Mateus 23:37 ARA

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 23:34-39

We have left the blind leaders fallen into the ditch, under Christ's sentence, into the damnation of hell; let us see what will become of the blind followers, of the body of the Jewish church, and particularly Jerusalem. I. Jesus Christ designs yet to try them with the means of grace; I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes. The connection is strange; ?You are a generation of vipers, not likely to escape the damnation of hell;? one would think it should follow, ?Therefore you shall... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 23:1-39

If a man is characteristically and temperamentally an irritable, ill-tempered and irascible creature, notoriously given to uncontrolled outbursts of passionate anger, his anger is neither effective nor impressive. Nobody pays any attention to the anger of a bad-tempered man. But when a person who is characteristically meek and lowly, gentle and loving, suddenly erupts into blazing wrath, even the most thoughtless person is shocked into taking thought. That is why the anger of Jesus is so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem ,.... The metropolis of Judea, the seat of the kings of Judah, yea, the city of the great king; the place of divine worship, once the holy and faithful city, the joy of the whole earth; wherefore it was strange that the following things should be said of it. The word is repeated to show our Lord's affection and concern for that city, as well as to upbraid it with its name, dignity, and privileges; and designs not the building of the city, but the inhabitants of it; and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem - It is evident that our blessed Lord seriously and earnestly wished the salvation of the Jews. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:37

Verse 37 37.Jerusalem, Jerusalem. By these words, Christ shows more clearly what good reason he had for indignation, that Jerusalem, which God had chosen to be his sacred, and — as we might say — heavenly abode, not only had shown itself to be unworthy of so great an honor, but, as if it had been a den of robbers, (Jeremiah 7:11,) had been long accustomed to suck the blood of the prophets. Christ therefore utters a pathetic exclamation at a sight so monstrous, as that the holy city of God... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:1-39

Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees, and lamentation over Jerusalem which followed their guidance to her own destruction. (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:29-39

Judgment and mercy. We come now to the eighth and last of this series of woes denounced by Christ against the wicked, which stands in striking contrast to the eighth and last of the Beatitudes (cf. Matthew 5:10-12 ). Note— I. THAT INSTEAD OF THE FATHERS COME UP THE CHILDREN OF THE WICKED . 1 . The fathers of the wicked were the persecutors of the good. (a) Rulers are generally what the people will have them. "Like people. like priest" (cf. Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:32-39

Prophecy of their future. I. THEIR CONTINUANCE IN THE SINS OF THEIR FATHERS . 1 . Prediction of their treatment of Christ ' s disciples. They would fill up the measure of their fathers; the Lord knew it in his Divine foreknowledge. They were still what John the Baptist had once called them—serpents, "a generation of vipers." How were such as they to escape from the condemnation of Gehenna? For hypocrisy hardens the heart. The state of the hypocrite is hopeless,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:33-39

Declaration of the sentence on these Pharisees and their generation. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Pathetic iteration! As he approached the city on another occasion Christ had used the same words ( Luke 13:34 , Luke 13:35 ); he repeats them now as he takes his final farewell He speaks with Divine tenderness, yet with poignant sorrow, knowing that this last appeal will be in vain. It has been remarked that, whereas St. Matthew elsewhere names the capital city, the theocratic centre, Hierosolyma, which is the Greek equivalent, he here calls it Hierousalem, which... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 23:34-39

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 23:1-39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 23:37

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:37

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:37

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:1-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:29-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:32-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:33-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 23:37

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