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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:31

Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves ,.... Or "against yourselves", as the Syriac reads; for what they said was a plain acknowledgment, and a full confession, what their fathers had done, and whose offspring they were; and from whom better things were not to be expected; since they were their fathers' own children, and of the same temper and disposition with them: that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets . They plainly owned, that their fathers killed the prophets,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:32

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Of their sins; for there were bounds and limits set how far they should proceed, and no further; as yet they had not got to the end of their iniquity: their fathers had gone great lengths in sin, but their iniquity was not yet full, as is said of the Amorites, Genesis 15:16 these their sons were to fill it up. They had shed the blood of many of the prophets; and indeed there were none of them but they had persecuted and abused, in one shape or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:13

Ye shut up the kingdom - As a key by opening a lock gives entrance into a house, etc., so knowledge of the sacred testimonies, manifested in expounding them to the people, may be said to open the way into the kingdom of heaven. But where men who are termed teachers are destitute of this knowledge themselves, they may be said to shut this kingdom; because they occupy the place of those who should teach, and thus prevent the people from acquiring heavenly knowledge. In ancient times the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:13-14

Wo unto you, scribes - I think the fourteenth and thirteenth verses should be transposed. This transposition is authorized by some of the best MSS., versions, and fathers. The fourteenth is wanting in the BDL., and in many others of inferior note, as well as in several of the versions. Griesbach has left it out of the text, in his first edition; I hesitated, and left it in, thus transposed. I am happy to find that a more extensive collation of MSS., etc., afforded proof to that eminent... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:14

Ye devour widows' houses - On this subject I am in possession of nothing better than the following note of Dr. Whitby. "This sect," says Josephus, (Ant. l. xvii. chap. 3), "pretended to a more exact knowledge of the law, on which account the women were subject to them, as pretending to be dear to God. And when Alexandra obtained the government, (Jewish War, b. I. ch. 4), they insinuated themselves into her favor, as being the exactest sect of the Jews, and the most exact interpreters of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:15

Compass sea and land - A proverbial expression, similar to ours, You leave no stone unturned; intimating that they did all in their power to gain converts, not to God, but to their sect. These we may suppose were principally sought for among the Gentiles, for the bulk of the Jewish nation was already on the side of the Pharisees. Proselyte - Προσηλυτος , a stranger, or foreigner; one who is come from his own people and country, to sojourn with another. See the different kinds of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:16

Whosoever shall swear by the gold - The covetous man, says one, still gives preference to the object of his lust; gold has still the first place in his heart. A man is to be suspected when he recommends those good works most from which he receives most advantage. Is bound thereby, i.e. to fulfill his oath. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:20

Whoso - shall swear by the altar - As an oath always supposes a person who witnesses it, and will punish perjury; therefore, whether they swore by the temple or the gold, ( Matthew 23:16 ;), or by the altar or the gift laid on it, ( Matthew 23:18 ;), the oath necessarily supposes the God of the temple, of the altar, and of the gifts, who witnessed the whole, and would, even in their exempt cases, punish the perjury. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:21

Whoso shall swear by the temple - Perhaps it is to this custom of swearing by the temple, that Martial alludes, lib. xi. epist. 95. Ecce negas, jurasque mihi per templa Tonantis; Non credo; jura, Verpe, per Anchialum . "Behold, thou deniest, and swearest to me by the temples of Jupiter; I will not credit thee: swear, O Jew, by the temple of Jehovah." This word probably comes from יה היכל heical Yah , the temple of Jehovah. This seems a better derivation than אלהים חי אם im... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:23

Ye pay tithe of mint, etc. - They were remarkably scrupulous in the performance of all the rites and ceremonies of religion, but totally neglected the soul, spirit, and practice of godliness. Judgment - Acting according to justice and equity towards all mankind. Mercy - to the distressed and miserable. And faith in God as the fountain of all righteousness, mercy, and truth. The scribes and Pharisees neither began nor ended their works in God, nor had they any respect unto his name in... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:13-14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:23

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