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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13

The woe of the hypocrite. The word "woe" is repeated again and again in this chapter, and yet the reader of it fails to realize what the woe denounced precisely was. The suggestive word is left by Christ. It is enough to tell these men that they are surely heaping up woe for themselves in the latter day. Some hint of the coming woe may be given in the closing verses of the chapter, which indicate a time of sorest humiliation, of hopeless ruin. Jewish literature gives quite as bad a picture... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:13

Woe unto you - You are guilty, and punishment will come upon you. Jesus proceeds to state wherein they were guilty. This most eloquent, most appalling, and most terrible of all discourses ever delivered to mortals was pronounced in the temple, in the presence of multitudes. Never was there more faithful dealing, more terrible reproof, more profound knowledge of the workings of hypocrisy, or more skill in detecting the concealments of sin. This was the last of the Saviour’s public discourses;... 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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:1-39

129. More about scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 23:1-39; Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:45-47)Instead of teaching only the law of Moses, the scribes and Pharisees added countless laws of their own. Instead of making the people’s load lighter, they made it heavier. People could profit from listening to the scribes’ teaching of Moses’ law, but they were not to copy the scribes’ behaviour (Matthew 23:1-4).Jesus gave two specific reasons for his condemnation of the scribes. First, they wanted to make a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 23:13

woe. The first of eight woes in (verses: Matthew 23:13-33 ). Compare Matthew 5:3 ; and see App-126 . All the texts (with Syriac) transpose Matthew 23:13 and Matthew 23:14 . shut up. Compare Matthew 5:3 . the kingdom of heaven. See App-114 . heaven = the heavens. See note on Matthew 6:9 , Matthew 6:10 . against = before: i.e. in men's faces. neither = not, as in Matthew 23:4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 23:13

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.THE FIRST WOEThe Pharisees should have accepted Christ and set an example for all to follow by receiving and honoring him; but instead they rejected him, hated him, and tried to turn the popular mind away from him, thus, in a figure, standing in the gate and virtually shutting it in the face of all who were... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 23:13

Matthew 23:13. But wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites— The above discourse against the Scribes and Pharisees was pronounced in the hearing of many of the order; they were therefore greatly incensed, and watched for an opportunity to destroyJesus: but it was not a time for him now to conceal from them any necessary reproof, this being the last sermon that he was ever to preach in public. It was necessary to use violent remedies, especially as gentle medicines had hitherto proved... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:13-32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:13

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:1-39

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 23:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 23:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 23:13

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