What does Matthew 15:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me."
Verse Matthew 15:8. _THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME._] The true worship of God consists in the _union_ of the heart to him - where this exists not, a particle of the spirit of devotion cannot be found. _...
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” liter...
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....
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...
THIS PEOPLE. Quoted from Isaiah 29:13. See App-107 and App-117. IS FAR. keepeth far distant. FROM. away from. Greek. _apo_. App-104....
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 th...
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...
ΧΕΊΛΕΣΊΝ _dat. pl. от_ ΧΕΊΛΟΣ (G5491) губа. _Instr. dat._ ΤΙΜΦPRAES. _ind. act., см._ Matthew 15:4. ΠΌΡΡΩ (G4206) далеко, ΆΠΈΧΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΈΧΩ (G588) быть удаленным, находиться далеко...
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...
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. THIS PEOPLE DRAWETH NIGH UNTO ME WITH THEIR MOUTH AND HONOURETH ME WITH THEIR L...
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...
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...
THIS PEOPLE DRAWETH NIGH UNTO ME. — The quotation is given substantially from the Greek version of Isaiah. We have already seen in Matthew 13:14 how the Pharisees were taught to see their own likeness...
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)....
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...
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...
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...
THIS PEOPLE DRAWETH NIGH UNTO ME WITH THEIR MOUTH,.... The preface to these words, or the form in which they are introduced by the prophet; "wherefore the Lord said", is left out in this citation, bei...
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with _their_ lips; but their heart is far from me. Ver. 8. _This people draweth nigh unto me, &c._] And they are no changelings, fo...
_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...
DRAWETH NIGH; they pretended to honor God with words and outward observances, while their hearts and practices were opposed to him....
Christ substantiates His attack:...
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"....
1 Clement For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me."[59] Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Twelfth and subjected all crea...
Matthew 15:8 These G3778 people G2992 near G1448 (G5719) Me G3427 their G846 mouth G4750 And G2532 honor G5091 (G5719) Me G3165 lips G5491 But G1161 their G846 heart G2588 is G568 (G5719) far G4206 fr...
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 15:1. _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...
THESE PEOPLE. HONOR ME WITH THEIR WORDS. Talk is cheap. True worship involves the heart as well (_See_ Romans 12:1-2)....
_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, Mark 7:1 Then came together unto him the Pharisee...
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 whether our Lord attended or not, has been a matter of s...
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 Peter 3:10; Acts 8:21; Ezekiel 33:31; Hebrews 3:12; Isaiah 29:13; Jeremiah 12:2; John 1:47; Proverbs 23:26...
Is far [α π ε χ ε ι]. Lit., holds off from me....
Their heart is far from me — And without this all outward worship is mere mockery of God. Isaiah 29:13....