Vincent's NT Word Studies
1. Sayings (rhmata). See on ch. i. 37.In the ears (eiv tav akoav). Lit., into the ears. See on ears, Luke iv. 37.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
7:1 {After} (epeide, epei and de). this conjunction was written epei de in Homer and is simple epei with the intensive de added and even epei de per once in N.T. (#Lu 1:1). this is the only instance of the temporal use of epeide in the N.T. The causal sense occurs only in Luke and Paul, for epei is the correct text in #Mt 21:46. {Had ended} (eplerwsen). First aorist active indicative. There is here a reference to the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, but with nothing concerning the impression produced by the discourse such as is seen in #Mt 7:28. this verse really belongs as the conclusion of Chapter 6, not as the beginning of Chapter 7. {In the ears of the people} (eis tas akoas tou laou). akoe from akouw, to hear, is used of the sense of hearing (#1Co 12:17), the ear with which one hears (#Mr 7:35; Heb 5:11), the thing heard or the report (#Rom 10:16) or oral instruction (#Ga 3:2,5). Both #Mt 8:5-13; Lu 7:1-10 locate the healing of the centurion's servant in Capernaum where Jesus was after the Sermon on the Mount.