Matthew 23:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. ”

Matthew 23:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And call no man your Father ... - This does not, of course, forbid us to apply the term to our real father. Religion requires all proper honor to be shown to Him, Exodus 20:12 ; Matthew 15:4 ;...
Matthew 23:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And call no [man] your (i) father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. (i) He attacks a custom of the Jews, for they called the rabbis "our fathers".
Matthew 23:9 - 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 23:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

father. This is against those who loved to he so called. upon. Greek. epi. App-104. Father. See App-98. heaven . the heavens. See note on Matthew 6:9 ; Matthew 6:10 .
Matthew 23:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. And call no man on earth your Father. He claims for God alone the honor of Father, in nearly the same sense as he lately asserted that he himself is the only Master; for this name w...
Matthew 23:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Call no man your Father - Our Lord probably alludes to the Ab, or father of the Sanhedrin, who was the next a...
Matthew 23:9 - 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 23:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Matthew 23:9 - 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 23:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Call no man your father. — This also, under its Hebrew form of Abba, was one of the titles in which the scribes delighted. In its true use it embodied the thought that the relation of scholars an...
Matthew 23:9 - 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 23:9 - 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 23:9 - 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 23:9 - 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 23:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And call no man your father upon the earth ,.... Not but that children may, and should call their natural parents, fathers; and such who have been instrumental in the conversion of souls, may be rig...
Matthew 23:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Ver. 9. Call no man your father ] i.e. Give no man absolute power over you; be not the servants of men,...
Matthew 23:9 - 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 23:9 - 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 23:9 - 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 23:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 23:10 " .
Matthew 23:9 - 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 23:9 - 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 23:9 - 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 23:9 - 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 23:9 - 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 23:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Humility required:
Matthew 23:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:15 ; 1 John 3:1 ; 1 Timothy 5:1 ; 1 Timothy 5:2 ; 2 Corinthians 6:18 ; 2 Kings 13:14 ; 2 Kings 2:12 ; 2 Kings 6:21 ; Acts 22:1 ; Hebrews 12:9 ; Job 32:21 ; Job 32:22 ; Ma...

Matthew 23:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 23:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 23:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 23:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 23:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 23:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 23:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 23:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 23:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 23:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 23:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 23:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 23:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 23:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 23:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge