Matthew 6:29 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 6:29

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

KJV

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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Commentary

2 voices

Pseudo-Chrysostom

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (500)

Or the meaning may be, that Solomon though he toiled not for his own raiment, yet he gave command for the making of it. But where command is, there is often found both offence of them that minister, and wrath of him that commands. When then any are without these things, then they are arrayed as are the lilies.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Vers. 28-29.) Consider how the lilies of the field grow: they do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these. How beautifully does the lily shine? But the viola, with its purple color, surpasses any dye, it is a judgement of the eyes more than of speech.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Solomon in all his glory - Some suppose that as the robes of state worn by the eastern kings were usually white, as were those of the nobles among the Jews, that therefore the lily was chosen for the comparison.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

These verses are a striking example of the combined wisdom and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ’s teaching. He knows the heart of a man: he knows that we are always ready to turn off warnings against worldliness by the argument that we cannot help being anxious about the things of this life. “Have we not our families to provide for? Must not our bodily wants be supplied? How can we possibly get through life if we think first of our souls?” The Lord Jesus foresaw such thoughts and furnished an answer.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὐδὲ	oude	not even	G3761 →
Σολομὼν	Solomōn	Solomon	G4672 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
πάσῃ	pasē	all	G3956 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
δόξῃ	doxē	glory	G1391 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
περιεβάλετο	periebaleto	was adorned	G4016 →
ὡς	hōs	like	G5613 →
ἓν	hen	one	G1520 →
τούτων.	toutōn	of these.	G3778 →