Matthew 23:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. ”

Matthew 23:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be not ye ... - Jesus forbade his disciples to seek such titles of distinction. The reason which he gave was that he was himself their Master and Teacher, They were on a level; they were to be eq...
Matthew 23:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) But be not ye (g) called Rabbi: for (h) one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren. (4) Modesty is a singular ornament of God's minsters. (g) Seek not ambitiously after it: for...
Matthew 23:8 - 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 23:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Master . Leader, Guide, or Director. Greek. kathgetes, Occurs only here and in Matthew 23:10 . All the texts read didlaskalos, Teacher. even Christ. All the texts omit, with Syriac; but, Scr...
Matthew 23:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1393 OUR RELATION TO CHRIST AND TO EACH OTHER Matthew 23:8 . One is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren . THE mind of man naturally affects pre-eminence and power: and...
Matthew 23:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. But be not ye called Rabbi - As our Lord probably spoke in Hebrew, the latter word rabbi, in this verse, mu...
Matthew 23:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But be not ye called Rabbi— The Apostles of Christ were to be very different, both in temper and conduct, from the Jewish teachers. They were to decline being called Rabbi, because the thing sign...
Matthew 23:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, х Katheegeetees ( G2519 )] - 'your Guide, you...
Matthew 23:8 - 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 23:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Be not ye called Rabbi. — The teaching of our Lord was not without its foreshadowings in that of the better scribes, and a precept of Shemaiah, the predecessor of Hillel, lays down the rule that “m...
Matthew 23:8 - 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 23:8 - 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 23:8 - 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 23:8 - 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 23:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But be not ye called Rabbi ,.... Do not be ambitious of any such title, fond of it, or affect it, or be elated with it, should it be given you; nor look upon yourselves as men of power and authority...
Matthew 23:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. Ver. 8. Be not ye called Rabbi ] Do not ambitiously affect such a title, as if you were the only ones,...
Matthew 23:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be not ye called rabbi Do not affect those titles of reverence and respect which give too much honour or authority to man. The Jewish doctors were called rabbis, fathers , and masters , by their...
Matthew 23:8 - 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 23:8 - 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 23:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 23:10 " .
Matthew 23:8 - 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 23:8 - 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 23:8 - 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 23:8 - 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...
Matthew 23:8 - 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 23:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Matthew 23:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:12 ; 1 Corinthians 1:13 ; 1 Corinthians 3:3-5 ; 1 Peter 5:3 ; 2 Corinthians 1:24 ; 2 Corinthians 4:5 ; Colossians 1:1 ; Colossians 1:2 ; Ephesians 3:15 ; James 3:1 ; John 1...
Matthew 23:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Jewish rabbis were also called father and master, by their several disciples, whom they required, To believe implicitly what they affirmed, without asking any farther reason; To obey implicitly...

Matthew 23:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 23:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 23:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 23:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 23:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 23:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 23:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 23:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 23:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 23:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 23:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 23:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 23:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 23:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 23:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 23:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes