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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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ἉΓΙΆΣΑΣ for ἁγιάζων. The aorist, which is well
established, gives a more accurate sense....
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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ΜΩΡΟΊ _voc._/nom. _pl. от_ ΜΩΡΌΣ (G3474) глупый,
глупец,
ΆΓΙΆΣΑΣ _aor. part. act. от_ ΆΓΙΆΖΩ (G37)
святить, делать святым. Part, в роли _adj._...
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YE FOOLS AND BLIND— The Apostle's words, Hebrews 6:16 are a proper
comment on the 17th verse, _for men verily swear by the greater. Whoso
shall swear by the altar,_ says our Saviour (Matthew 23:20.) _...
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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:...
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Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple
that sanctifieth the gold? YE FOOLS, AND BLIND! FOR WHETHER IS
GREATER, THE GOLD, OR THE TEMPLE THAT SANCTIFIETH THE GOLD?...
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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...
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23:17 temple (h-12) _ Naos_ , the house; properly speaking, the
shrine....
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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),...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1
CHAPTER 17
Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
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τίς γὰρ μείζων : Jesus answers this question by asserting
the opposite principle to that laid down by the Rabbis: the general
includes and is more important than the particular, which He applies
to al...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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[Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple
that (r) sanctifieth the gold?
(r) Causes the gold which is dedicated to a holy use to be considered
holy....
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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YE FOOLS, AND BLIND,.... That argue after so ridiculous a manner, that
make use of such thin sophistry, that everybody may see through it;
who must be stupid and sottish to the last degree, and their...
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_Ye_ fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple
that sanctifieth the gold?
Ver. 17. _Whether is greater, the gold, &c._] The cause must needs be
more noble than the effect. But...
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_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...
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YE FOOLS AND BLIND! FOR WHETHER IS GREATER, THE GOLD, OR THE TEMPLE
THAT SANCTIFIETH THE GOLD?...
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The fourth woe:...
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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...
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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 23:22"....
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Matthew 23:17 Fools G3474 and G2532 blind G5185 For G1063 which G5101
is G2076 (G5748) greater G3187 gold...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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Matthew 23:17. Fools and blind. The distinction was foolish and false,
revealing the character of those making it.
THE TEMPLE THAT HATH SANCTIFIED THE GOLD. Any sanctity in the gold
came from the tem...
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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...
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YE FOOLS
(μωρο). In Matthew 5:22 Jesus had warned against calling a man
μωρος in a rage, but here he so terms the blind Pharisees for
their stupidity, description of the class. "It shows that not t...
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Matthew 23:17
The Visible Temple.
I. A Temple there has been upon earth, a spiritual Temple, made up of
living stones a Temple, as I may say, composed of souls. This Temple
is invisible, but it is pe...
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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,...
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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...
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BLIND FOOLS! The temple makes the gold holy, so the temple is more
important. They are looking at it backwards!...
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_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...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 23:16 _Third woe: binding oaths._ The
Pharisees focus on superficial distinctions and overlook the higher
principles of the law.
⇐...
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Exodus 30:26; Matthew 23:19; Numbers 16:38; Numbers 16:39; Psalms 94
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Why did Jesus call people fools and yet condemn others for doing the
same thing?
PROBLEM: Jesus said, “whoever says [to his brother], `You fool!’
shall be in danger of hell fire” (Matthew 5:22). Yet H...