Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 23:7
Rabbi] (Aramaic) lit. 'my master,' a title of respect applied to a scribe duly ordained in Palestine (cp. our 'Reverend'). Our Lord, though unordained, received the title by courtesy.
Rabbi] (Aramaic) lit. 'my master,' a title of respect applied to a scribe duly ordained in Palestine (cp. our 'Reverend'). Our Lord, though unordained, received the title by courtesy.
MATTHEW 23:7 r`abbi, The geminated form r`abbi,( r`abbi, (D E F G H K M S U V W Y G W _al_) is more solemn and formal, and is probably the result of heightening by copyists. The Committee preferred t...
Verse Matthew 23:7. _TO BE CALLED OF MEN, RABBI, RABBI._] רבי רבי, i.e. _My teacher! my teacher!_ The second _rabbi_ is omitted by several excellent MSS., by most of the ancient versions, and by some...
GREETINGS IN THE MARKETS - Markets were places where multitudes of people were assembled together. They were pleased with special attention in public places, and desired that all should show them part...
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...
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...
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...
They perform all their actions to be seen by men. They broaden their phylacteries; they wear outsize tassels. They love the highest places at meals, and the front seats in the synagogues, and greeting...
GREETINGS. the formal salutations. OF. by. Greek. _hupo_. RABBI. my Master. Compare Matthew 23:8. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ for Emph. (App-6)....
_to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi_ Literally, GREAT [ONE], LORD. This title, with which the great doctors of the law were saluted, was quite modern, not having been introduced before the time of Hill...
ῬΑΒΒΊ, twice in _textus receptus_ against best evidence. 7. ΤΟῪΣ�. The customary greetings. The article is disregarded in A.V. ῬΑΒΒΊ. Literally, my great [one], lord. This title, with which the grea...
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....
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....
Ver 5. "But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6. And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats...
_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...
ΆΣΠΑΣΜΌΣ (G783) приветствие. Ученики никогда не приветствовали своих учителей, поскольку приветствие предполагало определенную степень равенства (AM), ΚΑΛΕΊΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf. от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) з...
ALL THEIR WORKS THEY DO, &C.— "Any good action which they happen to perform, is vitiated by the principle from which it proceeds. They do it with a view to popular applause, and not from a regard to G...
TEXT: 23:5-12 5 But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders _of their garments,_ and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief se...
And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. AND GREETINGS IN THE MARKETS, AND TO BE CALLED OF MEN, RABBI, RABBI. It is the spirit rather than the letter of this that must b...
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...
GREETINGS IN THE MARKETS. — The greetings referred to were more than the familiar “Peace with thee,” and involved the language of formal reverence (comp. Note on Luke 10:4) paid to those whom men deli...
6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
τοὺς ἀσπασμοὺς, the (usual) salutations, in themselves innocent courtesies, but coveted because offered in public places, and as demonstrations of respect. ῥαββί, literally, my great one, like the Fre...
The foregoing statement is of course to be taken _cum grano_. Teachers who absolutely disregarded their own laws would soon forfeit all respect. In point of fact they made a great show of zeal in doin...
_Introduction to the discourse_....
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...
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...
And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, (f) Rabbi. (f) This word "Rabbi" signifies one that is above his fellows, and is as good as any of them: and we may see by the repeating...
_Rabbi. A title like that of master or doctor. Judas gave it to our Saviour. (Matthew xxvi. 49.) And the disciples of St. John the Baptist call him so. (John iii. 26.) --- Christ blames their pride, a...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
AND GREETINGS IN THE MARKETS,.... They used to stroll about the markets, being public places, where there was a great concourse of people, on purpose to be taken notice of before multitudes, with sing...
And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. Ver. 7. _And to be called of men Rabbi_] They were tickled with high titles, and thought it a goodly thing to be held and styled m...
_All their works they do to be seen of men_ They have the praise of men in view in all their actions. Hence they are constant and abundant in those duties of religion which come under the observation...
RABBI; master....
Their passion for honor from men:...
AND GREETINGS IN THE MARKETS, AND TO BE CALLED OF MEN, RABBI, RABBI. In public, where they were before the eyes of the people, the Pharisees and scribes were models of piety and virtue. Their works, a...
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...
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...
Ver. 6,7. We have the same applied to the scribes, MARK 12:38,39 LUKE 11:43. Mark addeth, _which love to go in long clothing._ Our Saviour in these words doth not blame a distinction in habits and pla...
Matthew 23:7 G2532 greetings G783 in G1722 marketplaces G58 and G2532 called G2564 (G5745) by G5259 men...
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...
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...
a “But all their works they do to be seen of men, b For they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders (or tassels) of their garments, b And love the chief place at feasts, and the chie...
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...
Matthew 23:7. THE SALUTATIONS IN THE MARKET PLACES. The places of public resort, where their importance would be recognized. Salutations of courtesy and kindness in public places are certainly not for...
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...
SALUTATIONS (ασπασμους). The ordinary courtiers were coveted because in public. They had an itch for notice. There are occasionally today ministers who resent it if they are not called upon to take...
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,...
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...
THEY LOVE TO BE GREETED WITH RESPECT, With flattering talk. What Jesus is speaking of here, and in the next few verses, are the "religious titles" which they loved to hear, and which showed they were...
_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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 23:7 RABBI literally meant “my lord” but it was used generally for outstanding teachers of the law. ⇐...
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
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...
_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...
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...
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...
John 1:38; John 1:49; John 20:16; John 3:2; John 3:26;...
Rabbi. My master. In addressing Jesus, didaskalov (teacher) answers to Rabbi. Compare John 1:39; Luke 2:46....