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But I say unto you ,
That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be (
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He speaks of the judgment of God ,
and of the difference of sins ,
and therefore applies his words to the form of civil judgments which were then used .(:
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in danger Of that judgment which was ruled by three men ,
who had the hearing and deciding of money matters ,
and such other small causes .
of the judgment :
and whosoever shall say to his brother ,
Raca ,
shall be in danger of the By that judgment which stood of 23 judges ,
who had the hearing and deciding of weighty affairs ,
as the matter of a whole tribe or of a high priest ,
or of a false prophet .
council :
but whosoever shall say ,
Thou fool ,
shall be in danger of Whereas we read here «
hell »,
it is in the text itself «
Gehenna »,
which is one Hebrew word made out of two ,
and is as if to say «
as the Valley of Hinnom »,
which the Hebrews called Topheth :
it was a place where the Israelites cruelly sacrificed their children to false gods ,
whereupon it was taken for a place appointed to torment the reprobates in (
Jer_7
:31 ).
hell The Jews used four kinds of punishments ,
before their government was taken away by Herod :
hanging ,
beheading ,
stoning ,
and burning .
It is burning that Christ meant ,
because burning was the greatest punishment ;
therefore by making mention of a judgment ,
a council ,
and a fire ,
he shows that some sins are worse than others are ,
but yet they are all such that we must give account for them ,
and will be punished for them .
fire .
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Leaue there thine offring before the altar ,
and goe thy way :
first be reconciled to thy brother ,
and then come and offer thy gift .
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Verily I say unto thee ,
Thou shalt by no means come out thence ,
till thou hast (
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You will be dealt with in this manner ,
to the utmost extremity .(:
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paid the uttermost farthing .