Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Honor thy father and mother - This word was taken in great latitude of meaning among the Jews: it not only meant respect and submission, but also to take care of a person, to nourish and support him, to enrich. See Numbers 22:17; Judges 13:17; I Timothy 5:17. And that this was the sense of the law, as it respected parents, see Deuteronomy 27:16, and see the note on Exodus 20:12.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 15:4:
Judges 11:40
Mark 7:5
Mark 7:10
Mark 7:36
1 Timothy 5:3
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