Matthew 15:8 Commentary, explanation, 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. ”

Matthew 15:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See also Mark 7:1-9 . 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 worl...
Matthew 15:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Washing of Hands and the Traditions of the Elders ( Mark 7:1-23 *). Mt. is again briefer than Mk. He omits the parenthetical explanation Mark 7:3 f. and the technical term Corban, turns the...
Matthew 15:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 15:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1370 FORMAL WORSHIPPERS, HYPOCRITES Matthew 15:7-9 . Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with t...
Matthew 15:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Their heart is far from me - The true worship of God consists in the union of th...
Matthew 15:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye hypocrites, &c.— See note on Isaiah 29:13 . In St. Mark, our Lord makes this citation at the beginning of his discourse, Mark 7:6-7 . Possibly therefore he cited and applied it twice; firs...
Matthew 15:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 th...
Matthew 15:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 p...
Matthew 15:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 lik...
Matthew 15:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1-36 - Matthew 15:1-39 - Matthew 16:1-12 . THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet be...
Matthew 15:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Matthew 15:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 passi...
Matthew 15:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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...
Matthew 15:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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,...
Matthew 15:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 changeli...
Matthew 15:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
Matthew 15:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 15:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jesus Reproves the Scribes and Pharisees. 1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2 Why do t...
Matthew 15:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 15:9 " .
Matthew 15:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 oppo...
Matthew 15:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 J...
Matthew 15:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:1-2 . 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...
Matthew 15:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 15:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

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. Fa...
Matthew 15:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 15:1-40 Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. ( Mark 7:1-41 .) Matthew 15:1 Then . This is after the third Passover, which whether our Lord attended or not...
Matthew 15:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ substantiates His attack:
Matthew 15:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
Matthew 15:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Their heart is far from me — And without this all outward worship is mere mockery of God. Isaiah 29:13 .

Matthew 15:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 15:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 15:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 15:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 15:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 15:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 15:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 15:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 15:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 15:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 15:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 15:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 15:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 15:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 15:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 15:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes