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SCRIBES AND PHARISEES - See the notes at Matthew 3:7.
MOSES’ SEAT - Moses was the great legislator of the Jews. By him the
Law was given. The office of explaining that Law among the Jews
devolved on t...
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11. THE WOES OF THE KING AND HIS LAMENTATION OVER JERUSALEM.
CHAPTER 23
1. The Hypocrisy of the Pharisees.(Matthew 23:1 .) 2. The Woes of the
King upon Them.(Matthew 23:13 .) 3. The Lamentation over...
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WARNINGS TO THE PEOPLE AND THE DISCIPLES.
Matthew 23:2 f. Loisy regards this as an interpolation (by a
Judaising redactor) out of harmony with the attack that follows.
Holtzmann thinks it is Mt.'s, b...
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Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, "The Scribes and
Pharisees sit on Moses's seat. Therefore do and observe everything
they tell you; but do not act as they act; for they speak, but t...
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SCRIBES AND PHARISEES (Matthew 23:1-39)
If a man is characteristically and temperamentally an irritable,
ill-tempered and irascible creature, notoriously given to uncontrolled
outbursts of passionate...
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PHARISEES. See App-120. The Sadducees had their own "leaven" (Matthew
16:6) but not this.
SIT. have taken [their] seat.
IN. upon. Greek. _epi._
MOSES'. See note on Matthew 8:4....
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_sit in Moses" seat_ i. e. succeed him as teachers. For sitting as the
posture of a teacher cp. ch. Matthew 5:1....
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STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF THE PHARISEES
They are the successors of Moses, Matthew 23:2; but they say and do
not, 3–7.
Only a part of this discourse appears in the other Synoptics; for this
portion cp....
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Matthew 23:1-36. A PROPHETIC ODE, DENOUNCING THE PHARISEES AND THE
RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY OF THE AGE
Each division is marked by its special beauty of poetical form....
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ἘΠῚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΜΩΫΣΈΩΣ ΚΑΘΈΔΡΑΣ ἘΚΆΘΙΣΑΝ.
i.e. succeed him as teachers. For sitting as the posture of a teacher
cp. ch. Matthew 5:1....
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VER 1. THEN SPAKE JESUS TO THE MULTITUDE, AND TO HIS DISCIPLES, 2.
SAYING, "THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES SIT IN MOSES' SEAT: 3. ALL
THEREFORE WHATSOEVER THEY BID YOU OBSERVE, THAT OBSERVE AND DO; BUT...
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_WOE TO THOSE THAT ARE RELIGIOUS FOR THE WRONG MOTIVES MATTHEW
23:1-12:_ Jesus taught His followers to "observe and do" what the
Pharisees taught as they, "sat in Moses' seat." They knew and
understoo...
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ΚΑΘΈΔΡΑ (G2515) стул. Мягкое сидение со
спинкой (Jastrow, 2:1434). Это не только
метафора, потому что перед синагогой
действительно находилось каменное
сидение, на котором восседал учитель,
пользующий...
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THEN SPAKE JESUS, &C.— Because our Saviour had mentioned the final
conquest and destruction of his enemies, who were to be made his
footstool, he turned towards his disciples, and in the hearing of al...
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SECTION 59
JESUS ATTACKS THE SIN OF THE RIGHTEOUS
(Parallels: Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:45-47)
TEXT: 23:1-4
1 Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, 2 saying,
The scribes and the Phar...
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Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
SAYING, THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES SIT. The Jewish teachers stood
to read, but sat to expound the Scriptures, as will be seen by
compar...
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24 From their subsequent course (Act_23:8), it is evident that the
Sadducees were not convinced. Their difficulty was deeper. It was in
the heart. Though they could not answer, they could refuse to be...
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DENUNCIATION OF THE PHARISEES
1-36. Final denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees. The other
synoptists insert in this place a brief utterance directed against the
scribes (Mark 12:38; Luke 20:45),...
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Sit in Moses' seat] The scribes (who were ordained with the laying-on
of hands) claimed to have received their authority through an unbroken
succession from Moses. The 'sitting' refers to the judicial...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 23
JESUS ACCUSES THE *PHARISEES 23:1-12
V1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his *disciples. V2 ‘The
men who teach the *Law and...
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THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES SIT IN MOSES’ SEAT. — The words were
probably spoken of their collective action as represented in the
Sanhedrin, rather than of their individual work as interpreters of t...
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6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1
CHAPTER 17
Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
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ἐπὶ τ. Μ. καθέδρας, on the seat of Moses, short for, on
the seat of a teacher whose function it was to interpret the Mosaic
Law. The Jews spoke of the teacher's seat as we speak of a professor's
chair...
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_Introduction to the discourse_....
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HUMBLING THE SELF-EXALTED
Matthew 23:1-12
These words were addressed to the disciples and the crowds that had
gathered around. The Jewish religious leaders divorced morality and
religion, and insist...
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This chapter is one of the most sublime and awful in the whole
inspired volume. It records the last words of Jesus to the crowds. He
summed up, He reached His verdict, He pronounced sentence.
It is a...
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(1) Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees (a) sit in Moses' seat:
(1) We ought to listen to whatever we are truly taught from the word
of God, even by wicked teachers, but in a way so that we abstain...
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The Scribes. They, who professed the greatest zeal for the law of
Moses, and gloried in being the interpreters of it, sat upon the chair
of Moses, succeeded to his authority of governing the people of...
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WARNINGS AGAINST THE EVIL EXAMPLE OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES
It is still Wednesday, and the last day our Lord ever spoke in the
temple. These scribes and Pharisees are thronging Him on all sides,
be...
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"Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, (2) Saying,
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: (3) All therefore
whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do n...
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We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem,
traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once
been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
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2._In the chair of Moses. _Reasons were not wanting for inserting here
what Luke relates at a different place. Besides that the doctrine is
the same, I have no doubt that _Luke, _after having said tha...
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Chapter 23 clearly shews how far the disciples are viewed in
connection with the nation, inasmuch as they were Jews, although the
Lord judges the leaders, who beguiled the people and dishonoured God
b...
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SAYING, THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES,.... The Persic version adds, the
priests: but Christ does not here speak of the sanhedrim, or grand
council of the nation, and of their legislative power; but of tho...
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Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Ver. 2. _Sit in Moses' chair_] _i.e._ Have the ordinary office of
teaching the people, but _quo iure, _ by what law, he questioneth not.
The...
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_Then spake Jesus to the multitude_ Leaving all converse with his
adversaries; whom he now gave up to the hardness of their hearts. _The
scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses's seat_ Or, _chair_ That is,...
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SIT IN MOSES' SEAT; they are the expounders and teachers of the law of
Moses. Men may hold their first place as rulers and teachers in the
visible church, and yet have no true religion, and they may s...
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THE INORDINATE AMBITION OF THE PHARISEES.
Hypocrisy in high places:...
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SAYING, THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES SIT IN MOSES' SEAT....
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The Lord now turns to speak to the entire crowd, His disciples being
mentioned as included. He warns them against the hypocrisy of scribes
and Pharisees, for they sat in Moses' seat as enforcers of th...
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1-12 The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and
enforced obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion.
We can only judge according to outward appearance; but God search...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 23:3"....
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Matthew 23:2 saying G3004 (G5723) scribes G1122 and G2532 Pharisees
G5330 sit G2523 (G5656) in G1909 Moses...
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‘Saying, “The Scribes and the Pharisees sat (aorist) on Moses
seat,” '
This verse raises three questions. Who are indicated by ‘the Scribes
and the Pharisees'? Why is the aorist of the verb used? And...
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WORDS IN THE TEMPLE (23:1-39).
a Exhortation to His disciples and the crowds not to be like the
Scribes and Pharisees, but to be doers and not hearers only. In
contrast to the Scribes and Pharisees t...
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JESUS PASSES JUDGMENT ON THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES AND DESCRIBES THE
DEVASTATIONS COMING ON THE WORLD PRIOR TO HIS COMING AGAIN AND THE
JUDGMENT THAT WILL FOLLOW (23:1-25).
Having made clear that He h...
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EXHORTATION TO HIS DISCIPLES AND THE CROWDS NOT TO BE LIKE THE SCRIBES
AND PHARISEES, BUT TO BE DOERS AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, AND RATHER TO BE
HUMBLE AND LOWLY, TREATING EACH OTHER AS BEING AS GOOD IF N...
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Matthew 23:2. THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES. Joined together, because
the scribes were mostly Pharisees. Study of the Scriptures would be of
comparatively little interest to the indifferent Sadducees....
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This discourse (peculiar to Matthew) was delivered on Tuesday
preceding the crucifixion, although similar sayings (found in Luke
11:13) were uttered on a previous occasion. The intercourse with the
Ph...
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SIT ON MOSES' SEAT
(επ της Μωυσεως καθεδρας εκαθισαν). The
gnomic or timeless aorist tense, εκαθισαν, not the aorist
"for" the perfect. The "seat of Moses" is a brief form for the chair
of the prof...
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SIT IN
Compare (Ezra 7:6); (Ezra 7:25); (Ezra 7:26).
Jesus' disciples were to honour the law, but not the hypocritical
teachers of it....
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CONTENTS: Jesus denounces woes upon the Pharisees for their hypocrisy.
His lament over Jerusalem.
CHARACTERS: Jesus.
CONCLUSION: Nothing is more displeasing to our Lord Jesus Christ than
hyprocrisy,...
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Matthew 23:2. _Sit in Moses' seat._ The sanhedrim had seventy one
chairs of gold, or rather gilt with gold. The council which sat at
Alexandria had also chairs of gold. The highpriest was the presiden...
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THE AUTHORIZED INTERPRETERS. They were the only religious teachers the
people had. They did teach the Law of Moses, but added in their own
traditions (Matthew 15:1-9)....
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_The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat._
CHRIST’S REPROACHES OF PHARISEES
There must be some just, reasonable, and great cause of our Lord’s
indignation, and this we find was an accumulat...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 23:2 THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES. See
notes on 2:4; 3:7. MOSES’ SEAT refers to a place of authority from
which experts on th
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JESUS WARMS AGAINST THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS MATTHEW 23:1-12; MARK
12:38-40; LUKE 20:45-47; MATTHEW 23:1 Then spake Jesus to the mul
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CHAPTER 23
_Then Jesus spake_, &c. _Then_, that is to say, when, by His most wise
answers and reasonings, He had confounded the errors of the Scribes
and Pharisees, and had proved that He was the Mes...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 23:1. THEN SPAKE JESUS.—The day of grace is over for the
leaders of the people; but for the people themselves there may still
be hope; so the Lord of the temple turns to THE M...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 23:1
_Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees, and lamentation over
Jerusalem which followed their guidance to her own destruction.
_(Peculiar to St. Matthew.)
MATTHEW 23:1
TH...
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Matthew's gospel twenty-three. Jesus has been at the temple and He was
challenged as to His authority by these priests, and then He was asked
questions by the scribes, the Pharisees, the Sadducees. An...
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Luke 20:46; Malachi 2:7; Mark 12:38; Nehemiah 8:4...
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Moses ' seat [κ α θ ε δ ρ α ς]. Or chair, as Wyc., in allusion
to the practice of teachers sitting....
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The scribes sit in the chair of Moses — That is, read and expound
the law of Moses, and are their appointed teachers....