See the bibliography on Mt 5:17-20 and 5:21-48 in U. Luz. Das Evangelium nach Matthäus. I Teilband. Mt 1-7 (Benziger Verlag and Neukirchener Verlag [1985]), 227-28, 244.
2.
R. Tannehill .The Sword of His Mouth ( Fortress Press and Scholars Press [ 1975]), 69.
3.
A.N. Sherwin-White .Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament (Oxford [1963]), 133-34.
4.
R.H. Gundry, Matthew:A Commentary on His Literary and Theological Art ( Eerdmans [1982]). 87.
5.
Jesus employs an implicit a fortiori argument. The right eye was believed to be more important than the left. therefore less dispensable. See R. Guelich, The Sermon on the Mount: A Foundation for Understanding (Word [1982]), 195.
6.
There is disagreement concerning whether 5:31-32 is a part of or independent from 5:27-30. See, on the relationship of the sections, G. J. Wenham, 'Gospel Definitions of Adultery and Women's Rights' (ET 95 [1983-84], 331): on their independence see Guelich. op. cit., 197.
7.
Possible meanings of porneia include: fornication. adultery, and incest. See Guelich, op. cit., 204-206.
8.
T.W. Manson .The Sayings of Jesus (SCM [1949]), 159.
9.
J.H. Levison .'A Better Righteousness: the Character and Purpose of Matthew 5:21-48' (Studia Biblica et Theologica, 12 [1982], 191).
