Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
Note BYZ and TR include without cause.
Note Raca is an Aramaic expression of contempt.
Note Or the Council
Note Or the hell of fire; Greek the Gehenna of fire
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
Note NU omits “without a cause”.
Note “Raca” is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for “empty” and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.
Note or, Hell
but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- I say
- Matthew 5:28, 34, 44; Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; Deuteronomy 18:18, 19; Acts 3:20–23; Acts 7:37; Hebrews 5:9; Hebrews 12:25
- That
- Genesis 4:5, 6; Genesis 37:4, 8; 1 Samuel 17:27, 28; 1 Samuel 18:8, 9; 1 Samuel 20:30–33; 1 Samuel 22:12–23; 1 Kings 21:4; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Esther 3:5, 6; Psalm 37:8; Daniel 2:12, 13; Daniel 3:13, 19; Ephesians 4:26, 27
- his brother
- Matthew 5:23, 24; Matthew 18:21, 35; Deuteronomy 15:11; Nehemiah 5:8; Obadiah 1:10, 12; Romans 12:10; 1 Corinthians 6:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; 1 John 2:9; 1 John 3:10, 14, 15; 1 John 4:20, 21; 1 John 5:16
- without
- Psalm 7:4; Psalm 25:3; Psalm 35:19; Psalm 69:4; Psalm 109:3; Lamentations 3:52; John 15:25
- be
- Matthew 5:21
- Whosoever
- Matthew 11:18, 19; Matthew 12:24; 1 Samuel 20:30; 2 Samuel 16:7; John 7:20; John 8:48; Acts 17:18; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 4:31, 32; Titus 3:2; 1 Peter 2:23; 1 Peter 3:9; Jude 1:9
- Raca
- that is, vain fellow.
- 2 Samuel 6:20; James 2:20
- the council
- The Sanhedrin, [sunedrion ,] composed of 72 elders, who alone punished by stoning.
- Matthew 10:17; Matthew 26:59; Mark 14:55; Mark 15:1; John 11:47; Acts 5:27
- fool
- Psalm 14:1; Psalm 49:10; Psalm 92:6; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 18:6; Jeremiah 17:11
- hell
- Matthew 5:29, 30; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 18:8, 9; Matthew 25:41; Mark 9:47; Luke 12:5; Luke 16:23, 24; Revelation 20:14