Matthew 23:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. ”

• Matthew 23:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See the notes at Matthew 20:26 . He that shall humble himself ... - God will exalt or honor him that is humble, and that seeks a lowly place among people. That is true religion, and God will r...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And whosoever (l) shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. (l) He seems to allude to the position of the rabbis, for rabbi signifies one that is in a h...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  abased . humbled, as in next clause.

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• Matthew 23:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Whosoever shall exalt himself, etc. - The way to arrive at the highest degree of dignity, in the...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Whosoever shall exalt himself— Dr. Doddridge observes, that our Saviour, by the frequent repetition of this maxim, seems to intimate, that he intended it not only for those who were to be the teach...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Denunciation of the Pharisees 1-36. Final denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees. The other synoptists insert in this place a brief utterance directed against the scribes ( Mark 12:38-40 ; Luk...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Whosoever shall exalt himself. — The precept seems to have been one which our Lord desired specially to imprint on the hearts of the disciples. It had been spoken at least twice before, as in Luke...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  6; Matthew 22:1-46 ; Matthew 23:1-39 Chapter 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18-46 - Matthew 22:1-46 - Matthew 23:1-39 IT had been written that the Lord should suddenly come to...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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 i...

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• Matthew 23:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "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...

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• Matthew 23:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHRISTIAN ‘And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.’ Matthew 23:12 Thus does our Lord sum up the lesson of t...

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• Matthew 23:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And whosoever shall exalt himself ,.... Above his fellow Christians, or fellow ministers, by entertaining too high an opinion of himself, by boasting of his gifts, as preferable to others, and as if...

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• Matthew 23:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Ver. 12. And whosoever shall exalt himself, &c. ] Lo here a great miracle, saith Augustin...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But he that is greatest among you , &c. If any one among you would in reality be greater than another, let him be the more condescending, kind, and ready cheerfully to serve others in love. The...

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• Matthew 23:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 t...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride.       1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,   2 Saying,...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 11,12. We have what is in Matthew 23:12 twice in Luke, Luke 14:11 Luke 18:14 . These verses expound what went before, and let us know; 1. That it was not a title, but the affectation...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 presi...

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• Matthew 23:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But be not ye called Rabbi. Christians are brethren The late Rev. Wm. Jay, in a sermon at Surrey Chapel, said “Some time ago a countryman observed to me, ‘I was exceedingly alarmed this morning...

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• Matthew 23:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 23:1-40 Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees, and lamentation over Jerusalem which followed their guidance to her own destruction. (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) Ma...

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• Matthew 23:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Humility required:

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• Matthew 23:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 5:5 ; Daniel 4:37 ; Isaiah 57:15 ; James 4:6 ; Job 22:29 ; Luke 1:51 ; Luke 1:52 ; Luke 14:11 ; Luke 18:14 ; Matthew 18:4 ; Matthew 5:3 ; Proverbs 15:33 ; Proverbs 16:18 ; Prove...

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• Matthew 23:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself shall he exalted — It is observable that no one sentence of our Lord's is so often repeated as this: it occurs, with...

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