Matthew 23:9

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 23:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And call no man your Father ... - This does not, of course, forbid us to apply the term to our real father. Religion requires all proper honor to...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And call no [man] your (i) father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. (i) He attacks a custom of the Jews, for they called t...
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

father. This is against those who loved to he so called. upon. Greek. epi. App-104. Father. See App-98. heaven . the heavens. See note on...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. And call no man on earth your Father. He claims for God alone the honor of Father, in nearly the same sense as he lately asserted that...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Call no man your Father - Our Lord probably alludes to the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But be not ye called Rabbi— The Apostles of Christ were to be very different, both in temper and conduct, from the Jewish teachers. They were to de...
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

Father (Aramaic abba ) and masters ( Matthew 23:10 ) are also titles of the scribes, the former being chiefly used as a prefix to the name, e.g. A...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Call no man your father. — This also, under its Hebrew form of Abba, was one of the titles in which the scribes delighted. In its true use it emb...
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 call no man your father upon the earth ,.... Not but that children may, and should call their natural parents, fathers; and such who have been i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Ver. 9. Call no man your father ] i.e. Give no man ab...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be not ye called rabbi Do not affect those titles of reverence and respect which give too much honour or authority to man. The Jewish doctors were...
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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 23:10 " .
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 as for you, do not you be called Rabbi, b For one is your teacher (didaskalos), and all you are brothers. c And call no man your father on t...
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

But be not ye called Rabbi. Christians are brethren The late Rev. Wm. Jay, in a sermon at Surrey Chapel, said “Some time ago a countryman obser...
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

Humility required:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And call no man your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:15 ; 1 John 3:1 ; 1 Timothy 5:1 ; 1 Timothy 5:2 ; 2 Corinthians 6:18 ; 2 Kings 13:14 ; 2 Kings 2:12 ; 2 Kings 6:21 ; Acts 22...

⁹ And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 23:9

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

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 23:9