Matthew 7:27

Matthew 7:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."
• New King James Version (NKJV)and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

Context of Matthew 7:27

25Then a storm came with a lot of rain and wind. The rivers rose up high. Strong winds blew hard against that house. But the house did not fall down because the man had built it on rock. 26Other people listen to my message but they do not obey it. Those people are like a fool who built his house on sand. Then a storm came with a lot of rain and wind. The rivers rose up high. Strong winds blew hard against the house. That house fell down. The storm destroyed it completely.’ 28Jesus finished speaking. The crowds of people were very surprised at the things that he taught them. 29When Jesus taught them, he showed that he had authority. That was not like the way that the teachers of God's Law taught people.

Matthew 7:27 word by word

καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι, καὶ προσέκοψαν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἔπεσεν· καὶ ἦν ἡ πτῶσις αὐτῆς μεγάλη.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the rainὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the rainβροχήbrochē · rainG1028
• descendedκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• the floodsποταμόςpotamos · riverG4215
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• the windsἄνεμοςanemos · windG417
• blewπνέωpneō · to blowG4154
• beat uponπροσκόπτωproskoptō · to strikeG4350
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• houseοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
• it fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the fallπτῶσιςptōsis · fallG4431
• of itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Matthew 7:27

• Matthew 12:43Jesus then said, ‘When a bad spirit leaves a person, it travels through dry places. It looks for a new place to live. But maybe it does not find anywhere.
• Matthew 13:19Some people hear the message about God's kingdom but they do not understand it. Satan comes and he quickly takes the message away from their minds. The seeds that fell on the path show what those people are like.
• Ezekiel 13:10Those prophets have deceived my people. They say that there will be peace. But there is no peace for my people. They are like men who build a wall without any mortar. They paint it white to make it look nice.
• 1 Corinthians 3:13One day, God will show clearly how good each builder's work is. God will put each person's work into a fire on that great day. The fire will show whether their work is good or bad.
• Hebrews 10:26Now that we have learned what is true, we must continue to believe in Jesus. If we know God's true message, but we still choose to do wrong things, God will not forgive us. There is no other sacrifice that will take away our sins.
• 2 Peter 2:20People like that learned about our Lord Jesus Christ, who saves us. As a result, they had stopped doing the bad things that belong to this world. They had become free from the power of those things. But now they have started to do those bad things again. Those things have power over them and they cannot stop doing them. So now, these false teachers are worse than they were at the beginning, before they believed in the Lord Jesus.

Commentaries on Matthew 7:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27And the rain descended, and the floods came, etc. - A fine illustration of this may be seen in the case of the fishermen in Bengal, who, in the dry season, build their huts on the beds of sand from which the rivers had retired: but when the rain sets in suddenly; as it often does, accompanied with violent northwest winds, and the waters pour down in torrents from the mountains; in one night, multitudes of these buildings are swept away, and the place…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24-27Verses 24-27 Jesus closes the sermon on the mount by a beautiful comparison, illustrating the benefit of attending to his words. It was not sufficient to “hear” them; they must be “obeyed.” He compares the man who should hear and obey him to a man who built his house on a rock. Palestine was to a considerable extent a land of hills and mountains. Like other countries of that description, it was subject to sudden and violent rains. The Jordan, the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-29Verses 21-29 Christ here shows that it will not be enough to own him for our Master, only in word and tongue. It is necessary to our happiness that we believe in Christ, that we repent of sin, that we live a holy life, that we love one another. This is his will, even our sanctification. Let us take heed of resting in outward privileges and doings, lest we deceive ourselves, and perish eternally, as multitudes do, with a lie in our right hand. Let every…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-27The storm symbolizes God's all-knowing judgment (see Jeremiah 23:19; Ezekiel 1:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. 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 (Mt 7:28, 29).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 7:27

• Commandments
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• Hearers
• Jesus Continued
• Readings, Select
• Religion
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)
• Wisdom

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Commentaries on Matthew 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings