28. But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
after her--with the intent to do so, as the same expression is used
in
Mt 6:1;
or, with the full consent of his will, to feed thereby his unholy
desires.
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart--We are
not to suppose, from the word here used--"adultery"--that our Lord
means to restrict the breach of this commandment to married persons, or
to criminal intercourse with such. The expressions, "whosoever
looketh," and "looketh upon a woman," seem clearly to extend the
range of this commandment to all forms of impurity, and the counsels
which follow--as they most certainly were intended for all, whether
married or unmarried--seem to confirm this. As in dealing with the
sixth commandment our Lord first expounds it, and then in the four
following verses applies His exposition
(Mt 5:21-25),
so here He first expounds the seventh commandment, and then in the four
following verses applies His exposition
(Mt 5:28-32).
JFB.
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