Blind guides. They deliberately shut their eyes to God's truth, yet made people follow them. If a man swears. Takes a vow. In their silly thinking, they could take a vow by the temple, and not have to keep it; but if they took a vow by the gold of the temple, they were bound by it.
Verse 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 su...
WHOSOEVER SHALL SWEAR ... - See the notes at Matthew 5:33. THE TEMPLE - See the notes at Matthew 21:12. IT IS NOTHING - It amounts to nothing - it is not binding....
11. THE WOES OF THE KING AND HIS LAMENTATION OVER JERUSALEM. CHAPTER 23 1. The Hypocrisy of the Pharisees.(Matthew 23:1 .) 2. The Woes of the King upon Them.(Matthew 23:13 .) 3. The Lamentation over...
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 four...
SCRIBES AND PHARISEES (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...
"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! Blind guides! You who say, 'If any one swears by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Temple is bound by his oath.' Foolish ones and b...
THE TEMPLE. the Sanctuary: i.e. the _Naos,_ or actual Temple building, consisting of the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. Spelled in _The Companion Bible_ with. capital "T", to distinguish it from _...
_the gold of the temple_ i. e. the offerings made to the Temple, called "Corban," or "devoted;" the use of that word made an oath binding, see ch. Matthew 15:5....
ὈΜΌΣΗΙ ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΝΑΩ͂Ι. In classical Greek the thing on which the oath is taken is in the accusative or genitive with κατά. (τι or κατά τινος.) ναός, the ‘holy place,’ not as in A.V. the temple. ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι...
Matthew 23:1-36. A PROPHETIC ODE, DENOUNCING THE PHARISEES AND THE RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY OF THE AGE Each division is marked by its special beauty of poetical form....
Ver 16. "Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, 'Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!' 17. Ye fools and blind: fo...
_WOE TO YOU SCRIBES, PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES MATTHEW 23:13-24:_ Woes were pronounced because the Pharisees would not enter the kingdom themselves and hindered those that would enter. (Matthew 23:13) The...
ΌΣ ΆΝ (G3739; G302) всякий, кто. Rel. _прид._ имеет усл. значение, ΌΜΌΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΌΜΝΥΜΙ (G3660) клясться. _Conj._ с indef. rel. _прид._ ΝΑΏ _dat. sing. от_ ΝΆΟΣ (G3485) храм. Клятва храм...
YE BLIND GUIDES— 4. The _fourth_ woe is denounced for their false doctrine. Our Saviour had before stiled them _hypocrites_ from their _personal character;_ now he gives them another title, _blind gui...
TEXT: 23:16-22 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is debtor. 17 Ye fools and blind:...
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! WOE UNTO YOU, YE BLIND GUIDES. Str...
16 The Pharisees had practically annulled the Scriptures by false interpretations and especially by human additions. Their commentaries were full of distinctions which destroyed the spiritual force of...
23:16 temple, (h-13) temple, (h-26) _ Naos_ , the house; properly speaking, the shrine. debtor. (i-30) * i.e. under obligation to keep the oath....
DENUNCIATION OF THE PHARISEES 1-36. Final denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees. The other synoptists insert in this place a brief utterance directed against the scribes (Mark 12:38; Luke 20:45),...
THE SEVEN WOES ON THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES. Jesus, knowing that His death was at hand, and that the conversion of His enemies was hopeless, poured upon them a torrent of righteous indignation, in the...
IT IS NOTHING] i.e. it is not binding. THE GOLD OF THE TEMPLE] J. Lightfoot is probably right in regarding this gold, together with the 'gift on the altar' (Matthew 23:18), as dedicated to God, i.e. a...
ON DISHONEST CASUISTRY. The lax moralists of that time invented ways of evading the obligation of truthfulness, by saying that certain forms of swearing were binding and others not. Thus an oath by th...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 23 JESUS ACCUSES THE *PHARISEES 23:1-12 V1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his *disciples. V2 ‘The men who teach the *Law and...
WHOSOEVER SHALL SWEAR BY THE TEMPLE. — On the general teaching of the Pharisees as to oaths, see Notes on Matthew 5:33. It is not easy to trace the currents of thought that run through a corrupt casui...
6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
ὁδηγ. τυφλοί, _blind_ guides, not only deceivers but deceived themselves, lacking spiritual insight even in the simplest matters. Three instances of their blindness in reference to oaths are directly...
_The seven woes_. There are eight, if we count that in Matthew 23:13 of T. R., but as this ver. is omitted in the best MSS. and appears to be a gloss from Mk. and Lk. I do not count it. _Vide_ notes o...
_The third woe_ refers to the Jesuitry of the scribes in the matter of oaths; the point emphasised, however, is their stupidity in this part of their teaching (_cf._ Matthew 5:33 f.), where Christ's t...
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 Pha...
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 a...
Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he (q) is a debtor! (q) Is a debtor. In the Syrian...
Wo to you blind guides. Avarice seems to have been the chief motive of the Pharisees in teaching this doctrine, since they taught that those who swore by the temple were guilty of no sin, nor under an...
WOES AGAINST THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES Luke 20:47; Mark 12:40; Matthew 23:13-39. “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you devour the houses of widows, and through pretense make lo...
"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. (14) Woe unt...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
Matthew 23:16._Woe to you, blind guides, _As ambition is almost always connected with hypocrisy, so the superstitions of the people are usually encouraged by the covetousness and rapacity of pastors....
Chapter 23 clearly shews how far the disciples are viewed in connection with the nation, inasmuch as they were Jews, although the Lord judges the leaders, who beguiled the people and dishonoured God b...
WOE UNTO YOU, YOU BLIND GUIDES,.... Meaning the same persons, the Scribes and Pharisees, as before, though not named, who pretended to be "guides of the blind", Romans 2:19 but were them selves blind,...
Woe unto you, _ye_ blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ver. 16. _Ye blind guides which sa...
_Wo unto you, ye blind guides_ Before he had styled them _hypocrites_, from their personal character; now he gives them another title respecting their false doctrine and influence upon others. Both th...
DEBTOR; under obligation to keep his oath. Blind guides tamper with the conscience, make imaginary and futile distinctions between the guilt of different sins, passing over some lightly as if they wer...
WOE UNTO YOU, YE BLIND GUIDES, WHICH SAY, WHOSOEVER SHALL SWEAR BY THE TEMPLE, IT IS NOTHING; BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL SWEAR BY THE GOLD OF THE TEMPLE, HE IS A DEBTOR!...
The fourth woe:...
The Lord now turns to speak to the entire crowd, His disciples being mentioned as included. He warns them against the hypocrisy of scribes and Pharisees, for they sat in Moses' seat as enforcers of th...
13-33 The scribes and Pharisees were enemies to the gospel of Christ, and therefore to the salvation of the souls of men. It is bad to keep away from Christ ourselves, but worse also to keep others f...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 23:22"....
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V For if our Master charged us not to swear by the true God, that our word might be firmer than an oath, nor by heaven itself, for that is a piece of heathen w...
Matthew 23:16 Woe G3759 you G5213 blind G5185 guides G3595 who G3588 say G3004 (G5723) Whoever G3739...
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 th...
JESUS PASSES JUDGMENT ON THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES AND DESCRIBES THE DEVASTATIONS COMING ON THE WORLD PRIOR TO HIS COMING AGAIN AND THE JUDGMENT THAT WILL FOLLOW (23:1-25). Having made clear that He h...
WORDS IN THE TEMPLE (23:1-39). a Exhortation to His disciples and the crowds not to be like the Scribes and Pharisees, but to be doers and not hearers only. In contrast to the Scribes and Pharisees t...
“Woe/alas to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.' You fools and blind, for which is gr...
THEIR FAILURE TO DISCERN WHAT IS TRULY HOLY (23:16-22). Their next condemnation lies in the fact that they lay greater emphasis on their own gifts and offerings than they do on the God-provided and t...
This discourse (peculiar to Matthew) was delivered on Tuesday preceding the crucifixion, although similar sayings (found in Luke 11:13) were uttered on a previous occasion. The intercourse with the Ph...
Matthew 23:16. YE BLIND GUIDES. Wilfully blind, self-deluded (‘fools and blind,' Matthew 23:17), they persisted in leading others astray. The method here spoken of is that of arbitrary distinctions in...
YE BLIND GUIDES (οδηγο τυφλο). Note omission of "Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites" with this third woe. In Matthew 15:14 Jesus had already called the Pharisees "blind guides" (leaders). They split...
DEBTOR Or, bound; also (Matthew 23:18). "guilty:...
CONTENTS: Jesus denounces woes upon the Pharisees for their hypocrisy. His lament over Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: Jesus. CONCLUSION: Nothing is more displeasing to our Lord Jesus Christ than hyprocrisy,...
Matthew 23:2. _Sit in Moses' seat._ The sanhedrim had seventy one chairs of gold, or rather gilt with gold. The council which sat at Alexandria had also chairs of gold. The highpriest was the presiden...
_Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is nothing._ THOUGHTLESS PROFANITY Are there any before me who are accustomed to use God’s name as an expletive, and to bandy it as a byword? Who employ it in...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 23:16 _Third woe: binding oaths._ The Pharisees focus on superficial distinctions and overlook the higher principles of the law. ⇐...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 23:13 Jesus now speaks directly to the scribes and Pharisees. He declares seven “woes” (or laments) upon them that echo the criticisms he has repeated throughout his ministry....
CHAPTER 23 _Then Jesus spake_, &c. _Then_, that is to say, when, by His most wise answers and reasonings, He had confounded the errors of the Scribes and Pharisees, and had proved that He was the Mes...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 23:16. GOLD OF THE TEMPLE.—The exact meaning of this expression is uncertain; but the probability is that it refers to money offered as a gift to God, to which the scribes an...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 23:1 _Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees, and lamentation over Jerusalem which followed their guidance to her own destruction. _(Peculiar to St. Matthew.) MATTHEW 23:1 TH...
Matthew's gospel twenty-three. Jesus has been at the temple and He was challenged as to His authority by these priests, and then He was asked questions by the scribes, the Pharisees, the Sadducees. An...
Galatians 5:3; Isaiah 56:10; Isaiah 56:11; James 5:12; John 9:39;...
Wo to you, ye blind guides — Before he had styled them hypocrites, from their personal character: now he gives them another title, respecting their influence upon others. Both these appellations are s...
The fourth woe which our Saviour denounceth against Pharisees is for the false and erroneous doctrine concerning oaths. 1. They taught men to swear by the creatures. 2. They taught that some oaths ma...