the temple As we have before seen they used to do, and as appears from what the poet says…
The scribes and Pharisees were enemies of the gospel of Christ, and therefore of the salvation of people's souls. It is bad to keep away from Chris…
13th Century
Catholic
After He instructed the disciples and the multitudes about the caution they should have regarding the Jews' doctrine, He now directs His words to t…
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