Mateo 6:2

Filipino Cebuano Bible

2 "Busa, sa magahatag kag limos, ayaw pagpatingog ug trumpeta sa atubangan mo, ingon sa ginahimo sa mga maut sa sulod sa mga sinagoga ug diha sa kadalanan, aron sila pagdayegon sa mga tawo. Sa pagkatinuod, magaingon ako kaninyo, nga sila nakadawat na sa ilang balus.

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when: Job 31:16-20, Psalms 37:21, Psalms 112:9, Proverbs 19:17, Ecclesiastes 11:2, Isaiah 58:7, Isaiah 58:10-12, Luke 11:41, Luke 12:33, John 13:29, Acts 9:36, Acts 10:2, Acts 10:4, Acts 10:31, Acts 11:29, Acts 24:17, Romans 12:8, 2 Corinthians 9:6-15, Galatians 2:10, Ephesians 4:28, 1 Timothy 6:18, Philemon 1:7, Hebrews 13:16, James 2:15, James 2:16, 1 Peter 4:11, 1 John 3:17-19

do not sound a trumpet: or, cause not a trumpet to be sounded, Proverbs 20:6, Hosea 8:1

as: Matthew 6:5, Matthew 7:5, Matthew 15:7, Matthew 16:3, Matthew 22:18, Matthew 23:13-29, Matthew 24:51, Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 10:6, Mark 7:6, Luke 6:42, Luke 12:56, Luke 13:15

in the synagogues: Matthew 6:5, Matthew 23:6, Mark 12:39, Luke 11:43, Luke 20:46

glory: 1 Samuel 15:30, John 5:41, John 5:44, John 7:18, 1 Thessalonians 2:6

verily: Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 5:18

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:16 - Come with me Amos 4:5 - proclaim Zechariah 7:5 - did Malachi 1:13 - should I accept Matthew 5:12 - for great Matthew 18:3 - Verily Matthew 20:14 - thine Mark 14:1 - two Mark 14:18 - Verily Luke 6:23 - your Luke 6:24 - for Luke 16:15 - Ye John 7:4 - there John 12:43 - they Acts 5:2 - laid Galatians 6:12 - as desire Colossians 3:24 - ye shall Hebrews 11:6 - a rewarder Revelation 3:2 - thy works

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore, when thou dost thine alms,.... Christ proceeds to give some directions and cautions about giving of alms, that they might be done aright, and answer some valuable purposes for the glory of God, the good of others, and their own:

do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. The persons Christ has reference to were the Scribes and Pharisees, who did all they did to be seen of men; whom he calls "hypocrites"; as he often does, because they put on an appearance of religion and holiness, but inwardly, and otherwise, were very wicked men. It does not appear that any such practice was literally performed, as blowing a trumpet before them, when they gave their alms; though the collectors of alms did, by some means, publicly notify to the people when they were about that service: for one of their rules is m,

"the collectors of alms do not proclaim on a feast, as they proclaim on a common day; but they collected בצינעה, "privately", and put it into their bosom, and distributed it to everyone by himself.''

Wherefore this must be understood proverbially; and the sense is, that when they did their alms, they chose public places for it, such as the "synagogues", where was a large concourse of people met together for religious worship; or the open "streets" of the city, where people were continually walking to and fro, so that nothing could be done in this way, but what must be seen and observed: and moreover, they took care, either by themselves, or others, to proclaim their good actions, that they might "have glory of men"; not only of the poor, or the collectors for them, but of the spectators. R. Aben Ezra n says, that

"a man that gives alms to the poor, must not give it because of the glory of the collector, i.e. that he may have glory of him; nor that the children of men may praise him.''

But his ancestors were of another mind: but what did they get by it?

verily I say unto you, they have their reward; and a poor one it is, the applause of men: however, it is what they seek after, and is all their empty performances deserve, and all they will have.

"He that glories in anything done by himself, נוטל את שכרו

הוא, "he takes", or receives "his reward" o; for as for any reward from God, they will have none;''

in this sense, as the Ethiopic version reads it, "they have lost their reward": and, as a learned critic has thought, is the sense of the Greek word, "they forbid", or "hinder their reward". By seeking the glory of men, they lay impediments in the way of receiving honour from God.

m T. Hieros. Demai, fol. 23. 2. n In Exod. xx. 3. o R. Jona apud Capell. Spicileg. in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do - The word “hypocrite” is taken from “stage-players,” who act the part of others, or speak not their own sentiments, but the sentiments of others. It means here, and in the New Testament generally, those who “dissemble” or hide their real sentiments, and assume or express other feelings than their own - those who, for purposes of ostentation, gain, or applause, put on the appearance of religion. It is probable that such persons, when they were about to bestow alms, caused a trumpet to be sounded, professedly to call the poor together to receive it, but really to call the people to see the proofs of their liberality and piety; or perhaps it may mean that they should not make a great noise about it, like sounding a trumpet.

In the synagogues - The word “synagogue” commonly means the place of assembling for religious worship known by that name. See the notes at Matthew 4:23. It might mean, however, any “collection of people” assembled for any purpose, and it is not improbable that it has that meaning here. It does not appear that they made a noise in bestowing charity in the synagogues, or that charity was commonly bestowed there; but it was probably done on occasion of any great assemblage, in any place of concourse, and at the corners of the streets, where it could be seen by many.

They have their reward - That is, they obtain the applause they seek the reputation of being charitable; and as this applause was all they wished, there is, of course, no further reward to be looked for or obtained.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 6:2. Therefore when thou doest thine alms — In the first verse the exhortation is general: Take YE heed. In this verse the address is pointed - and THOU - man - woman - who readest - hearest.

Do not sound a trumpet — It is very likely that this was literally practised among the Pharisees, who seemed to live on the public esteem, and were excessively self-righteous and vain. Having something to distribute by way of alms, it is very probable they caused this to be published by blowing a trumpet or horn, under pretence of collecting the poor; though with no other design than to gratify their own ambition. There is a custom in the east not much unlike this. "The derveeshes carry horns with them, which they frequently blow, when any thing is given to them, in honor of the donor. It is not impossible that some of the poor Jews who begged alms might be furnished like the Persian derveeshes, who are a sort of religious beggars, and that these hypocrites might be disposed to confine their alms-giving to those that they knew would pay them this honour." HARMER'S Observat. vol. i. p. 474.

It must be granted, that in the Jewish writings there is no such practice referred to as that which I have supposed above, viz. blowing a trumpet to gather the poor, or the poor blowing a horn when relieved. Hence some learned men have thought that the word shopher, a trumpet, refers to the hole in the public alms chest, into which the money was dropped which was allotted for the service of the poor. Such holes, because they were wide at one end and grew gradually narrow towards the other, were actually termed שופרות shopheroth, trumpets, by the rabbins; of this Schoettgen furnishes several examples. An ostentatious man, who wished to attract the notice of those around him, would throw in his money with some force into these trumpet-resembling holes, and thus he might be said שופר σαλπιζειν, to sound the trumpet. The Jerusalem Gemara, tract Shekalim, describes these שופרות shopheroth thus - These trumpet holes were crooked, narrow above and wide below, in order to prevent fraud. As our Lord only uses the words, μησαλπισης, it may be tantamount to our term jingle. Do not make a public ostentatious jingle of that money which you give to public charities. Pride and hypocrisy are the things here reprehended. The Pharisees, no doubt, felt the weight of the reproof. Still the words may be taken in their literal meaning, as we know that the Moslimans, who nearly resemble the ancient Pharisees in the ostentation, bigotry, and cruelty of their character, are accustomed, in their festival of Muhurram, to erect stages in the public streets, and, by the sound of a trumpet, call the poor together to receive alms of rice, and other kinds of food. See WARD.

Works of charity and mercy should be done as much in private as is consistent with the advancement of the glory of God, and the effectual relief of the poor.

In the synagogues and in the streets — That such chests or boxes, for receiving the alms of well-disposed people, were placed in the synagogues, we may readily believe; but what were the streets? Schoettgen supposes that courts or avenues in the temple and in the synagogues may be intended - places where the people were accustomed to walk, for air, amusement, c., for it is not to be supposed that such chests were fixed in the public streets.

They have their reward. — That is, the honour and esteem of men which they sought. God is under no obligation to them-they did nothing with an eye to his glory, and from HIM they can expect no recompense. They had their recompense in this life and could expect none in the world to come.