Matthew 5:21 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:21

You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

On Prayer (220)

For what sort of deed is it to approach the peace of God without peace? the remission of debts while you retain them? How will he appease his Father who is angry with his brother, when from the beginning "all anger" is forbidden us? For even Joseph, when dismissing his brethren for the purpose of fetching their father, said, "And be not angry in the way.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Ye have heard,.... That is, from the Scriptures being read to them, and the explanations of the ancients, which were called שמעתא, "hearing", being read in the schools, and heard by the scholars (o); so that to "hear", was along with the recital of the text, to receive by tradition, the sense the elders had given of it: of this kind is the instance produced by Christ.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Ye have heard - Or, this is the common interpretation among the Jews. Jesus proceeds here to comment on some prevailing opinions among the Jews; to show that the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees was defective; and that people needed a better righteousness, or they could not be saved. He illustrates what he meant by that better righteousness by showing that the common opinions of the scribes were erroneous. By them of old time - This might be translated to the ancients, referring to Moses and the prophets.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Modern Voices1 voice

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906–1945

The Cost of Discipleship (1937)

We are passing judgment on him and that is murder.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἠκούσατε	Ēkousate	You have heard	G191 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἐρρέθη	errethē	it was said	G2046 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
ἀρχαίοις·	archaiois	ancients;	G744 →
οὐ	ou	Not	G3756 →
φονεύσεις·	phoneuseis	you will murder;	G5407 →
ὃς	hos	who[ever]	G3739 →
δ᾽	d᾽	now	G1161 →
ἂν	an	maybe	G302 →
φονεύσῃ,	phoneusē	may murder,	G5407 →
ἔνοχος	enochos	liable	G1777 →
ἔσται	estai	will be	G1510 →
τῇ	tēa	to the	G3588 →
κρίσει·	krisei	judgment;’	G2920 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
leads to
- Romans 13:9
  The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 5:17
  You shall not murder.
- Matthew 5:21–22
  You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 9:5–6
  And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
- Exodus 21:14
  But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
Through
Deuteronomy 5:17
You shall not murder.
leads to
- Exodus 20:13
  You shall not murder.
- James 2:11
  For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
- Genesis 9:6
  Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.