Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her--with the intent to do so, as the same expression is used in Matthew 6:1; or, with the full consent of his will, to feed thereby his unholy desires.
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart--We are not to suppose, from the word here used--"adultery"--that our Lord means to restrict the breach of this commandment to married persons, or to criminal intercourse with such. The expressions, "whosoever looketh," and "looketh upon a woman," seem clearly to extend the range of this commandment to all forms of impurity, and the counsels which follow--as they most certainly were intended for all, whether married or unmarried--seem to confirm this. As in dealing with the sixth commandment our Lord first expounds it, and then in the four following verses applies His exposition (Matthew 5:21-25), so here He first expounds the seventh commandment, and then in the four following verses applies His exposition (Matthew 5:28-32).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Job 31:1-4
Song of Solomon 4:1
Ezekiel 18:6
Ezekiel 39:29
Matthew 5:26
Matthew 5:28
Matthew 6:1
1 John 2:16
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