“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’
21. You have heard that it was said. This sentence, and those which immediately follow, are connected with what we have just considered: for our Lord explains more fully, by minute instances, by what tortuous methods “Comment les Phariseens avoyent deprave la Loy par leurs expositions tortues;” — “how the Pharisees had debased the law by their crooked expositions.” the Pharisees debase the law, so...
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
Ye have heard,.... That is, from the Scriptures being read to them, and the explanations of the ancients, which were called "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.