Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:8-11
a “But as for you, do not you be called Rabbi, b For one is your teacher (didaskalos), and all you are brothers. c And call no man your father on the earth, d For one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.” c Nor be you called esteemed teachers (kathegetes), b For one is your Esteemed Teacher (kathegetes), even the Christ. a But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.” Note that in ‘a’ they are not to be called ‘my great one’, but in the parallel are to seek to be the humblest... read more
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