Matthew 23:2

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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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. T...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Pharisees. See App-120. The Sadducees had their own "leaven" ( Matthew 16:6 ) but not this. sit . have taken [their] seat. in . upon. Greek. e...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 D...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then spake Jesus, &c.— Because our Saviour had mentioned the final conquest and destruction of his enemies, who were to be made his footstool,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit. The Jewish teachers stood to read, but s...
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 d...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Sit in Moses' seat] The scribes (who were ordained with the laying-on of hands) claimed to have received their authority through an unbroken successi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. — The words were probably spoken of their collective action as represented in the Sanhedrin, rath...
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 b...
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 relig...
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 re...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Saying, the Scribes and Pharisees ,.... The Persic version adds, the priests: but Christ does not here speak of the sanhedrim, or grand council of t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, b...
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...
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 Pharis...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " 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...
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 Tha...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Words in the Temple (23:1-39). a Exhortation to His disciples and the crowds not to be like the Scribes and Pharisees, but to be doers and not he...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Saying, “The Scribes and the Pharisees sat (aorist) on Moses seat,” ' This verse raises three questions. Who are indicated by ‘the Scribes and the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Inordinate Ambition of the Pharisees. Hypocrisy in high places:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 20:46 ; Malachi 2:7 ; Mark 12:38 ; Nehemiah 8:4-8
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The scribes sit in the chair of Moses — That is, read and expound the law of Moses, and are their appointed teachers.

² Saying,The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

Related Commentaries of Matthew 23:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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