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"You have heard that it was said to them of old time, `You shall not murder;` and `Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.`
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Correcting Teachers, Not God's Law
Commentators unanimously agree that Jesus is not changing or 'updating' God's law. Instead, He is restoring its true, original meaning. The religious teachers had narrowed the command 'You shall not murder' to only the physical act, but Jesus reveals its deeper intent to govern our hearts and thoughts, not just our hands.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You have heard. Or, this is the common interpretation among the Jews. Jesus proceeds here to comment on some prevailing opinions among the…
19th Century
Anglican
By them of old time — There is no reasonable doubt that the alternative reading, to them of old time, is correct. The gra…
Baptist
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
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Jesus’ contemporaries had heard that the law given their ancestors forbade murder and that the murderer must be brought to “judgment.” But Jesus in…
16th Century
Protestant
You have heard that it was said. This sentence, and those which immediately follow, are connected with what we have just considered: for o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have heard That is, from the Scriptures being read to them, and the explanations of the ancients, which were cal…
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The Jewish teachers had taught that nothing except actual murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. In this way, they explained away its spiri…
13th Century
Catholic
For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees. Above, the Lord showed that …
