See Poole on "Matthew 23:3".
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Then spake Jesus, &c.— Because our Saviour had mentioned the final conquest and destruction of his enemies, who were to be made his footstool,...
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...
Denunciation of the Pharisees 1-36. Final denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees. The other synoptists insert in this place a brief utterance d...
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...
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. — The words were probably spoken of their collective action as represented in the Sanhedrin, rath...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus t...
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...
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...
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...
‘Saying, “The Scribes and the Pharisees sat (aorist) on Moses seat,” ' This verse raises three questions. Who are indicated by ‘the Scribes and the...
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...
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...
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 scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. Christ’s reproaches of Pharisees There must be some just, reasonable, and great cause of our...
EXPOSITION Matthew 23:1-40 Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees, and lamentation over Jerusalem which followed their guidance to her...
The Inordinate Ambition of the Pharisees. Hypocrisy in high places:
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
Luke 20:46 ; Malachi 2:7 ; Mark 12:38 ; Nehemiah 8:4-8
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: