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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:8

The equality of believers. "And all ye are brethren." The kindliness and mutual helpfulness of brotherhood are not prominent in our Lord's mind at this time. He was rather thinking of the equality of the brothers in one family. All are sons. No one of them is any more than a son. No one of them has any rights over his brother. The variety of gifts, talents, and dispositions in no way affects the equal rights of the brotherhood. All who push themselves into chief places, bid for special... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:8-10

Christian equality. Our Lord does not wish to see the distinctions of Judaism, which had become so odious in his day, repeated in Christianity. He does not desire the dogmatism of the rabbis to be copied by the Christian teachers, or the authority of the rulers to be transferred to the Christian pastors. He does not want his people to think that they can best show their humility by losing their self-respect and cringing before ecclesiastical superiors. In opposition to all such tendencies,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:8

Be not ye ... - Jesus forbade his disciples to seek such titles of distinction. The reason which he gave was that he was himself their Master and Teacher, They were on a level; they were to be equal in authority; they were brethren; and they should neither covet nor receive a title which implied either an elevation of one above another, or which appeared to infringe on the absolute right of the Saviour to be their only Teacher and Master. The direction here is an express command to his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 23:8-10

Matthew 23:8-10. 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 called rabbis, fathers, and masters, by their several disciples, whom they required both to believe implicitly what they affirmed, without asking any further reason, and to obey unreservedly what they enjoined, without seeking for any further authority. But our Lord here teaches his apostles, and their successors in the... 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 23:8

Master = Leader, Guide, or Director. Greek. kathgetes, Occurs only here and in Matthew 23:10 . All the texts read didlaskalos, Teacher. even Christ. All the texts omit, with Syriac; but, Scrivener thinks, on insufficient authority. Christ. See App-98 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 23:8-11

Matthew 23:8-11. 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 decline being called Rabbi, because the thing signified by it belonged solely to their Master, in whom all the treasuries of knowledge and wisdom are hid; and who for that reason is the only infallible director of men's consciences; also because they owed none of their knowledge to themselves, but derived it entirely from him; in which... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:8

8. But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Master—your Guide, your Teacher. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 23:1-12

1. Jesus’ admonition of the multitudes and His disciples 23:1-12 (cf. Mark 12:38-39; Luke 20:45-46) read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 23:8-10

These verses applied to all the Jews but particularly the disciples (cf. Matthew 23:1). By placing "you" in the emphatic first position when He spoke to the disciples Jesus was implying that they would take the position of leadership over God’s people that the critics then occupied (cf. Matthew 13:52). They were not to love it when people called them "rabbi" because they had but one teacher (Gr. didaskalos), namely, Jesus. They were to regard themselves as on the same brotherly level as... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:8-10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 23:8-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:1-39

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 23:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 23:8-11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 23:1-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 23:8-10

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