Matthew:7:24-27

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rwp @Matthew:7:24 @{And doeth them } (\kai poiei autous \). That is the point in the parable of the wise builder , "who digged and went deep , and laid a foundation upon the rock " (Luke:6:48 |). rwp @Matthew:7:25 @{Was founded } (\tethemeli “to \). Past perfect indicative passive state of completion in the past . It had been built upon the rock and it stood . No augment . rwp @Matthew:7:26 @{And doeth them not } (\kai m ˆ poi “n autous \). The foolish builder put his house on the sands that could not hold in the storm . One is reminded of the words of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon in strkjv @5:19 | about the one "who does and teaches ." Hearing sermons is a dangerous business if one does not put them into practice . rwp @Matthew:7:28 @{The multitudes were astonished } (\exepl ˆssonto hoi ochloi \). They listened spell-bound to the end and were left amazed . Note the imperfect tense , a buzz of astonishment . The verb means literally "were struck out of themselves ." rwp @Matthew:7:29 @{And not as their scribes } (\kai ouch h “s hoi grammateis aut “n \). They had heard many sermons before from the regular rabbis in the synagogues . We have specimens of these discourses preserved in the Mishna and Gemara , the Jewish Talmud when both were completed , the driest , dullest collection of disjounted comments upon every conceivable problem in the history of mankind . The scribes quoted the rabbis before them and were afraid to express an idea without bolstering it up by some predecessor . Jesus spoke with the authority of truth , the reality and freshness of the morning light , and the power of God 's Spirit . This sermon which made such a profound impression ended with the tragedy of the fall of the house on the sand like the crash of a giant oak in the forest . There was no smoothing over the outcome .

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