John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 5:37 - 5:37

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 5:37 - 5:37


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Mat 5:37. Ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν, your conversation) your daily ordinary speech. ναὶ, ναὶ. οὓ, οὓ, yea, yea; nay, nay) Let “yea,” or, “it is, be employed to affirm what is true,-“Nay,” or, “it is not,” to deny what is false.[221] Cf. Gnomon on 2Co 1:17-18, and Jam 5:12.-περισσὸν, exceeding, that which exceeds) Excess is faulty.-ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ, of evil); the word is here in the neuter gender, [and signifies evil in the abstract]: see Mat 5:39.

[221] Lit. Let the “It is” of fact be also the “It is” in your words: let the “It is not” of fact be also the “It is not” in your words.-ED.