John 18:28; John 18:40; Luke 6:7-10; Matthew 15:2-6; Matthew 19:24; Matthew 27:6-8; Matthew 7:4
Which strain at a gnat ... - This is a proverb. There is, however, a mistranslation or misprint here, which makes the verse unmeaning. “To strain...
Seven Woes. Seven is a sacred number and often used in Mt., as in OT ( cf. especially Isaiah 5) and Rev. The first three treat of Pharisaic teac...
which, &c. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6. strain . habitually filter out. Greek. diulizo. Occ- only here. at. . mistake perpetuated...
24. Blind guides. This is s proverbial saying, by which he beautifully describes the affected scrupulousness of hypocrites about trifling ma...
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. - This clause should be th...
Ye pay tithe, &c.— 5. The fifth woe is denounced for their superstition. They observed the ceremonial precepts of the law with all possible e...
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat. The proper rendering-as in the older E...
Denunciation of the Pharisees 1-36. Final denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees. The other synoptists insert in this place a brief utterance d...
The Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees . Jesus, knowing that His death was at hand, and that the conversion of His enemies was hopeless, poured...
A proverb meaning that the scribes scrupulously avoid insignificant breaches of the Law, while continually breaking its great commandments. Strain a...
Strain at a gnat. — Better, as in Tyndale’s and other earlier versions, strain out. It is sometimes said that the present rendering of the Author...
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...
Woes for the False-hearted Matthew 23:13-26 These repeated woes may be translated, Alas for you! Our Lord with unfailing accuracy indicates t...
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...
"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suff...
Ye blind guides ,.... As in Matthew 23:16 who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel : the Syriac and Persic versions read the words in the plural...
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Ver. 24. Which strain at a gnat, &c. ] A proverbial speech, warranting the la...
Wo unto you, for ye pay tithe , &c. Here we have the fifth wo, which is denounced for their superstition. They observed the ceremonial precepts...
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 Crimes of the Pharisees. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrit...
It is a proverbial expression used amongst them, against such as would pretend a great niceness and scrupulosity about, and zeal for, little things,...
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...
Jesus Faces The Scribes and Pharisees Up To Their Hypocrisy (23:13-33). It will be quite clear that the words which Jesus has spoken to His discip...
Their Failure To Observe The More Important Aspects Of The Law Because Of Their Concentration On The Detail (23:23-24). Analysis. a “Woe/alas to...
“You blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!” He summarises their position by a huge contrast. The gnat (qamla) was one of the...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 23:16 . Gold of the temple. —The exact meaning of this expression is uncertain; but the probability is that it refers to...
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...
And have omitted the weightier matters of the law. Sins of omission 1. The very earliest cause of nearly all sin lies in omitting something whi...
EXPOSITION Matthew 23:1-40 Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees, and lamentation over Jerusalem which followed their guidance to her...
The fifth woe:
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Another instance of the religious observance of insignificant things. So strictly did...
A Double-Minded Man Matthew 23:23-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS "A double minded man is unstable in all his days." We have in Matthew 23:1-39 , a str...
Ye blind guides, who teach others to do as you do yourselves, to strain out a gnat — From the liquor they are going to drink! and swallow a camel —...
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.