Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 15:7
(3) [Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
(3) The same men are condemned for hypocrisy and superstition, because they made the kingdom of God to consist of outward things.
(3) [Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
(3) The same men are condemned for hypocrisy and superstition, because they made the kingdom of God to consist of outward things.
Verse Matthew 15:7. _HYPOCRITES, WELL DID ISAIAH PROPHESY OF YOU_] In every place where the proper names of the Old Testament occur, in the New, the same mode of orthography should be followed: I the...
See also Mark 7:1. THEN CAME TO JESUS ... - Mark says that they saw the disciples of Jesus eating with unwashed hands. Matthew 15:2 TRANSGRESS THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS - The world “elders” litera...
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...
Then the Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem approached Jesus. "Why," they said, "do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? They do so transgress, because they do not wash their hands...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Matthew 15:1-9)...
ESAIAS. Isaiah. See App-79. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._...
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...
_well did Esaias prophesy_ A common Jewish formula for quoting a saying of the prophets....
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...
ΚΑΛΩ͂Σ ἘΠΡΟΦΉΤΕΥΣΕΝ. A common Jewish formula in quoting a saying of the prophets....
VER 7. "YE HYPOCRITES, WELL DID ESAIAS PROPHESY OF YOU, SAYING, 8. THIS PEOPLE DRAWETH NIGH UNTO ME WITH THEIR MOUTH, AND HONOURETH ME WITH THEIR LIPS; BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME. 9. BUT IN VAIN T...
_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...
ΎΠΟΚΡΙΤΑΊ _voc. pl._ от ΥΠΟΚΡΙΤΉΣ (G5273) лицемер, законник, который манипулирует законом, используя в толкованиях казуистику и буквоедство для своей собственной выгоды (AM, CXV-CXXIII). ΈΠΡΟΦΉΤΕΥΣΕΝ...
DISCOURSE: 1370 FORMAL WORSHIPPERS, HYPOCRITES Matthew 15:7. _Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their li...
YE HYPOCRITES, &C.— See note on Isaiah 29:13. In St. Mark, our Lord makes this citation at the beginning of his discourse, Mark 7:6. Possibly therefore he cited and applied it twice; first, at the beg...
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...
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, YE HYPOCRITES, WELL DID ESAIAS PROPHESY OF YOU, SAYING ()....
32 Peter here symbolizes the sovereignty of Israel over the turbulent gentiles in the time to come. They are made afraid by the spiritual power of evil, typified by the wind. Peter's cry will be their...
15:7 saying, (e-8) Isaiah 29:13 ....
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...
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...
YE HYPOCRITES. — See Note on Matthew 7:5....
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...
_Washing of hands_ (Mark 7:1-23)....
ὑποκριταί : no thought of conciliation; open war at all hazards. “Actors,” in their zeal for God, as illustrated in the case previously cited. God first, parents second, yet God not in all their thoug...
GOD'S TRUTH ABOVE MEN'S TEACHING Matthew 15:1-9 The legal washing of hands before eating was especially sacred in the eyes of the Pharisees. “He who does not wash His hands before eating,” says the T...
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...
"Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, (2) Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. (3) But...
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...
7._Well hath Isaiah prophesied concerning you. _Our Lord now proceeds farther; for he decides on the question in hand, which he divides into two clauses. The first is, that they relied on outward cere...
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...
YE HYPOCRITES,.... After our Lord had given so full a proof of their making void the commandments of God by their traditions, he might very justly, as he does, call them hypocrites; who pretended to s...
_Ye_ hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, Ver. 7. _Well did Esaias prophesy of you_] Of such as you, and so of you too. The prophets and apostles then spake not of them only with whom...
_Ye hypocrites_ To substitute superstitious observances of man's invention, in the place of obedience to God's commands, is downright hypocrisy; it is, however, the prerogative of Him who searches the...
Christ substantiates His attack:...
YE HYPOCRITES, WELL DID ESAIAS PROPHESY OF YOU, SAYING,...
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...
1-9 Additions to God's laws reflect upon his wisdom, as if he had left out something which was needed, and which man could supply; in one way or other they always lead men to disobey God. How thankfu...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 15:9"....
Origen Commentary on John Book VI "If ye believed Moses, ye would believe Me," and[79]...
Matthew 15:7 Hypocrites G5273 Well G2573 did G4395 Isaiah G2268 prophesy G4395 (G5656) about G4012 you G5216 saying
“You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, “This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precep...
THE CHALLENGE FROM JERUSALEM (15:1-9). In Chapter s 11-12, after the discourse in chapter 10, Matthew had begun by drawing attention to the imprisonment of John (Matthew 11:2), spoke of the opposition...
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,...
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 a...
WELL DID ISAIAH PROPHESY OF YOU (καλως επροφητευσεν περ υμων Εσαιας). There is sarcasm in this pointed application of Isaiah's words (Isaiah 29:13) to these rabbis. He "beautifully pictured" them. T...
Matthew 15:7 These words call us to look at three points, the first of which is the importance of plain speaking on all questions affecting the interests of truth. Jesus Christ was pre-eminently a pla...
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 15:1. _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,_ They had taken a journey to come and attack him; perhaps they had been sent as a deputation to try to thwart...
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...
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...
YON HYPOCRITES! One who fools himself as well as one who fools others. Jesus quotes Isaiah 29:13 to show God's evaluation of them....
_This people draweth near to Me with their mouth._ LIP PROFESSION I. Show who they are who answer to the description in the text. All merely nominal Christians. Formal, self-righteous persons. False...
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...
Acts 28:25; Mark 7:6; Matthew 23:23; Matthew 7:5...
Well [κ α λ ω ς]. Admirably....
Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying — That is, the description which Isaiah gave of your fathers, is exactly applicable to you. The words therefore which were a description of them, are a prophecy...
Our Saviour reproves the hypocritical Pharisees for the same things: 1. That they preferred human traditions before the divine precepts. 2. That by their human traditions they made void the worship...