Matthew 5:1 Commentary - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Verse 1He went up into a mountain; not for the purpose of ascending to a conspicuous position, but of retiring to a secluded one. The mountain, in this and similar expressions, must not be pictured to the mind as a single elevation of land, but rather as a tract of varied scenery, in which elevations, valleys, forests, cliffs, precipices, and lofty summits, combine to form extended regions of solitude and seclusion. When, therefore, Jesus is spoken of as going up into a mountain, we must not conceive of him as ascending a simple eminence, for the sake of a commanding position for addressing his followers, but as retiring with them to a region of solitude, for the sake of seclusion and safety--Was set. It was the custom of the Jews to sit when teaching.
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Matthew 5:1 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Matthew 5:1 - The Greek Testament
Matthew 5:1 - Barclay Daily Study Bible
Matthew 5:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Matthew 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Matthew 5:1 - Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Matthew 5:1 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Matthew 5:1 - B.H. Carroll's An Interpretation of the English Bible
Matthew 5:1 - Through the Bible Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Matthew 5:1 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Matthew 5:1 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
Matthew 5:1 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Matthew 5:1 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 5:1 - John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament
Matthew 5:1 - Expositors Bible Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 5:1 - Everett's Study Notes on the Holy Scriptures
Matthew 5:1 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Matthew 5:1 - Expositor's Dictionary of Text by Robertson
Matthew 5:1 - F. B. Hole's Old and New Testaments Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - F.B. Meyer's Through the Bible Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - Discovering Christ In Selected Books of the Bible
Matthew 5:1 - Gaebelein's Annotated Bible (Commentary)
Matthew 5:1 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
Matthew 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Matthew 5:1 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Matthew 5:1 - William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament
Matthew 5:1 - Grant's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 5:1 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Matthew 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 5:1 - International Critical Commentary New Testament
Matthew 5:1 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Matthew 5:1 - Commentaries on the New Testament and Prophets
Matthew 5:1 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Matthew 5:1 - William Kelly Major Works (New Testament)
Matthew 5:1 - The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Matthew 5:1 - A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical by Lange
Matthew 5:1 - Cornelius Lapide Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - Neighbour's Wells of Living Water
Matthew 5:1 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - An Exposition on the Whole Bible
Matthew 5:1 - Grant's Numerical Bible Notes and Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - The People's Bible by Joseph Parker
Matthew 5:1 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Matthew 5:1 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Matthew 5:1 - The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Matthew 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Matthew 5:1 - The Bible of the Expositor and the Evangelist by Riley
Matthew 5:1 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Matthew 5:1 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Matthew 5:1 - The Sermon Bible
Matthew 5:1 - Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible
Matthew 5:1 - Spurgeon's The Gospel of the Kingdom
Matthew 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Matthew 5:1 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 5:1 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Matthew 5:1 - You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Matthew 5:1 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Matthew 5:1 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
The electronic edition of John S. C. Abbott and Jacob Abbott's The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Translated Out of the Original Greek, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised; with Explanatory Notes has been produced from a copy of the printed text published by O. A. Browning and Company (Toledo, OH, 1878). The title on the spine of the book is Abbott's Illustrated New Testament, and on the half-title page, The Pictorial New Testament; with Notes; by Jacob and John S. C. Abbott.