“ And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: ”
A Warning Against the Scribes. These verses read like a summary of or a fragment from the longer discourse in Q. The reference to widows-' houses is found only in Mk. Its meaning is obscure. Did th...
chief seats . See note on Matthew 23:6 . uppermost rooms . first couches or places. at . in. Greek. en. App-104. Not the same as in. Mark 12:17 .
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms, or positions, at feasts. See the note on this love of...
Various Incidents and Discourses in the Temple 1-12. The wicked husbandmen ( Matthew 21:33 ; Luke 20:9 ). See on Mt.
CHAPTER 12:35-40 ( Mark 12:35-40 ) DAVID'S LORD "And Jesus answered and said, as He taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the Son of David? David himself said in the Holy S...
the First Commandment Mark 12:28-44 To the young ruler our Lord named one command as great-the love of one's neighbor. Now, in answer to this scribe, he turned with unerring choice, first to D...
In this parable of the vineyard the Lord very graphically sketched for those people their own national history, and condemned them thereby. "They perceived that He spake the parable against them." Th...
(35) And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? (36) For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou...
And the chief seats in the synagogues ,.... Where the rulers of the synagogue, and the elders of the people sat; Matthew 23:6 . And the uppermost rooms at feasts ; or the first and chief places...
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: Ver. 39. See Trapp on " Mat 23:6 "
Beware of the scribes See that ye do not imitate their hypocrisy, or imbibe their principles, and be on your guard against their insidious counsels and designs. There was an absolute necessity for...
Christ the Son and Lord of David. 35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is...
See Poole on " Mark 12:38 "
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 12:39 . Uppermost rooms at feasts .— Chief places in the suppers —the most important meal of the day, and the most fashionable entertainment. Mark 12:40 . G...
Mark 12:12 . And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way. Christ's enemies could no...
Mark 12:1 . A certain man planted a vineyard. See on Matthew 20:1 . The idea conveys an enlarged view of its magnitude, conformably to what is said in Psalms 80 . and Isaiah 5 . Mark 12:2 ....
Beware of the Scribes which love to go in long clothing. Recklessness of ambition There is the Synagogue of Ambition, whose bond of union is the lust of place and of power. Let Diotrephes be it...
EXPOSITION Mark 12:1 And he began to speak unto them in parables . This particular parable which follows was specially directed against the scribes and Pharisees; but it was uttered in th...
A last warning of Jesus:
James 2:2 ; James 2:3