Exodus 20:1-3

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 20:1-2

1,2 God speaks many ways to the children of men; by conscience, by providences, by his voice, to all which we ought carefully to attend; but he never spake at any time so as he spake the TEN COMMANDMENTS. This law God had given to man before; it was written in his heart; but sin so defaced it, that it was necessary to revive the knowledge of it. The law is spiritual, and takes knowledge of the secret thoughts, desires, and dispositions of the heart. Its grand demand is love, without which... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 20:3-11

3-11 The first four of the ten commandments, commonly called the FIRST table, tell our duty to God. It was fit that those should be put first, because man had a Maker to love, before he had a neighbour to love. It cannot be expected that he should be true to his brother, who is false to his God. The first commandment concerns the object of worship, JEHOVAH, and him only. The worship of creatures is here forbidden. Whatever comes short of perfect love, gratitude, reverence, or worship, breaks... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 20:1-11

The Decalogue v. l. And God spake all these words, saying, v. 2. I am the Lord, thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. That was the Lord's solemn introduction to the legislation on Mount Sinai, a reminder of the wonderful deliverance which He had wrought when He led forth His people out of the land of Egypt, where they had virtually been slaves. Note that the Decalog, as here given, was intended for the children of Israel and applied its... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 20:1-21

SECOND SECTIONThe Threefold Law of the Covenant for the Covenant People on the Basis of the Prophetic, Ethico-religious Divine Law of the Ten Commandments. Historical ProphecyExodus 20-31a.—The ten words, or the ethical law; and the terrified people, or the rise of the need of sacrificial ritesExodus 20:1-211, 2And God spake all these words, saying, I am Jehovah thy God, which [who] have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3Thou shalt have no other gods before me... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Exodus 20:1-11

Exodus THE DECALOGUE: I-MAN AND GOD Exo_20:1 - - Exo_20:11 . An obscure tribe of Egyptian slaves plunges into the desert to hide from pursuit, and emerges, after forty years, with a code gathered into ‘ten words,’ so brief, so complete, so intertwining morality and religion, so free from local or national peculiarities, so close fitting to fundamental duties, that it is to-day, after more than three thousand years, authoritative in the most enlightened peoples. The voice that spoke from... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 20:1-17

the “Ten Words” Spoken at Sinai Exodus 20:1-17 The Law was given by the disposition of angels, through the medium of Moses. See John 1:17 ; Acts 7:53 . It tells us, not what God is, for that is only shown in Jesus Christ, but what man should be. It combines in a concise form that moral code which is part of the nature of things, and is written on man’s conscience. See Romans 2:5 . Even the Fourth Commandment is deeply graven on our physical nature. These laws are mostly negative, but their... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 20:1-26

Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and, third, the basis of relationship, His deliverance of them from bondage. The Ten Words fall into two sections: the first, of four commandments dealing with the relationship between God and man; the second, of six commandments conditioning human interrelationships. The Ten Words constitute a... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Exodus 20:1-17

Breaking the Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have today a study on the Ten Commandments. These Commandments were written upon two tables of stone. The first four, written on one table, carried commands which were Godward; the second group of six, written on the second table of stone, carried commandments which were manward. Jesus Christ summed up the Ten Commandments under two short expressions as found in Mark 12:30 , Mark 12:31 . It has been argued by some that the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Exodus 20:1-20

The Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to this study we wish to answer some statements relative to the Christian and the Law. 1. Saints are not under the Law for salvation. We say with unequivocable terms, salvation by the Law is utterly impossible. "Do and live" may have been and still may be true so far as physical life, and physical health, are concerned; but not so far as eternal life is concerned. The Commandments were never given as a method of obtaining... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 20:1

‘THE TEN WORDS’‘All these words.’ Exodus 20:1 By way of introduction note: 1. The harmony between the solemn surroundings of Sinai, and the solemn revelations there made by God. Dean Stanley brings this out well; and it is the subject of the impressive contrast drawn in Hebrews 12:18-Jeremiah :. God’s Nature is in harmony with God’s Word. Nature is like the organ that accompanies the Divine solo. 2. The importance of moral preparations for personal or national audience with the Holy God. 3.... read more

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