{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[],"2":[],"3":[],"4":[],"5":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.7.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:7","href":"/jhn/8/#v7-henry","text":"Matt. vii. 5","snippet":"Those that are any way obliged to animadvert upon the faults of others are concerned to look well to themselves, and keep themselves pure (Matt. vii. 5), Qui alterum incusat probri, ipsum se intueri oportet."},{"id":"henry.JHN.13.14.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 13:14","href":"/jhn/13/#v14-henry","text":"Matt. vii. 5","snippet":"We must in the first place wash ourselves; this charity must begin at home (Matt. vii. 5), but it must not end there; we must sorrow for the failings and follies of our brethren, much more for their gross pollutions (1 Cor. v. 2), must wash our brethren's polluted feet in tears."}],"6":[],"7":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.7.17.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 7:17","href":"/jhn/7/#v17-calvin","text":"Matthew 7:7","snippet":"Knock, and it shall be opened to you, (Matthew 7:7."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.34.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:34","href":"/jhn/7/#v34-westcott","text":"Matt. vii. 7","snippet":"Contrast this ineffectual seeking with Matt. vii. 7."}],"8":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.5.43.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 5:43","href":"/jhn/5/#v43-calvin","text":"Matthew 7:8","snippet":"For it is certain that God never shuts the door to those who knock, (Matthew 7:8,) never disappoints those who sincerely pray to him, (Isaiah 45:19."}],"9":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.17.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:17","href":"/jhn/4/#v17-westcott","text":"Matt vii. 9","snippet":"well said] It is possible that there is something of a sad irony in the words, as there is in Matt vii. 9 ; 2 Cor. xi. 4."}],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[],"13":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.7.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:7","href":"/jhn/10/#v7-ryle","text":"Matt. vii. 13","snippet":"Webster observes : \" It is worthy of remark that in the Sermon on the Mount, (Matt. vii. 13 — 17,) the description of the strait gait and narrow way immediately precedes the warning against false prophets and ravening wolves."}],"14":[],"15":[{"id":"henry.JHN.10.1-5.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 10:1–5","href":"/jhn/10/#v1-henry","text":"Matt. vii. 15","snippet":"… devour; grievous wolves (Acts xx. 29); thieves that would steal Christ's sheep from him, to sacrifice them to devils, or steal their food from them, that they might perish for lack of it; wolves in sheep's clothing, Matt. vii. 15."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.12-13.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:12–13","href":"/jhn/10/#v12-ryle","text":"Matt. vii. 15","snippet":"(Matt. vii. 15.)"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.12-13.3","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:12–13","href":"/jhn/10/#v12-ryle","text":"Matt. vii. 15","snippet":"(See Zeph. iii. 3 ; Matt. vii. 15."}],"16":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.5.29.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 5:29","href":"/jhn/5/#v29-calvin","text":"Matthew 7:16","snippet":"He points out believers by good works, as he elsewhere teaches that a tree is known by its fruit, (Matthew 7:16; Luke 6:44."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.4.29.3","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 4:29","href":"/jhn/4/#v29-ryle","text":"Matt. vii. 16","snippet":"In twelve of them the interrogative is used without \" not,\" viz., Matt. vii. 16; xxvi. 22, 26] Mark iv. 21; xiv. 9; Luke vi. 39; John vii. 31 ; viii. 22; xviii. 35; Acts x. 47 ; 2 Cor. i. 17; James iii. 11. — In only one place is the interrogative used with \" not,\" Matt. xii. 23."}],"17":[],"18":[],"19":[],"20":[],"21":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.24.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:24","href":"/jhn/2/#v24-westcott","text":"Matt. vii. 21","snippet":"Comp. Matt. vii. 21 ff."}],"22":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.23.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:23","href":"/jhn/2/#v23-westcott","text":"Matt. vii. 22","snippet":"They believed not on Him (iii. 18), but on His name, as Christ (comp. Matt. vii. 22."}],"23":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.14.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:14","href":"/jhn/10/#v14-ryle","text":"vii. 23","snippet":"Musculus points out the strong contrast between \"I know ray sheep,\" and the solemn saying to the virgins, \" I know you not,\" and to the false professors, \" I never knew you,\" in Matt. xxv. 7 ; vii. 23."}],"24":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.7.17.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 7:17","href":"/jhn/7/#v17-bengel","text":"Matt. vii. 24","snippet":"… ye shall know the truth ;” xii. 35, “ Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you ; for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth ;” 45, x. 14, “ I know My sheep, and am known of Mine ;” Matt. vii. 24, “ Whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ;” 1 Cor. viii. 3, “ If any man love God, the same is known of Him."}],"25":[],"26":[],"27":[],"28":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.6.2-3.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 6:2–3","href":"/jhn/6/#v2-chrysostom","text":"Matt. vii. 28, 29","snippet":"( Matt. vii. 28, 29."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.5.19.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 5:19","href":"/jhn/5/#v19-westcott","text":"Matt. vii. 28","snippet":"The teaching is \"with authority\" (Matt. vii. 28 f.)."}],"29":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.6.2-3.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 6:2–3","href":"/jhn/6/#v2-chrysostom","text":"Matt. vii. 28, 29","snippet":"( Matt. vii. 28, 29."},{"id":"bengel.JHN.10.6-8.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 10:6–8","href":"/jhn/10/#v6-bengel","text":"Matt. vii. 29","snippet":"… these robbers and thieves offered themselves, the sheep did not hear them : ch. vii. 46, [The officers and Nicodemus not suffering themselves to be led blindly by the Pharisees] “ Never man spake like this Man ;” Matt. vii. 29, “ He taught them as one having authority, and not as the Scribes ;” ix. 36, “ He was moved with compassion on the multitude—because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.”"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.24.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:24","href":"/jhn/15/#v24-westcott","text":"Matt. vii. 29","snippet":"Comp. Matt. vii. 29)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.4.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:4","href":"/jhn/17/#v4-westcott","text":"Matt. vii. 29","snippet":"authority] Comp. ch. v. 27 ; Matt. vii. 29, ix. 6, xxviii. 18."}]}}