leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Leave there thy gift before the altar,.... This might easily be done, and the business soon dispatched, at some seasons; particularly, at their public feasts, as the passover, pentecost, and feast of tabernacles, when all the Israelites were together: and go thy way; make what haste thou canst, first be reconciled to thy brother: use all means to reconcile him; acknowledge the offence; ask his...
The sixth commandment forbids killing directly or indirectly, and protects life itself. But Christ expands it far beyond mere murder: anger without cause, contempt, harsh words, all violate the law's true intent and spiritual depth.
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Commenting on Matthew 5:21-26
I came not to sweep away the foundation of the Old Testament but to fulfill it, establish it, unfold it, embody it in living form. Fear not that I will subvert God's living oracles; rather, enshrine them in reverence, affection, and character.
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Commenting on Matthew 5:17-48