Matthew 5:27

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not moicheuo ·commit adultery·;’ + 5:27. Quoted from Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18

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In The King James Version

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

In Context

26Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last quadrans coin (Roman quarter coin about 3/8 of a cent).

28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has moicheuo ·committed adultery· with her already in his heart.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:10+ 20:10. Lev 20:10 (#6.399): T. “Both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death” / R. For the court to execute by strangulation T. Note: (Leviticus 20) does not explain how the adulterers are to be put to death, simply that they are to be executed R. Note: The Rabbis teach this strangulation execution was not preformed in malice nor by human hands. “The strangling was thus performed; they that were strangled were fixed up to their knees in dung, and then they put a hard napkin within a soft one, and rolled it about his neck” ( Sanhedrin, c.7. sect.3) “‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, that is with the wife of a fellow countryman, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. + 20:10. Selectively Quoted in John 8:4-5 with Deut 22:21 + 20:10 Context of John 8:5

Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel [God prevails].

Matthew 5:21“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ + 5:21. Quoted from Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17 and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ + 5:21. Paraphrase Quoted from Ex 21:12; Lev 24:17; Num 35:16

Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:22-27

The Sermon on the Mount. 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother… Read the whole commentary →

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