THE TRUE RELIGION AND THE FALSE. A DISCOURSE TO THE PHARISEES, THE PEOPLE, AND THE DISCIPLES
These twenty verses sum up the great controversy of the N.T., that between the religion of the letter and external observances and the religion of the heart, between what St Paul calls ‘the righteousness which is of the law and the righteousness which is of God by (or grounded upon) faith,’ Philippians 3:9.
CHAPTER XV. _The Pharisees accuse the disciples of eating with unwashed_ _hands_, 1, 2. _Our Lord answers, and convicts them of gross hypocrisy_, 3-9. _Teaches the people and the disciples what it...
See also Mark 7:1. THEN CAME TO JESUS ... - Mark says that they saw the disciples of Jesus eating with unwashed hands. Matthew 15:2 TRANSGRESS THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS - The world “elders” litera...
3. THE CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES; THE CANAANITISH WOMAN AND HER FAITH; THE MULTITUDES HEALED. CHAPTER 15 1. The Question of the Scribes and Pharisees.(Matthew 15:1 .) 2. His Answer. (M...
THE WASHING OF HANDS AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS (Mark 7:1 *). Mt. is again briefer than Mk. He omits the parenthetical explanation Mark 7:3 f. and the technical term Corban, turns the statement...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Matthew 15:1-9)...
Then the Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem approached Jesus. "Why," they said, "do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? They do so transgress, because they do not wash their hands...
CAME. come. SCRIBES, &C.. the scribes. Note the four parties addressed in this chapter: (1) scribes, &c. from Jerusalem, verses: Matthew 15:1. (2) the multitudes, verses: Matthew 15:10; Matthew 15:11....
Matthew 15:1-20. The True Religion and the False. A Discourse to the Pharisees, the People, and the Disciples Mark 7:1-23 These twenty verses sum up the great controversy of the N. T., that between...
_scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem_ Probably a deputation from the Sanhedrin, such as was commissioned to question John the Baptist. Cp. John 1:19....
Ver 1. Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2. "Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread." 3...
_A CHANGE OF HEART IS NEEDED MATTHEW 15:1-20:_ Through traditions the Pharisees were transgressing God's law. They were beautiful on the outside but they needed a change of heart on the inside. (Matth...
ΙΕΡΟΣΟΛΎΜΩΝ (G612) _gen. pl._ Иерусал им. Иерусалимские раввины пользовались великим уважением, их мудрость в особенности была известна (SB, 1:691). ΦΑΡΙΣΑΪΟΙ (G713) фарисеи (TJ, 70-76; JPB, 380-451)...
THEN CAME TO JESUS, &C.— The law of Moses required external cleanness as a part of religion: not however for its own sake, but to signify with what carefulness God's servants should purify their minds...
SECTION 36 JESUS DEBATES WITH JERUSALEM PHARISEES ABOUT THE ELDERS-' TRADITIONS (Parallel: Mark 7:1-23) TEXT: 15:1-20 1 Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, 2 Why d...
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, The time of this section was after that Passover which was nigh at hand when our Lord fed the five thousand men (John 6:4)...
32 Peter here symbolizes the sovereignty of Israel over the turbulent gentiles in the time to come. They are made afraid by the spiritual power of evil, typified by the wind. Peter's cry will be their...
WERE OF JERUSALEM] RV 'come from Jerusalem.' The active hostility of the hierarchy, strikingly manifested by the sending of these emissaries, is explained by the fact (known to us only from the Fourth...
THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS. THE CANAANITISH WOMAN. FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders (Mark 7:1). In this important controversy Jesus defined His positio...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 15 The three sections of chapter 15 show Jesus’ attitude to people who were not *Jews. He wanted them to be happy with the good news...
XV. (1) SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, WHICH WERE OF JERUSALEM. — The presence of these actors on the scene is every way significant. They had been prominent in like accusations. It was by them that our Lord...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
τότε connects naturally with immediately preceding narrative concerning the people of Gennesaret with unbounded faith in Jesus seeking healing by mere touch of His garment. Probably the one scene led...
_Washing of hands_ (Mark 7:1-23)....
GOD'S TRUTH ABOVE MEN'S TEACHING Matthew 15:1-9 The legal washing of hands before eating was especially sacred in the eyes of the Pharisees. “He who does not wash His hands before eating,” says the T...
The question was not of cleanliness, but of ritual. This washing of hands to remove imaginary evil was a part of the tradition of the elders. Against the binding of such burdens on men our Lord passio...
(1) Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, (1) None commonly are more bold condemners of God, then they whom God has appointed keepers of his law....
The Pharisees observed a rigid and simple mode life, disdaining all luxurious delicacies. They scrupulously followed the dicta of reason, and paid the greatest veneration and implicit obedience to the...
CHAPTER 34 BAPTIZE NOT ALWAYS A TOTAL SUBMERSION Matthew 15:1-2; Mark 7:1-6. “And the Pharisees and certain ones, the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, are assembled before Him. And seeing certain...
"Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, (2) Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. (3) But...
CONTENTS I n this Chapter we have Christ's discourses with the scribes. The woman of Canaan, seeking to Jesus for her daughter: and the Lord feeding the multitude in the wilderness....
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Matthew 15:1._Then scribes and Pharisees. _As the fault that is here corrected is not only common but highly dangerous, the passage is particularly worthy of our attention. We see the extraordinary in...
chapter 15 displays man and God, the moral contrast between the doctrine of Christ and that of the Jews; and thus the Jewish system is rejected morally by God. When I speak of the system, I speak of t...
THEN CAME TO JESUS SCRIBES AND PHARISEES,.... After he had wrought so many miracles, particularly that of feeding five thousand men; besides women and children, with five loaves and two fishes: the fa...
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Ver. 1. _Then came to Jesus_] Then, when the men of Gennesaret favoured and observed him. Satan stomacheth the prosperity of...
_Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees_ See notes on Mark 7:1, where the facts here spoken of are related more at large. _Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders_ That is, of th...
A LESSON CONCERNING DEFILEMENT. The Pharisees voice an objection:...
THEN CAME TO JESUS SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, WHICH WERE OF JERUSALEM, SAYING,...
After the power and grace of the Lord Jesus has wrought so great, refreshing blessing, the cold, barren criticism of scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem is an example of how the deadening principle of...
1-9 Additions to God's laws reflect upon his wisdom, as if he had left out something which was needed, and which man could supply; in one way or other they always lead men to disobey God. How thankfu...
MATTHEW CHAPTER 15 MATTHEW 15:1 Christ reproveth the scribes and Pharisees for setting their own traditions above the commandments of God. MATTHEW 15:10 He teacheth that not that which goeth into the...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI "[67]...
Matthew 15:1 Then G5119 scribes G1122 and G2532 Pharisees G5330 from G575 Jerusalem G2414 came G4334 (G5736) Jesus...
THE CHALLENGE FROM JERUSALEM (15:1-9). In Chapter s 11-12, after the discourse in chapter 10, Matthew had begun by drawing attention to the imprisonment of John (Matthew 11:2), spoke of the opposition...
‘Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,' Pharisees and Scribes (learned Teachers of the Law) now come down from Jerusalem to check on Jesus' activities. It was in fact...
Matthew 15:1. FROM JERUSALEM PHARISEES AND SCRIBES. Not ‘scribes and Pharisees,' but representatives of the party of the Pharisees, including ‘scribes.' Possibly a formal deputation from the Sanhedrin...
Only Matthew and Mark narrate the events recorded in this chapter. The discourse at Capernaum (John 6:22-71), respecting the manna from heaven, followed the feeding of the five thousand. The Passover,...
FROM JERUSALEM (απο Ιεροσολυμων). Jerusalem is the headquarters of the conspiracy against Jesus with the Pharisees as the leaders in it. Already we have seen the Herodians combining with the Pharise...
Matthew 15:1. then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread....
Matthew 15:1. _Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,_ Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, and now these pettifoggers came round about him to try...
Matthew 15:1. _Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,_ They had taken a journey to come and attack him; perhaps they had been sent as a deputation to try to thwart...
Matthew 15:1. _Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread...
CONTENTS: Scribes and Pharisees rebuked. Syrophonecian's daughter healed. The multitude healed. 4000 fed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, (disciples), Syrophonecian woman, her daughter. CONCLUSION: The Ch...
Matthew 15:2. _Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?_ The cabala, or unwritten law, was counted by the pharisees of equal authority with the law itself. Rabbi Aquiba says, he wh...
THEN SOME PHARISEES AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW. They came to protest against Jesus and his teaching, and to turn the people back to the Tradition. See Mark 7:1-13 for a more complete account....
_Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?_ PHARISAIC EVASIONS I. The worst form of hypocrisy is that which sets aside plain moral duties on the plea that they binder spiritual wo...
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT INNER PURITY MATTHEW 15:1-20; MARK 7:1-23; MATTHEW 15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Mar
CHAPTER 15 _Then there came to Him_, &c. The Scribes of Jerusalem, as being at the very fountain head of faith and religion, arrogated to them selves the right of censuring the doctrine of new teache...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 15:1. OF JERUSALEM.—_From_ Jerusalem (see R.V.). Probably a deputation from the Sanhedrin sent expressly to watch Him. Matthew 15:2. TRANSGRESS THE TRADITION.—The Jews attach...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 15:1 _Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. _(Mark 7:1.) MATTHEW 15:1 THEN. This is after the third Passover, which wheth
Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were from Jerusalem (Matthew 15:1), Hey, these guys had come a long way to challenge Him. They came all the way from Jerusalem clear up to Galilee, whi...
Acts 23:9; Luke 5:17; Luke 5:21; Luke 5:30; Mark 7:1;...
Transgress [π α ρ α β α ι ν ο υ σ ι ν]. Lit., to step on one side....
Mark 7:1....
The former part of this chapter acquaints us with. great contest between our Saviour and the Pharisees, about their traditions and old customs, which they valued more than the commandments of God; the...