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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:2-33

Pharisees and Sadducees. The Pharisees first appear under this name in Jewish history about the year B.C. 160. There had been Separatists, or Puritans, as far back as the Captivity, but it was alter the return to Palestine that events gave an impulse to the Separatist idea so strong as to consolidate what might otherwise have remained a tendency. The Jews had learned the value of commerce, and it was found impossible, in dealing with foreign merchants, to observe the minute regulations... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13-15

The credit of the Church. The Church of God is a unity throughout the ages. It is more proper to speak of the Christian dispensation of the Church than of the Christian Church as opposed to the Jewish. This unity exists, not only through the ages, but also throughout the universe. While its headquarters are in heaven, there has ever been a visible representation upon the earth. This is sometimes called "the Church;" in the Gospels it is distinguished as "the kingdom of heaven." In this sense... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13-31

Condemnation of their hypocrisy. I. THE EIGHT WOES . 1 . The first. The reiterated "Woe unto you!" is an expression of holy indignation. Christ, the righteous Judge, denounces the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. He knew the hardness, the impenitence of their hearts, and in his awful justice he pronounces their condemnation. Yet those very woes are also utterances of holy sorrow. The word is thrice rendered "alas!" in Revelation 18:1-24 . (see also Matthew 24:19 ). The Lord... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13-32

Eight woes pronounced on the Pharisees for their conduct and teaching. (Comp. Luke 11:42-52 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:14

Second woe— against rapacity and hypocrisy. There is some doubt about the genuineness of this verse, and our Revisers have expunged it from their text, relegating it to the margin. It is omitted by א , B, D, L, Z, some copies of the Vulgate and some versions; on the other hand, it is found in E, F, G, H, K, M, and other later uncials, and in the received Vulgate and Syriac Versions. Critics reject it as a supposed interpolation from Mark 12:40 ; Luke 20:47 . At any rate, whether... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:15

Third woe— against evil proselytizing. Ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte . The word προση ì λυτος is used in the Septuagint to signify "a stranger" or "sojourner" ( Exodus 12:48 , Exodus 12:49 , etc.), and at this time was applied to a convert to Judaism ( Acts 2:10 ; Acts 6:5 ), whether circumcised, "a proselyte of righteousness;" or uncircumcised, "a proselyte of the gate." To compass sea and land is a proverbial expression, denoting the employment of every... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:15

The peril of making proselytes. The term "proselytes" is used, and not "converts" or "disciples." it is employed when the idea to be conveyed is "persuasion" to accept some particular opinion or hobby, or to join some particular system or party. "Conversion" suggests an inward change and renewal; "proselyting" suggests outward association with a party. "Conversion" is full of hope; "proselyting" is full of peril. The word was used by the Jews for persons who had been heathen, but had... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:14

Devour widows’ houses - The word “houses” is used here to denote “property” or possessions of any kind. You take away or get possession of the property of widows by improper arts and pretences. This was done in two ways:1. They claimed a very exact knowledge of the law and a perfect observance of it. They pretended to extraordinary justice toward the poor, friendship for the distressed, and willingness to aid those who were in embarrassed circumstances. They thus induced “widows” and poor... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:15

Ye compass sea and land - You take every means, spare no pains, to gain proselytes.Proselyte - One that comes over from a foreign nation, religion, or sect to us - a convert. Among the Jews there were two kinds of proselytes:“Proselytes of righteousness,” or those who wholly and fully embraced the Jewish religion, who were baptized, who were circumcised, and who conformed to all the rites of the Mosaic institutions. “Proselytes of the gate,” or those who approved of the Jewish religion,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 23:13-15

Matthew 23:13-15. But wo to you, scribes, &c. Our Lord pronounced eight blessings upon the mount, he pronounces eight woes here, not as imprecations, but solemn, compassionate declarations of the misery which these stubborn sinners were bringing upon themselves. The reasons of his denouncing these woes are set forth in this and the subsequent verses. The first is here given: For you shut the kingdom of heaven against men Namely, by the prejudices you are so zealous to propagate among... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:2-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 23:13-15

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