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Matthew 12:36

The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 12:36

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

But ( δέ); and (Revised Version). The adversative particle hints at the contrast of to their ordinary ideas about the importance of words. I say unto you, That every idle ( ἀργόν); i.

e. effecting nothing, morally useless; (cf. καταργεῖ, ). Word ( ῥῆμα); see verse 37, note. That men shall speak, they shall give account thereof ( ἀποδώσουσι λόγον: cf. ) in the day of judgment (, note).

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