--- title: "Bullinger" description: "not. Greek. me. App-105 . Jewish proverb. with what, &c. Figure of speech Paroemia . App-6 . again. All the critical texts omit. App-94 . behold" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/matthew/7" --- **not.** Greek. *me.* App-105 . Jewish proverb. **with what, &c.** Figure of speech *Paroemia* . App-6 . **again.** All the critical texts omit. App-94 . **beholdest.** See App-133 . This is in contrast with "considerest". Jewish proverb. **mote.** Anglo-Saxon, *mot* = a particle of dust, something dry: i.e. any dry particle, as wood (splinter), chaff, or dust. **brother's.** See note on [Matthew 5:22](../../../kjv/matthew/5/22) . **considerest.** Greek. *katanoeo.* Stronger than "beholdest" above. See App-133 . **beam.** Greek. *dokos.* Septuagint for Hebrew. *korah* in 2Ki 6:2 , [2 Kings 6:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/5) . **out of** = from. Greek. *ap'o.* App-104 . **dogs.** Note the *Introversion* here. g | dogs. h | swine. h | swine. g | dogs (and the dogs). **they:** i.e. the swine. trample. All the critical texts read "shall trample upon". **under** = with. Greek. *en.* **and** = and [the dogs]. **turn again and** = having turned. **Ask.** Greek. *aileo.* App-134 . **it shall be opened.** This is never done in the East to this day. The one who knocks is always first questioned. L Tr. WH m. read "it is opened" **if.** See App-118 . **if he ask.** All read "if he shall ask". **a fish** = a fish also. **evil** = grudging, or harmful. See App-128 . Scripture thus challenges man, that is why man challenges it. **heaven** = the heavens. See notes on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) . **good things.** Compare [Psalms 34:8-10](../../../kjv/psalms/34/8-10) ; [Psalms 84:11](../../../kjv/psalms/84/11) .[Luke 11:13](../../../kjv/luke/11/13) .[James 1:17](../../../kjv/james/1/17) . **Therefore.** Summing up all that has been said in verses: [Matthew 7:1-11](../../../kjv/matthew/7/1-11) . **would** = be willing. See App-102 . **the law.** See note on [Matthew 5:17](../../../kjv/matthew/5/17) . **Enter ye in, &c.** Repeated on a later occasion. [Luke 13:2](../../../kjv/luke/13/2) . **at** = through, or by means of Greek. *dia.* **strait** = narrow. **wide.** Greek. *platus.* Occurs only here. **broad** = extensive. Greek. *euruchoros.* Occurs only here. the way. For "the two ways", see [Deuteronomy 30:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/30/15) , [1 Kings 18:21](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/21) . 2Pe 2:2 , [2 Peter 2:15](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/15) . **leadeth** = leads away. **to** = unto. Greek. *ei* s. **go** = enter in. **thereat** = through. Greek. *dia.* App-104 .[Matthew 7:1](../../../kjv/matthew/7/1) . **Because strait.** L Tr. R margin Syriac. Vulgate &c., and some fifty codices read "How strait". **narrow** = straitened. **unto.** Greek. *ei* s. Same as "to", [Matthew 7:14](../../../kjv/matthew/7/14) . **life:** i.e. the life [eternal]. See note on [Leviticus 18:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/5) . App-170 . **Beware** = Take heed, as in [Matthew 6:1](../../../kjv/matthew/6/1) . **of** = from, or away from. Greek. *apo* : i.e. Beware [and keep] away from. **Ye shall know.** Note the Figure of speech *Epanadiplosis* ( App-6 ). See [Matthew 7:20](../../../kjv/matthew/7/20) . **know** = fully know and recognize. See App-132 . **by** = from. Gr *apo.* **Do men, &c.** Figure of speech *Erotesis* , for emphasis. **Lord, Lord.** Note the Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* ( App-6 ), for emphasis. **the kingdom of heaven.** See App-114 . **heaven** = heavens. All the texts read "the heavens". See notes on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) . **will.** Greek. *thelema.* See App-102 . **have** = did. Note the Figure of speech *Erotesis.* **prophesied** = acted as spokesmen. See App-49 . **in Thy name** = by or through Thy name. Note the Figure of speech *Anadiplosis.* **devils** = demons. **wonderful works.** Greek. *dunamis* (see App-172 .); in Septuagint in this sense only in [Job 37:16](../../../kjv/job/37/16) . **knew** = got to know. Greek. *ginosko.* See App-132 . **from** = away from. Greek. *apo.* App-104 . **iniquity** = lawlessness. See App-128 . **whosoever** = every one (as in [Matthew 7:26](../../../kjv/matthew/7/26) ). Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Genus), App-6 . **sayings** = words. Greek plural of *logos.* See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) . **wise** = prudent. **a** = the. **rock** = rocky ground. **And.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ), emphasizing each particular. **the rain descended** = down came the rain. Greek. *broche.* Occurs only here. On the roof. **floods.** At the foundation. **winds.** At the sides. **beat** = broke upon, dashed against (with great violence), as in [Luke 6:48](../../../kjv/luke/6/48) , in contrast with "beat" in [Matthew 7:27](../../../kjv/matthew/7/27) , which is a much weaker word. **was** = had been. **beat upon** = on the roof; stumbled against, merely impinged, or lightly struck, in contrast with [Matthew 7:25](../../../kjv/matthew/7/25) . **fell** = *did* fall. **ended.** This marks the end of the first period and subject of the Lord's ministry. See the Structure, p. 1315, and App-119 . **people** = multitudes. **doctrines** = teaching. **taught** = was continually teaching. **having authority:** i.e. possessing Divine authority. Greek. *exousia.* App-172 . In the current Hebrew literature of that time it denoted the Hebrew *mippi hagg burah* = from the mouth of God. See notes on [Matthew 26:64](../../../kjv/matthew/26/64) .[Mark 14:62](../../../kjv/mark/14/62) , and [Hebrews 1:3](../../../kjv/hebrews/1/3) . **and not.** Note the Figure of speech *Pleonasm* ( App-6 ). 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