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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 23:1-39

SEVENTH SECTIONFINAL JUDJEMENT OF CHRIST UPON THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES. CHRIST OF HIS OWN ACCORD LEAVES THE TEMPLE23–24:1( Matthew 23:34-39, Scripture Lesion for St. Stephen’s Day.)1Then spake Jesus to the multitude [multitudes, τοῖς ὄχλοις], and to his disciples,A. The Reproof generally. Matthew 23:2-7. (The law, Matthew 23:3; the inconsistency and falsehood, Matthew 23:3 : “but do not;” the traditional statutes, Matthew 23:4; the hypocritical sanctimoniousness and unholy ambition, Matthew... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 23:13-26

Woes for the False-hearted Matthew 23:13-26 These repeated woes may be translated, Alas for you! Our Lord with unfailing accuracy indicates the inevitable doom which such conduct as that of the Pharisees and scribes must incur. He forewarned them that they could expect nothing in the dread future but the judgment of Gehenna-the metaphor being taken from the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where fires were kept burning to consume rubbish and refuse. Hypocrisy is hiding under a cloak of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:1-39

This chapter is one of the most sublime and awful in the whole inspired volume. It records the last words of Jesus to the crowds. He summed up, He reached His verdict, He pronounced sentence. It is awful in its majesty, terrible in its resistless force. With what relentless persistence and unfailing accuracy He revealed the true condition of the leaders of the people, their occupation with externalities and pettiness, and their neglect of inward facts and weightier matters. Here, indeed, if... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 23:23-33

A Double-Minded Man Matthew 23:23-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS "A double minded man is unstable in all his days." We have in Matthew 23:1-39 , a striking illustration of these words. 1. We have piety as a pretense for evil practices. "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer." What do you think of this? Do any of you devour widows' houses during the week, and then go to church on Sunday and make a long prayer? There are some... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:1-39

Words in the Temple: Exhortation to His Disciples And Indictment of The Scribes and Pharisees (23:1-39). It is an open question as to whether chapter 23 should be seen as part of the ‘fifth dissertation’ made up of chapters 23-25 (see introduction), or whether it should be seen as a connecting passage between 19-22 and 24-25 made up of secondary dissertations on their own (compare chapter 11; Matthew 16:17-28 for similar dissertations). The fact that it forms a separate chiasmus on its own... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:13-33

Jesus Faces The Scribes and Pharisees Up To Their Hypocrisy (23:13-33). It will be quite clear that the words which Jesus has spoken to His disciples and the crowds could hardly have failed to rile the Scribes and Pharisees as they stood bristling among the crowds in the Temple. They were members of a very excitable and fervent people living at a very excitable and fervent time and attending a very excitable and fervent feast, and we can be sure therefore that they would begin to defend... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:25-28

Two Examples Of The Way In Which They Put On A Show But Do Not Deal With What Is Unacceptable Underneath (23:25-28). Having demonstrated that justice, mercy and compassion, and faithfulness was to enjoy the major focus of their thinking Jesus now demonstrates by illustration where they are falling short. They are concentrating on externals rather than what comes from the inner heart. Fulfilling ritual correctly has become more important than dealing justly with people, revealing compassion and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:26

“You blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the bowl, that the outside of it may become clean also.” But what they should have done was first ensure that the inside was clean. Then there might be some point in cleansing the outside. For the outside cannot be truly clean until the inside is. Indeed the result of making the inside clean will, in the case of a human being, result in the outside becoming clean as well. There is possibly in mind here the different views of Hillel... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:13-32

Matthew 23:13-Jonah : . Seven Woes.— Seven is a sacred number and often used in Mt., as in OT ( cf. especially Isaiah 5) and Rev. “ The first three treat of Pharisaic teaching, the last three of Pharisaic character, the fourth is transitional.”— i.-iii. The Scribes refused to accept the preaching of Jesus, and deterred others from accepting it ( Matthew 23:13; cf. Luke 11:52). While they are thus eager to prevent Jews from becoming Christians, they are keen to make converts either from... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 23:25-26

Luke hath this, Luke 11:39,Luke 11:40, as occasioned by the Pharisees wondering that he washed not before dinner; instead of extortion and excess, he hath ravening and wickedness, and addeth, Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? But the same thing might be spoken at two several times. He speaks there to the Pharisee, with whom he dined, Matthew 23:37. Here he speaks to the disciples and the multitude. Our Saviour’s design here seemeth to me not to... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 23:1-39

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 23:13-26

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 23:1-39

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 23:23-33

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:1-39

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:13-33

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:25-28

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:26

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:13-32

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 23:25-26

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