Matthew 7:27 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 7:27

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.

KJV

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 27, 28) Whoever built his house on sand: and the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall thereof. And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, that the multitudes were astonished at his doctrine. The foundation which the Apostle, the architect, laid (I Cor. 3), is one, our Lord Jesus Christ. Upon this stable and firm foundation, and by itself a strong structure founded on massive support, is built the Church of Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And the rain descended, and the floods came,.... Such builders, and such a building, cannot stand against the violent rain of Satan's temptations, the floods of the world's persecutions, the stream and rapid torrent of their own heart's lusts, nor the blowing winds of heresy and false doctrine, and much less the storms of divine wrath and vengeance. They are in a most dangerous condition; they cannot support themselves; they must fall, and great will be their fall; their destruction is inevitable, their ruin is irrecoverable.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And the rain descended, and the floods came, etc. - A fine illustration of this may be seen in the case of the fishermen in Bengal, who, in the dry season, build their huts on the beds of sand from which the rivers had retired: but when the rain sets in suddenly; as it often does, accompanied with violent northwest winds, and the waters pour down in torrents from the mountains; in one night, multitudes of these buildings are swept away, and the place where they stood is on the next morning indiscoverable.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

Modern Voices1 voice

John Bevere

Which Builder Are You? (blog article) (2021)

The difference between sand and rock is far more subtle than you may think—one is simply small particles of the other, conforming to whatever presses against it.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
κατέβη	katebē	came down	G2597 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
βροχὴ	brochē	rain	G1028 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἦλθον	ēlthon	came	G2064 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ποταμοὶ	potamoi	torrents	G4215 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔπνευσαν	epneusan	blew	G4154 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἄνεμοι,	anemoi	winds,	G417 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προσέκοψαν	prosekopsan	beat	G4350 →
τῇ	tēa	that	G3588 →
οἰκίᾳ	oikia	house	G3614 →
ἐκείνῃ,	ekeinē	upon,	G1565 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔπεσεν·	epesen	it fell;	G4098 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
πτῶσις	ptōsis	fall	G4431 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of it	G846 →
μεγάλη.¶	megalē	great.	G3173 →

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 walk5

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
1 Corinthians 3:13
his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:7
  so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 3:14–15
  If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
- Revelation 20:12
  And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their…
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
  Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
- Zechariah 13:9
  This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…