Mateo 6:30

Filipino Cebuano Bible

30 Ug kon sa ingon gibistihan sa Dios ang mga tanum sa kaumahan, nga karon buhi pa apan ugma igasalibay na ngadto sa hudno, dili ba kamo labaw pa nga iyang pagabistihan, O mga tawo nga diyutayg pagsalig?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

clothe: Psalms 90:5, Psalms 90:6, Psalms 92:7, Isaiah 40:6-8, Luke 12:28, James 1:10, James 1:11, 1 Peter 1:24

O ye: Matthew 8:26, Matthew 14:31, Matthew 16:8, Matthew 17:17, Mark 4:40, Mark 9:19, Luke 9:41, John 20:27, Hebrews 3:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:11 - Let the Proverbs 10:3 - will Luke 8:25 - Where Luke 11:13 - how Romans 4:19 - being

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field..... These words are a conclusion from the former, and contain an argument from the lesser to the greater; that if God, for this is solely his work, so clothes the lilies, the flowers of the field, and whatever grows up out of the earth, in such a beautiful and splendid manner, as even to outdo Solomon, in his richest apparel; there's no doubt to be made of it, or at least ought not, but that he will much more provide clothing for men. The argument is illustrated, by the short continuance of the grass of the field, which is so clothed; and the use it is put to, when cut down;

which today is in being, but abides not long, as it were but for a day: it flourishes in the morning, continues for the day in its glory and verdure, is cut down at evening, and withers and dies,

and tomorrow is cast into the oven, to heat it with, or as the Syriac version reads בתנורא, "in the furnace". And so Munster's Hebrew edition of this Gospel. For furnaces used to be heated with straw and stubble, and such like things, as were gathered out of the fields; so, we read in the Misna k, that pots and furnaces were heated;

"a pot which they heat "with straw and stubble", they put into it that which is to be boiled--a furnace which they heat "with straw and stubble", they put nothing into it, nor upon it (i.e. till they have removed the coals or ashes): a little furnace, which they heat בקש ובגבבא, "with straw and stubble", is as the pots.''

The last word, גבבא, Bartenora says, signifies wood, or sticks, small as stubble, which they gather out of the field; that is, the stalks of some sort of herbs and plants, that grow in the field: now if God clothes these plants, which are so short lived, and at last used for such mean purposes;

shall he not much more clothe you men, his people, who are of a much longer life, and designed for greater ends and purposes; for the worship and service of God, for his honour and glory here, and for eternal life and happiness hereafter,

O ye of little faith? As such persons are, who distrust the providence of God, with respect to food and raiment, The phrase,

קטני אמנה, "men of little faith", is often to be met with in the Rabbinical writings: so Noah is represented by them, as one of "little faith", who believed, and did not believe the flood; and therefore did not go into the ark, till the waters drove him l: and though he is said to be perfect, this was not by his works, but by the grace of God m. So the Israelites at the Red Sea, who thought that when they came out on one side, the Egyptians would come out on the n other. So the little children that mocked Elisha, are said to be so called, because they were men "of little o faith". So everyone that exalts his voice in prayer, is reckoned such an one p. But what comes nearest to the case before us, is the following q passage;

"Says R. Eliezer the Great, whoever has a morsel in his basket, and says, what shall I eat tomorrow? is no other than מקמני אמנה, "one of those of little faith".''

k Sabbat, c. 3. sect. 1, 2. l Jarchi in Gen. vii. 7. m Tzeror Hammor, fol. 10. 2. n T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 118. 2. Erachin, fol. 15. 1. o T. Bab. Sota, fol. 46. 2. Zohar in Exod. fol. 90. 2. p T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 24. 2. Zohar in Num. fol. 93. 2. q T. Bab. Sota, fol. 48. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field - What grows up in the field, or grows wild and without culture. The word “grass,” applied here to the lily, denotes merely that it is a vegetable production, or that it is among the things which grow wild, and which are used for fuel.

Which today is - It lives today, or it lives for a day. It is short-lived, and seems to be a thing of no value, and is so treated.

Is cast into the oven - The Jews had different modes of baking. In early times they frequently baked in the sand, warmed with the heat of the sun. They constructed, also, movable ovens made of clay, brick, or plates of iron. But the most common kind, and the one here probably referred to, was made by excavating the ground 2 1/2 feet in diameter, and from 5 to 6 feet deep. This kind of oven still exists in Persia. The bottom was paved with stones. It was heated by putting wood or dry grass into the oven, and, when heated, the ashes were removed and the bread was placed on the heated stones. Frequently, however, the oven was an earthen vessel without a bottom, about 3 feet high, smeared outside and inside with clay, and placed upon a frame or support. Fire was made within or below it. When the sides were sufficiently heated, thin patches of dough were spread on the inside, and the top was covered, without removing the fire as in the other cases, and the bread was quickly baked.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 30. If God so clothe the grass of the field — Christ confounds both the luxury of the rich in their superfluities, and the distrust of the poor as to the necessaries of life. Let man, who is made for God and eternity, learn from a flower of the field how low the care of Providence stoops. All our inquietudes and distrusts proceed from lack of faith: that supplies all wants. The poor are not really such, but because they are destitute of faith.

To-morrow is cast into the oven — The inhabitants of the east, to this day, make use of dry straw, withered herbs, and stubble, to heat their ovens. Some have translated the original word κλιβανον, a still, and intimate that our Lord alludes to the distillation of herbs for medicinal purposes; but this is certainly contrary to the scope of our Lord's argument, which runs thus: If God covers with so much glory things of no farther value than to serve the meanest uses, will he not take care of his servants, who are so precious in his sight, and designed for such important services in the world? See Harmer's Observations.