John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:7
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Ver. 7. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions ] Babble not, bubble not, saith the Syriac, as water out of a narrow mouthed vessel. Do not iterate or inculcate the same things odiously et ad nauseam, as Solomon’s fool, who is full af words (saith he); and this custom of his expressed μιμητικως , in his vain tautologies. a "A man cannot tell what shall be;... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:6
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Ver. 6. But when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, &c. ] The proper place for secret prayer (as the family is for private prayer, Acts 10:3 ; Acts 10:9 , and the church for public, Luk 4:16 ), that being sequestered from company, we may more fully descend into our own hearts, and be the freer from... read more