Matthew 23:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. ”

Matthew 23:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All, therefore, whatsoever ... - That is, all that they teach that is consistent with the Law of Moses - all the commands of Moses which they read to you and properly explain. The word “all” coul...
Matthew 23:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(b) All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. (b) Provided always that they deliver the doctrine of Moses which...
Matthew 23:3 - 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...
Matthew 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

All . All things. This shows that the words following are not. command, for the whole chapter is taken up with. denunciation of the very things that they thus bade. Later ( Matthew 27:20-23 ) they "...
Matthew 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. All therefore whatsoever - That is, all those things which they read o...
Matthew 23:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

All therefore, &c.— The morality of the Pharisees, as appears from many examples mentioned in the Gospel, was of a very loose kind; and as for the traditions which they taught, they often made...
Matthew 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. All therefore - that is, all which, as sitting in that seat and...
Matthew 23:3 - 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 23:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All therefore whatsoever... — Followed, as the words are, by repeated protests against special and grave errors in the teaching of the Pharisees, it is obvious that they must be received with an im...
Matthew 23:3 - 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 23:3 - 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...
Matthew 23:3 - 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 23:3 - 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...
Matthew 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe ,.... This must be restrained to things that were agreeable to the chair of Moses, in which they sat, to the law of Moses, which they read and explained...
Matthew 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. Ver. 3. All therefore whatsoever ] Not their traditions, superstit...
Matthew 23:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 23:3 - 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 23:3 - 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,...
Matthew 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 1-3. Our Lord having now done with the Pharisees, turneth his discourse to the more docible people, who (as we heard before) heard him attentively and gladly, Mark 12:37 Luke 19:48 . Our Sa...
Matthew 23:3 - 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...
Matthew 23:3 - 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...
Matthew 23:3 - 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 23:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Matthew 23:3 - 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 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Inordinate Ambition of the Pharisees. Hypocrisy in high places:
Matthew 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 30:12 ; 2 Timothy 3:5 ; Acts 5:29 ; Deuteronomy 17:9-12 ; Deuteronomy 4:5 ; Deuteronomy 5:27 ; Exodus 18:19 ; Exodus 18:20 ; Exodus 18:23 ; Matthew 15:2-9 ; Matthew 21:30 ; P...
Matthew 23:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All things therefore — Which they read out of the law, and enforce therefrom.

Matthew 23:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 23:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 23:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 23:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 23:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 23:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 23:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 23:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 23:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes