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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 5:28

28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Ver. 28. But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her ] Lusting is often the fruit of looking; as in Joseph’s mistress, who set her eyes upon Joseph; a and David, who saw Bathsheba bathing. Lust is quicksighted. How much better Job, who would not look, lest he should think upon a maid! and Nazianzen, who had learned (and he glories in... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 5:28

I say: Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 7:28, Matthew 7:29 That: Genesis 34:2, Genesis 39:7-Isaiah :, Exodus 20:17, 2 Samuel 11:2, Job 31:1, Job 31:9, Proverbs 6:25, James 1:14, James 1:15, 2 Peter 2:14, 1 John 2:16 hath: Psalms 119:96, Romans 7:7, Romans 7:8, Romans 7:14 Reciprocal: Genesis 3:6 - to the eyes Genesis 12:14 - beheld Exodus 20:14 - General Leviticus 18:20 - General Deuteronomy 5:18 - General Joshua 7:21 - I saw Nehemiah 8:8 - and gave the sense Psalms 101:3 - set Psalms... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:28

28. Looketh… to lust Where the will consents, and the volition permits the sensual feeling. Yet not every glance of admiration or desire, cast upon the beauty of one of the opposite sex, is here condemned. Such affections are planted in our nature for pure and beneficial purposes. Not even the recognition of the superior attractions of another man’s wife, or another woman’s husband, is transgression. Indeed, the sentiment of pleasure arising from beauty of persons around us, may be as pure... read more

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