Matthew 7:27

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
the rain	βροχὴ brochē	G1028	rain · noun — nominative singular feminine
descended	κατέβη katebē	G2597	to descend (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
the floods	ποταμοὶ potamoi	G4215	a current · noun — nominative plural masculine
came	ἦλθον ēlthon	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
the winds	ἄνεμοι, anemoi	G417	wind · noun — nominative plural masculine
blew	ἔπνευσαν epneusan	G4154	to breathe hard · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
beat upon	προσέκοψαν prosekopsan	G4350	to strike at · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
that	ἐκείνῃ, ekeinē	G1565	that one (or (neuter) thing) · demonstrative pronoun — dative singular feminine
house	οἰκίᾳ oikia	G3614	properly · noun — dative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
it fell	ἔπεσεν· epesen	G4098	to fall (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
great	μεγάλη.¶ megalē	G3173	big (literally or figuratively · adjective — nominative singular feminine
was	ἦν ēn	G2258	I (thou
the fall	πτῶσις ptōsis	G4431	a crash · noun — nominative singular feminine
of it	αὐτῆς autēs	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular feminine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Matthew 13:19-22 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in…
1 Corinthians 3:13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every ma…
Hebrews 10:26-31 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
2 Peter 2:20-22 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entang…
Matthew 12:43-45 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Ezekiel 13:10-16 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:21–end

We have here the conclusion of this long and excellent sermon, the scope of which is to show the indispensable necessity of obedience to the commands of Christ; this is designed to clench the nail, that it might fix in a sure place: he speaks this to his disciples, that sat at his feet whenever he preached, and followed him wherever he went. Had he sought his own praise among men, he would have said, that was enough; but the religion he came to establish is in power, not in word only (Co1 4:20), and therefore something more is necessary. I. He shows, by a plain remonstrance, that an outward profession of religion, however remarkable, will not bring us to heaven, unless there be a corresponde…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 7:27

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house--struck against that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it--terrible the ruin! How lively must this imagery have been to an audience accustomed to the fierceness of an Eastern tempest, and the suddenness and completeness with which it sweeps everything unsteady before it! Effect of the Sermon on the Mount (Mat 7:28-29).

John Gill on Matthew 7:27

And the rain descended, and the floods came,.... Such builders, and such a building, cannot stand against the violent rain of Satan's temptations, the floods of the world's persecutions, the stream and rapid torrent of their own heart's lusts, nor the blowing winds of heresy and false doctrine, and much less the storms of divine wrath and vengeance. They are in a most dangerous condition; they cannot support themselves; they must fall, and great will be their fall; their destruction is inevitable, their ruin is irrecoverable. The Jews make use of some similes, which are pretty much like these of Christ's. "R. Eliezer ben Azariah used to say (z), he whose wisdom is greater than his works, to…

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John Calvin on Matthew 7:24–end

The Church Fathers

Or the great ruin is to be understood that with which the Lord will say to them that hear and do not, Go ye into everlasting fire. (Mat. 25:41.)
— Rabanus Maurus ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Otherwise; By the showers He signifies the allurements of smooth and gently invading pleasures, with which the faith is at first watered as with spreading rills, afterwards comes down the rush of torrent floods, that is, the motions of fiercer desire, and lastly, the whole force of the driving tempests rages against it, that is, the universal spirits of the Devil's reign attack it.
— Hilary of Poitiers ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(Verse 27, 28) Whoever built his house on sand: and the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall thereof. And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, that the multitudes were astonished at his doctrine. The foundation which the Apostle, the architect, laid (I Cor. 3), is one, our Lord Jesus Christ. Upon this stable and firm foundation, and by itself a strong structure founded on massive support, is built the Church of Christ. Truly, every heretic's discourse is built for the purpose of collapsing upon a super unstable arena which cannot be securely cemented together nor reduced into one bond.
— Jerome, Commentary on Matthew

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

River — (1.) Heb. ‘aphik, properly the channel or ravine that holds water (2 Sam. 22:16), translated “brook,” “river,” “stream,” but not necessarily a perennial stream (Ezek. 6:3; 31:12; 32:6; 34:13). (2.)…
Commandments · DISCOURSE — DISCOURSE
Fool · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Hearers · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Parables · Parables of christ: Wise and foolish builders — Parables of christ: Wise and foolish builders
Rain · Storm and tempest often with — Storm and tempest often with
Religion · TRUE — TRUE
Wind, The · Tempestuous: Destroys houses — Tempestuous: Destroys houses

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 7:27

John Gill on Matthew 7:27

John Calvin on Matthew 7:24–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 7:27

John Gill on Matthew 7:27

John Calvin on Matthew 7:24–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 7:25-27