Matteo 5:27

27 Voi avete udito che fu detto agli antichi: Non commettere adulterio.

Matteo 5:27 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 5:27

Ye have heard that it was said
These forms of speech, as well as what follows,

by them of old time,
have been explained, in ver. 21. The law here mentioned,

thou shalt not commit adultery,
is recorded in ( Exodus 20:14 ) and the meaning of our Lord is, not that the then present Jews had heard that such a law had been delivered "to the ancients", their fathers, at Mount Sinai; for that they could read in their Bibles: but they had received it by tradition, that the sense of it, which had been given to their ancestors, by the ancient doctors of the church, was, that this law is to be taken strictly, as it lies, and only regards the sin of uncleanness in married persons; or, what was strictly adultery, and that actual; so that it had no respect to fornication, or unchaste thoughts, words, or actions, but that single act only.

Matteo 5:27 In-Context

25 Fa’ presto amichevole accordo col tuo avversario, mentre sei tra via con lui; che talora il tuo avversario non ti dia in mano del giudice, e il giudice ti dia in mano del sergente, e sii cacciato in prigione.

26 Io ti dico in verità, che tu non uscirai di là, finchè tu non abbia pagato l’ultimo quattrino.

27 Voi avete udito che fu detto agli antichi: Non commettere adulterio.

28 Ma io vi dico che chiunque riguarda una donna, per appetirla, già ha commesso adulterio con lei nel suo cuore.

29 Ora, se l’occhio tuo destro ti fa intoppare, cavalo, e gettalo via da te; perciocchè egli val meglio per te che un de’ tuoi membri perisca, che non che tutto il tuo corpo sia gettato nella geenna.