Matthew 5:22 Commentary - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Verse 22Brother; any fellow-being.--The judgment; and inferior court of the Jews.--Raca; a term of opprobrious reproach, meaning worthless, senseless.--The council; the superior court of the Jews, called the Sanhedrim, which had jurisdiction over graver offences. This body is often alluded to in the New Testament. (Acts 5:27-41,6:12,22:30)--Thou fool. The connection which this verse sustains to Matthew 5:21, shows that, in respect to all these expressions, the Savior speaks of them only as used under the influence of angry, malicious, or revengeful feeling. He himself sometimes employed this last term in just rebuke of folly and sin. (Matthew 23:19.) The meaning of the whole passage is, that the displeasure of God, and the terrible penalties of his law, are incurred by feelings of malice and anger, however slight may be the outward expression of them.
Matthew 5:23,24. The meaning is, that we cannot offer acceptable worship to God, while cherishing unkind or hostile feelings towards a fellow-man, or neglecting to make reparation for any injury which we may have done him.
Consult other comments:
Matthew 5:22 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Matthew 5:22 - The Greek Testament
Matthew 5:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Matthew 5:22 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Matthew 5:22 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Matthew 5:22 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Matthew 5:22 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Matthew 5:22 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Matthew 5:22 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 5:22 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 5:22 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Matthew 5:22 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Matthew 5:22 - Geneva Bible Notes
Matthew 5:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Matthew 5:22 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Matthew 5:22 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Matthew 5:22 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Matthew 5:22 - The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Matthew 5:22 - Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
Matthew 5:22 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Matthew 5:22 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Matthew 5:22 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Matthew 5:22 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Matthew 5:22 - Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Matthew 5:22 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 5:22 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Matthew 5:22 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Matthew 5:22 - 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.