Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 5:22
But I say unto you. Jehovah had spoken the Decalogue to Israel.
Christ assumes the right to amend it. Such a claim is based on a claim
of divinity.
Whosoever is angry with his brother. Jesus goes back of the
murderous act, and forbids the anger and the reproachful words that
precede it and are likely to lead it. He places the murderous heart on
the level of actual murder.
Raca. An epithet of contempt; "empty head", or "spit out", that
is, a heretic.
The council. The Sanhedrin, the highest court of Israel. It
corresponded to our Supreme Court, and had seventy members.
Thou fool. The original implies a stupid, wicked fool.
Of hell fire. The Greek is "the Gehenna of fire". The term
"Gehenna" arose from the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where
the Canaanites burned human sacrifices to Moloch. After the return of
the Jews from the Captivity they made it a place of defilement, where
the refuse of the city was thrown and burned. The name was applied to
the place of future punishment by the Jews. The word is often used in
the New Testament (Matthew 23:33 5:29 10:28 18:9 Mr 9:43), and always
denotes a place of future punishment.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 5:22
Luke 6:17-19
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