對於聖經中談到的經學士與法利賽人經常以律法書挑戰耶穌,耶穌矢言成全律法,卻經常與他們進行言詞的辯論,今天讀了 Matthew Henry 聖經註解中的這段文字,讓我們理解立法的精神重於法律的文字,感謝主的開示。
The rigour of the law is (sometimes) the height of injustice. That court of conscience which moderates the rigour of the law we call a court of equity. Those who are found faulty were perhaps overtaken in the fault, and are therefore to be restored with the spirit of meekness; and threatening, even when just, must be moderated.
嚴刑峻法﹝有時﹞是不公平的高點,緩和嚴刑峻法的良心法庭我們稱之為一個公平的法院,那些被發現有錯的也許正被過錯所綑綁無法自拔,因此要以溫順的精神協助他回復,而脅迫,即使是公正的,必須適當的加以調整。
所以說律法的精神在教化,而不是懲戒。
出處:Matthew Henry Whole Bible Commentary, Mat 1:18-25
相關連結:耶穌說律法要成全,我們當如何成全律法?
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