John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 5:33 - 5:33

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 5:33 - 5:33


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Mat 5:33. Ἀποδώσεις, thou shalt render)[213] Perjury therefore is the non-performance of promises attested by an oath. Christ, therefore, especially forbids promissory oaths, since men by them asseverate concerning future things, none of which is in their power, see Mat 5:36. The human oaths concerning which Moses gives regulations, or which holy men have sworn, have more frequently reference to confirming, more rarely to promising, and in fact more persons perjure themselves with regard to future, than past matters. Wherefore the Romans prudently preferred binding with oath their magistrates at the conclusion, rather than at the commencement of office.-ὅρκους, oaths,) sc. things promised by oath.

[213] E. V. “Thou shalt perform.”-(I. B.)