Matthew 5:47 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:47

And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

BSB

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ASV

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

KJV

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

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Commentary

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Glossa Ordinaria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1274)

(non occ.) But if you only pray for them that are your kinsfolk, what more has your benevolence than that of the unbelieving? Salutation is a kind of prayer.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And if you salute your brethren only,.... This does not mean salutation by embraces or kisses, but by words, asking of each other's welfare, and wishing prosperity and happiness to one another.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Would to God this had been more attended to among the unhappy divisions and subdivisions, into which his Church has been crumbled! And that we might at least advance so far, as cordially to embrace our brethren in Christ, of whatever party or denomination they are!

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And if you salute your brethren ... - The word “salute” here means to show the customary tokens of civility, or to treat with the common marks of friendship. See the notes at Luk 10:4. The Saviour says that the worst men, the very publicans, would do this. Christians should do more; they should show that they have a different spirit; they should treat their “enemies” as well as wicked people do their “friends.” This should be done: 1. Because it is “right;” it is the only really amiable spirit; and,

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
ἀσπάσησθε	aspasēsthe	you shall greet	G782 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφοὺς	adelphous	brothers	G80 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
μόνον,	monon	only,	G3441 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
περισσὸν	perisson	excessive	G4053 →
ποιεῖτε;	poieite	do you?	G4160 →
οὐχὶ	ouchi	Surely	G3780 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἐθνικοὶ	ethnikoi	Gentiles	G1482 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
αὐτὸ	auto	same	G846 →
ποιοῦσιν;	poiousin	do?	G4160 →

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
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
leads to
- Romans 10:2–3
  For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- Philippians 3:9
  and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Romans 9:30–32
  What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
- Luke 16:14–15
  The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
- Matthew 23:2–5
  “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
Through
Luke 6:32
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
leads to
- Matthew 5:46–47
  If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
Through
1 Peter 2:20
How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:19
  For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
- 1 Peter 3:17
  For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.