“ Saying,The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: ”
Scribes and Pharisees - See the notes at Matthew 3:7 . Moses’ seat - Moses was the great legislator of the Jews. By him the Law was given. The office of explaining that Law among the Jews de...
(1) Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees (a) sit in Moses' seat: (1) We ought to listen to whatever we are truly taught from the word of God, even by wicked teachers, but in a way so that we abstai...
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...
Pharisees. See App-120. The Sadducees had their own "leaven" ( Matthew 16:6 ) but not this. sit . have taken [their] seat. in . upon. Greek. epi. Moses'. See note on Matthew 8:4 .
2. In the chair of Moses. Reasons were not wanting for inserting here what Luke relates at a different place. Besides that the doctrine is the same, I have no doubt that Luke, after havin...
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat - Εκαθισαν. - They sat there formerly by Divine appointment: they sit there now by Divine pe...
Then spake Jesus, &c.— Because our Saviour had mentioned the final conquest and destruction of his enemies, who were to be made his footstool, he turned towards his disciples, and in the hearin...
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit. The Jewish teachers stood to read, but sat to expound the Scriptures, as will be seen by c...
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...
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. — The words were probably spoken of their collective action as represented in the Sanhedrin, rather than of their individual work as interpreters o...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
Saying, the Scribes and Pharisees ,.... The Persic version adds, the priests: but Christ does not here speak of the sanhedrim, or grand council of the nation, and of their legislative power; but of...
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: Ver. 2. Sit in Moses' chair ] i.e. Have the ordinary office of teaching the people, but quo iure, by what law, he questioneth not. T...
Then spake Jesus to the multitude Leaving all converse with his adversaries; whom he now gave up to the hardness of their hearts. The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses's seat Or, chair That is...
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...
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying,...
See Poole on " Matthew 23:3 " .
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...
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...
sit in Compare ( Ezra 7:6 ); ( Ezra 7:25 ); ( Ezra 7:26 ). Jesus' disciples were to honour the law, but not the hypocritical teachers of it.
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...
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. Christ’s reproaches of Pharisees There must be some just, reasonable, and great cause of our Lord’s indignation, and this we find was an accumu...
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...
The Inordinate Ambition of the Pharisees. Hypocrisy in high places:
Luke 20:46 ; Malachi 2:7 ; Mark 12:38 ; Nehemiah 8:4-8
The scribes sit in the chair of Moses — That is, read and expound the law of Moses, and are their appointed teachers.