Matthew 23:6

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The uppermost rooms at feasts - The word “rooms,” here, by no means expresses the meaning of the original. It would be correctly rendered the upp...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the (e) synagogues, (e) When assemblies and councils are gathered together.
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

love . are fond of. Greek. phileo. App-135. uppermost rooms . the first place, as in next clause. at . in. Greek. en . App-104. chief seats...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6 And love the first places at entertainments.. He proves, by evident signs, that no zeal for piety exists in the scribes, but that they...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

All their works they do, &c.— "Any good action which they happen to perform, is vitiated by the principle from which it proceeds. They do it wi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And love the uppermost rooms. The word "room" is now obsolete...
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

Luke 11:48 ; Mark 12:38 . The chief seats in the synagogues were the semicircular bench round the ark facing the congregation. See further on Matt...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The uppermost rooms. — Better, the first places, the word “room,” which had that meaning at the time when the English version was made, having no...
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

And love the uppermost rooms at feasts ,.... Or the first and chief places to sit, or lie down on, at ordinary meals, and especially at large entert...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, Ver. 6. And love the uppermost rooms ] Which is a singular vanity,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All their works they do to be seen of men They have the praise of men in view in all their actions. Hence they are constant and abundant in those d...
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...
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

a “But all their works they do to be seen of men, b For they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders (or tassels) of their garments,...
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

Their passion for honor from men:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and love the uppermost rooms at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

3 John 1:9 ; James 2:1-4 ; Luke 11:43 ; Luke 14:7-11 ; Luke 20:46 ; Luke 20:47 ; Mark 12:38 ; Mark 12:39 ; Matthew 20:21 ; Proverbs 25:6 ;...

⁶ And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

Related Commentaries of Matthew 23:6

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

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

Matthew 23:6