Mateo 6:29

29 mas os digo, que ni aun Salomón con toda su gloria fue vestido así como uno de ellos

Mateo 6:29 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 6:29

And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory,
&c.] This is a certain truth, to be affirmed in the strongest manner, and to be believed, that not only men and kings too in general; but even particularly Solomon, the richest and most magnificent of all the kings of Israel, whose grandeur, and glory, exceeded all the princes of the earth; that even he, not in his common dress, but when "in his glory", and in "all" his glory, when arrayed with his royal and richest robes, with his crown on his head, and when seated on his throne,

was not arrayed like one of these
lilies, or flowers of the field: for the glory and beauty of his garments were purely from art, but their's by nature; which can never be equalled by art. This phrase, "Solomon in all his glory", is the same which the Jewish doctors, in their writings, express by (wtevb hmlv) , "Solomon in his hour" ^F7: that is as their commentators explain it ^F8, (wtwklm teb) , "in the time of his reign"; for they say he was first a king, and then a private person. Now, not whilst he was a private person, but when a king, in the height of his grandeur and magnificence, and when dressed out in the most splendid manner, he was exceeded in array by a single lily: or the sense is, in his royal apparel. For as the same doctors say,

``what is a man's "glory?" It is his clothing that is his outward glory; and again, garments are the glory of a man ^F9.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 7. sect. 1. T. Bab. ib. fol. 49. 1. & 83. 1. & 86. 2.
F8 Jarchi & Bartenora in ib.
F9 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 95. 1. & 99. 4. & 110. 4.

Mateo 6:29 In-Context

27 Mas ¿quién de vosotros podrá, acongojándose, añadir a su estatura un codo

28 Y por el vestido ¿por qué os acongojáis? Aprended de los lirios del campo, cómo crecen; no trabajan ni hilan

29 mas os digo, que ni aun Salomón con toda su gloria fue vestido así como uno de ellos

30 Y si la hierba del campo que hoy es, y mañana es echada en el horno, Dios la viste así, ¿no hará mucho más a vosotros, hombres de poca fe

31 No os acongojéis pues, diciendo: ¿Qué comeremos, o qué beberemos, o con qué nos cubriremos