Matthew
Matthew 7:27WEB·traditional attribution
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed
The narrow gate is hardly wide enough to admit one at all; it expresses the difficulty of that first right step in religion, which requires triumph over all our natural inclinations. The wide gate and broad way lure many because they are easily entered and easily trodden.
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Commenting on Matthew 7:13-29
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed
The collapse is total and terrible. Eastern audiences knew the ferocity of sudden storms, how they sweep away everything unstable without mercy. The house built on sand had no foundation to hold; it simply fell, and the ruin was complete.
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Albert Barnes Presbyterian
Verse 27. (p) "winds blew" (q) "great was the fall"