John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:16
Woe unto you, you blind guides ,.... Meaning the same persons, the Scribes and Pharisees, as before, though not named, who pretended to be "guides of the blind", Romans 2:19 but were them selves blind, and so very unfit to be guides of others; they were as they were born, ignorant of divine things, of God in Christ, of the true Messiah, of the true meaning of the Scriptures, of the spirituality of the law, and of the Gospel of Christ; and the way of salvation by him; and their minds were... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:15
Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ,.... The same character, and woe, are still continued, and a new reason added, confirming the justness of them, in order to awaken and convince them, or, however, to caution the people against them: for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; that is, to the Jewish religion, and their particular sect. There were two sorts of proselytes among them; one was called גר תושב , "a proselyte of the gate", one that might dwell in any of... read more