Matthew 23:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the Temple. the Sanctuary: i.e. the Naos, or actual Temple building, consisting of the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. Spelled in The Companion Bible with. capital "T", to distinguish it from hieron, the whole of the Temple courts, but translated temple also; this is spelled with. small "t" in The Companion Bible.

debtor. is bound [to fulfill the oath]. In Matthew 23:18 rendered "guilty"; whereby there is (in Eng.) the Figure of speech Parechesis = guilty [and must pay the geld, i.e. the penalty]. See App-6.

Matthew 23:16

16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!