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No, because it is impossible to commit adultery with one’s own wife. Adultery by definition is committed with another man’s wife.1 2 The context of Matt. 5:28 is adultery;3 therefore, the “woman” in M …

4:11; he that is named: Matthew 9:9; Matthew 26:3, 14; Matthew 27:16; Mark 15:7; Luke 22:47; John 9:11; cf. … Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 31f; of things, places, cities, etc.: τό ὄνομα λέγεται, Revelation 8:11; participle called, Matthew 2:23; Matthew 26:36; Matthew 27:33; John 4:5; John 11:54; John 19:13; Acts 3 …

And, it is this intimate knowledge (ἐπίγνωσις) that the Lord Jesus refers to in Matthew by the related verb ἐπιγινώσκω. …

NA28, ©2012 At first glance, it appears that Matthew 12:18 is a quotation or reference to Isaiah 42:1,1 wherein it is written, “Behold! …

It is true that the verb here to lead (εἰσενέγκῃς) is a subjunctive, but given the negation μὴ, Wallace and others call this construction a subjunctive of prohibition. Expressing a prohibition using …

Watchfulness or vigilance (γρηγόρησις) is inextricably linked with prayer, hence Col. 4:2: «τῇ προσευχῇ προσκαρτερεῖτε γρηγοροῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ...» (“Continue in prayer, watching in it...”).1 Vigilance oc …

The Jews decreed foreign soil (i.e., dirt from Gentile lands) to be unclean.1 For it was taught, Yose ben Yoʿezer of Tzereida and Yose ben Yochanan of Yerushalaim decreed uncleanness concerning the l …

If Matthew is accurate, Jesus said a declension of the Greek word δύναμις, which if Jesus spoke Aramaic, he would have said גְבוּרָא (gevura), equivalent to the Hebrew גְּבוּרָה (gevura). … Jastrow on the Hebrew word כִּינּוּי (kinnui),5 Other such kinnuim include הַשָּׁמַיִם (“the heaven”)6 and הַמָּקוֹם (“the place”).7 8 Matthew 26:64 is an amalgamation of two scriptures: Daniel 7:13 and …

neuter) and its proposed referent Ἰησοῦς Χριστός (masculine), note the following comment from the grammar of August Heinrich Matthiae,5 Does the Lord Jesus Christ being “greater than the Temple” in Matthew …

Both King Herod and Jerusalem were troubled at the birth of the King of Jews, but each for different reasons. For King Herod, a man “of no more than a vulgar family, and of no eminent extraction,”1 wh …

The Lord Jesus Christ at the right hand of the Father is a reference to Psa. 110:1 and 110:5. First, in Psa. 110:1, Yahveh says to David’s lord (cf. Matt. 22:43–45), “Sit at My right hand...” Therefor …

Bliss, Matthew T.; Jansen, Annemiek; Orton, David E. Ed. Anderson, R. Dean; Orton, David E. Leiden: Brill, 1998. …

An adult woman should not have called an infant “my lord,” as honor is given by children to their parents (and elders), not parents to children.1 Jesus was an infant and not yet anointed as a king. Ne …

Or is the idea that holy spirit was the true anointing substance of which oil was only a type? Indeed. The anointing of Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit by God the Father is an allusion to Psa …

The Greek texts of the relevant verses according to the NA28: Matthew 6:2 Βʹ Ὅταν οὖν ποιῇς ἐλεημοσύνην, μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου, ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ ποιοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ῥύμαις, ὅπως … NA28, ©2012 Matthew 6:5 Eʹ Καὶ ὅταν προσεύχησθε, οὐκ ἔσεσθε ὡς οἱ ὑποκριταί, ὅτι φιλοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς γωνίαις τῶν πλατειῶν ἑστῶτες προσεύχεσθαι, ὅπως φανῶσιν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις· ἀμὴν …