MATTHEW 15:14 tufloi, eivsin o`dhgoi. @tuflw/n# {C} Although from the standpoint of external evidence the reading tufloi, eivsin o`dhgoi,, supported by B and D, may seem to be preferable, the reading...
Verse Matthew 15:14. _LET THEM ALONE_] αφετε αυτους, _give them up_, or _leave them_. These words have been sadly misunderstood. Some have quoted them to prove that blind and deceitful teachers shoul...
See also Mark 7:15. AND HE CALLED THE MULTITUDE - In opposition to the doctrines of the Pharisees, the Saviour took occasion to show them that the great source of pollution was the heart. They suppose...
3. THE CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES; THE CANAANITISH WOMAN AND HER FAITH; THE MULTITUDES HEALED. CHAPTER 15 1. The Question of the Scribes and Pharisees.(Matthew 15:1 .) 2. His Answer. (M...
THE WASHING OF HANDS AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS (Mark 7:1 *). Mt. is again briefer than Mk. He omits the parenthetical explanation Mark 7:3 f. and the technical term Corban, turns the statement...
Jesus called the crowd and said to them: "Listen and understand. It is not that which goes into the mouth which defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, that defiles a man." Then his disciples...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Matthew 15:1-9)...
THEY BE, &C. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6. IF, &C.: i.e. experience will show it. App-118....
_blind leaders of the blind_ The proverb which follows is quoted in a different connection, Luke 6:39; cp. also ch. Matthew 23:16. _fall into the ditch_ Palestine abounded in dangers of this kind, fro...
Matthew 15:1-20. The True Religion and the False. A Discourse to the Pharisees, the People, and the Disciples Mark 7:1-23 These twenty verses sum up the great controversy of the N. T., that between...
THE TRUE RELIGION AND THE FALSE. A DISCOURSE TO THE PHARISEES, THE PEOPLE, AND THE DISCIPLES Mark 7:1-23 These twenty verses sum up the great controversy of the N.T., that between the religion of the...
ὉΔΗΓΟΊ ΕἸΣΙΝ ΤΥΦΛΟῚ ΤΥΦΛΩ͂Ν. The proverb which follows is quoted in a different connection, Luke 6:39; cp. also ch. Matthew 23:16. ΕἸΣ ΒΌΘΥΝΟΝ ΠΕΣΟΥ͂ΝΤΑΙ. Palestine abounded in dangers of this kind, f...
VER 12. WHEN CAME HIS DISCIPLES, AND SAID UNTO HIM, "KNOWEST THOU THAT THE PHARISEES WERE OFFENDED, AFTER THEY HEARD THIS SAYING?" 13. BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID, "EVERY PLANT, WHICH MY HEAVENLY FATHER...
_A CHANGE OF HEART IS NEEDED MATTHEW 15:1-20:_ Through traditions the Pharisees were transgressing God's law. They were beautiful on the outside but they needed a change of heart on the inside. (Matth...
ΆΦΕΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) покидать, оставлять одного, ΟΔΗΓΌΣ (G3595) вождь, ΌΔΗΓΉ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΌΔΗΓΈΩ (G3594) вести по дороге. _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) используется в _conj._...
THEY BE BLIND LEADERS, &C.— "Teachers who foolishly think to lead their disciples to perfection by the observation of precepts wherein there is not the smallest degree of true piety; and who will not...
SECTION 36 JESUS DEBATES WITH JERUSALEM PHARISEES ABOUT THE ELDERS-' TRADITIONS (Parallel: Mark 7:1-23) TEXT: 15:1-20 1 Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, 2 Why d...
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. LET THEM ALONE: THEY BE BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND. AND IF THE BLIND LEAD THE B...
THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS. THE CANAANITISH WOMAN. FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders (Mark 7:1). In this important controversy Jesus defined His positio...
THEY BE BLIND LEADERS] referring to the scribes and Pharisees. It is a proverbial expression occurring again Luke 6:39....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 15 The three sections of chapter 15 show Jesus’ attitude to people who were not *Jews. He wanted them to be happy with the good news...
THEY BE BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND. — It would appear from Romans 2:19 that the phrase was one in common use to describe the ideal of the Rabbi’s calling. Now they heard it in a new form, which told t...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
ἄφετε : the case hopeless, no reform possible; on the road to ruin. τυφλοί εἰσιν ὁδηγοί : the reading in [92] is very laconic = blind men are the leaders, the suggestion being: we know what happens in...
_Disciples report impression made on Pharisees by the word spoken to the people_. Not in Mark....
_Washing of hands_ (Mark 7:1-23)....
WHAT REALLY DEFILES Matthew 15:10-20 It is good to study our Lord's list of the sources of soul-pollution. _Evil thoughts_ come first. We cannot prevent an evil suggestion being presented to our mind...
The question was not of cleanliness, but of ritual. This washing of hands to remove imaginary evil was a part of the tradition of the elders. Against the binding of such burdens on men our Lord passio...
Let them alone. It must not be hence inferred, that he desired not the conversion of the Scribes and Pharisees. He only says: if, through their own perversity, they choose to take scandal, let them do...
TRUE RELIGION INTERNAL & SPIRITUAL Matthew 15:10-20; Mark 7:14-23. Matthew: “Calling the multitude to Him, He said to them, Hear and understand. Not that which cometh into the mouth defileth a man; bu...
"And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: (11) Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. (12) Then...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_UNCONSCIOUS BLINDNESS_ ‘Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.’ Matthew 15:14 The pathos of the perverted conscience,...
14._Let them alone. _He sets them aside as unworthy of notice, and concludes that the offense which they take ought not to give us much uneasiness. Hence has arisen the distinction, of which we hear s...
chapter 15 displays man and God, the moral contrast between the doctrine of Christ and that of the Jews; and thus the Jewish system is rejected morally by God. When I speak of the system, I speak of t...
LET THEM ALONE,.... Have nothing to say, or do with them; do not mind their anger and resentment, their reproaches and reflections, nor trouble yourselves at the offence they have taken; if they will...
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Ver. 14. _Let them alone_] A dreadful doom; like that, Hosea 4:14; "I will not pun...
_Let them alone_ Do not trouble or concern yourselves about their censures: neither court their favour nor dread their displeasure, nor much care though they be offended. Seek not to please a generati...
LET THEM ALONE; regard not what they say, and have nothing to do with them....
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. The disciples reported to the Lord the impression which His parable to the people h...
The Pharisees take offense:...
After the power and grace of the Lord Jesus has wrought so great, refreshing blessing, the cold, barren criticism of scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem is an example of how the deadening principle of...
10-20 Christ shows that the defilement they ought to fear, was not from what entered their mouths as food, but from what came out of their mouths, which showed the wickedness of their hearts. Nothing...
Ver. 13,14. EVERY PLANT may be understood of doctrines, practices, or persons. These scribes and Pharisees are a wretched generation, that are got into the sheepfold not at the door; my Father never s...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I For, wandering in life as in deep darkness, we need a guide that cannot stumble or stray; and our guide is the best, not blind, as the Scripture says, "lea...
Matthew 15:14 Let G863 them G846 alone G863 (G5628) are G1526 (G5748) blind G5185 leaders G3595 blind...
“Let them alone. They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.” In contrast the Pharisees must be left to themselves, for they are blind guides, and anyone who fo...
Matthew 15:14. LET THEM ALONE. His disciples are not to begin an attack upon the Pharisees. Error, if let alone, defeats and destroys itself. Let it work out its self-destructive results! THEY ARE B...
Only Matthew and Mark narrate the events recorded in this chapter. The discourse at Capernaum (John 6:22-71), respecting the manna from heaven, followed the feeding of the five thousand. The Passover,...
THEY ARE BLIND GUIDES (τυφλο εισιν οδηγο). Graphic picture. Once in Cincinnati a blind man introduced me to his blind friend. He said that he was showing him the city. Jesus is not afraid of the Ph...
Matthew 15:10. _And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man._...
Matthew 15:1. _Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,_ Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, and now these pettifoggers came round about him to try...
Matthew 15:1. then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread....
Matthew 15:13. _But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up._ He had not any peculiar tenderness towards them, they were no plants of his Fathe...
CONTENTS: Scribes and Pharisees rebuked. Syrophonecian's daughter healed. The multitude healed. 4000 fed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, (disciples), Syrophonecian woman, her daughter. CONCLUSION: The Ch...
Matthew 15:2. _Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?_ The cabala, or unwritten law, was counted by the pharisees of equal authority with the law itself. Rabbi Aquiba says, he wh...
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THEM. Don't be concerned by the hurt feelings and the opposition of the Pharisees and teachers of the Law. THEY ARE BLIND LEADERS. They claim to be spiritual guides, but they cannot...
_They be blind leaders of the blind._ BLIND GUIDES The bankrupt who asks a bankrupt to set him up in business again, is only losing time. The pauper who travels off to a neighbouring pauper, and begs...
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT INNER PURITY MATTHEW 15:1-20; MARK 7:1-23; MATTHEW 15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Mar
CHAPTER 15 _Then there came to Him_, &c. The Scribes of Jerusalem, as being at the very fountain head of faith and religion, arrogated to them selves the right of censuring the doctrine of new teache...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 15:1. OF JERUSALEM.—_From_ Jerusalem (see R.V.). Probably a deputation from the Sanhedrin sent expressly to watch Him. Matthew 15:2. TRANSGRESS THE TRADITION.—The Jews attach...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 15:1 _Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. _(Mark 7:1.) MATTHEW 15:1 THEN. This is after the third Passover, which wheth
Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were from Jerusalem (Matthew 15:1), Hey, these guys had come a long way to challenge Him. They came all the way from Jerusalem clear up to Galilee, whi...
1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 2:17; Ezekiel 14:10; Ezekiel 14:9;
Let them alone — If they are indeed blind leaders of the blind; let them alone: concern not yourselves about them: a plain direction how to behave with regard to all such. Luke 6:39....