Matthew 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 "bade" the People to ask Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

that. Omit this word as not being in the Greek, or required by the Figure of speech Ellipsis.

Observe and do. ye observe and do. The second person plural is exactly the same in the Indicative and Imperative, and nothing can determine which is the Mood but the context: and the Structure determines its meaning.

observe. Inwardly.

do. Outwardly.

but. Marking the contrast between "ye do"and"do ye not". after. according to. Greek. kata. App-104.

they say. they say [ought to be done], but they do not do the works themselves.

Matthew 23:3

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