Matthew 15:7. Ye hypocrites. This word had not quite so strong a sense then as now. It includes those self-deceived.

Well did Isaiah prophesy of you. (Isaiah 29:13.) ‘Well,' i.e., aptly. Our Lord assumes that the prophecy properly referred to the Jewish people then, while He does not imply that this was its exclusive or even original application.

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Old Testament