Matthew 23:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? ”

Matthew 23:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The temple that sanctifieth the gold - To sanctify is to make holy. The gold had no holiness but what it derived from the temple. If in any other place, it would be no more holy than any other go...
Matthew 23:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that (r) sanctifieth the gold? (r) Causes the gold which is dedicated to a holy use to be considered holy.
Matthew 23:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Seven Woes. Seven is a sacred number and often used in Mt., as in OT ( cf. especially Isaiah 5) and Rev. The first three treat of Pharisaic teaching, the last three of Pharisaic character, the f...
Matthew 23:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Matthew 23:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye fools and blind— The Apostle's words, Hebrews 6:16 are a proper comment on the 17th verse, for men verily swear by the greater. Whoso shall swear by the altar, says our Saviour ( Matthew 23:...
Matthew 23:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? Ye fools, and blind! for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Matthew 23:17 - 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...
Matthew 23:17 - 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...
Matthew 23:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Woes for the False-hearted Matthew 23:13-26 These repeated woes may be translated, Alas for you! Our Lord with unfailing accuracy indicates the inevitable doom which such conduct as that of t...
Matthew 23:17 - 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...
Matthew 23:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. (14) Woe un...
Matthew 23:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye fools, and blind ,.... That argue after so ridiculous a manner, that make use of such thin sophistry, that everybody may see through it; who must be stupid and sottish to the last degree, and the...
Matthew 23:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? Ver. 17. Whether is greater, the gold, &c. ] The cause must needs be more noble than the effec...
Matthew 23:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wo unto you, ye blind guides Before he had styled them hypocrites , from their personal character; now he gives them another title respecting their false doctrine and influence upon others. Both t...
Matthew 23:17 - 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...
Matthew 23:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crimes of the Pharisees. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against m...
Matthew 23:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 23:22 " .
Matthew 23:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Passes Judgment On The Scribes And Pharisees And Describes the Devastations Coming On The World Prior To His Coming Again And The Judgment That Will Follow (23:1-25). Having made clear that...
Matthew 23:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 23:16 . Gold of the temple. —The exact meaning of this expression is uncertain; but the probability is that it refers to money offered as a gift to God, to which the scrib...
Matthew 23:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 23:17 The Visible Temple. I. A Temple there has been upon earth, a spiritual Temple, made up of living stones a Temple, as I may say, composed of souls. This Temple is invisible, but it i...
Matthew 23:17 - 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...
Matthew 23:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is nothing. Thoughtless profanity Are there any before me who are accustomed to use God’s name as an expletive, and to bandy it as a byword? Who employ i...
Matthew 23:17 - 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...
Matthew 23:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The fourth woe:
Matthew 23:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 30:26-29 ; Matthew 23:19 ; Numbers 16:38 ; Numbers 16:39 ; Psalms 94:8

Matthew 23:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 23:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 23:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 23:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 23:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 23:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 23:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 23:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 23:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 23:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 23:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 23:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 23:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 23:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge