Matthew 23:1
MULTITUDE. crowds. Note the Structure (p. 1857).... [ Continue Reading ]
MULTITUDE. crowds. Note the Structure (p. 1857).... [ Continue Reading ]
PHARISEES. See App-120. The Sadducees had their own "leaven" (Matthew 16:6) but not this. SIT. have taken [their] seat. IN. upon. Greek. _epi._ MOSES'. See note on Matthew 8:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL. All things. This shows that the words following are not. command, for the whole chapter is taken up with. denunciation of the very things that they thus bade. Later (Matthew 27:20) they "bade" the People to ask Barabbas and destroy Jesus. THAT. Omit this word as not being in the Greek, or requ... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THEY BIND, &C. By what they "bid you observe".. further proof that "observe and do" is not the Lord's command to carry these many burdens "grievous to be borne". ON. = upon. Greek. _epi._ MEN'S. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. WILL NOT MOVE. do not choose to touch. WILL. See App-102. MOVE. Muc... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR TO BE SEEN. to be gazed upon as. spectacle. Same word as "see" in Matthew 22:11. FOR. for the purpose. Greek. _pros._ App-104. PHYLACTERIES. Greek. _phulakterion._ Occ only here. See notes, &c, on Exodus 13:9; Deuteronomy 6:8. Reference to Pentateuch App-92 and App-117. THE BORDERS. the fringe... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE. are fond of. Greek. _phileo._ App-135. UPPERMOST ROOMS. the first place, as in next clause. AT. in. Greek. _en_. App-104. CHIEF SEATS. first seats, as in preceding clause.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREETINGS. the formal salutations. OF. by. Greek. _hupo_. RABBI. my Master. Compare Matthew 23:8. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ for Emph. (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
MASTER. Leader, Guide, or Director. Greek. _kathgetes,_ Occurs only here and in Matthew 23:10. All the texts read _didlaskalos,_ Teacher. EVEN CHRIST. All the texts omit, with Syriac; but, Scrivener thinks, on insufficient authority. CHRIST. See App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
FATHER. This is against those who loved to he so called. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. FATHER. See App-98. HEAVEN. the heavens. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT IS GREATEST AMONG YOU. the greater of you.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABASED. humbled, as in next clause.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE. The first of eight woes in (verses: Matthew 23:13). Compare Matthew 5:3. and see App-126. All the texts (with Syriac) transpose Matthew 23:13 and Matthew 23:14. SHUT UP. Compare Matthew 5:3. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. See App-114. HEAVEN. the heavens. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. AGAI... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE, &C. Compare Matthew 5:4. and see App-126. MAKE LONG PRAYER. praying at great length. THEREFORE. on this account. Greek. _dia_ (App-104.Matthew 23:2; Matthew 23:2). GREATER. more abundant. DAMNATION. judgment or condemnation.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE, &C. Compare Matthew 5:5, and see App-126. LAND. dry [land]. PROSELYTE. The Greek is transliterated, and means. comer over to. Used of. Gentile who came over to the Jews' religion. Occurs only here; and Acts 2:10; Acts 6:5; Acts 13:43. IS MADE. becomes [one]. THE CHILD OF HELL. a son of Gehe... [ Continue Reading ]
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 _hieron,_ the whole of the Temple courts, but translated temple also; this is spelled with. small "t... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAVEN. Singular. See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE, &C. Compare Matthew 5:7, and see App-126. PAY TITHE. tithe, or take tithes. Eng. tithe. tenth; hence,. district containing _ten_ families was called. tithing ANISE. dill. Occurs only here. CUMMIN. Hebrew. _kumin._ Greek. _kuminon._ (Occurs only here.) Germ, _kummel._ FAITH. Or, faithfulness... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH, &C. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6. STRAIN. habitually filter out. Greek. _diulizo._ Occ- only here. AT.. mistake perpetuated in all editions of the Authorized Version. All "the former translations" had "out". A. the: which makes it read like. proverb. GNAT. Greek. _konops._ Occurs on... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE, &C. Compare Matthew 5:8, and see App-126. MAKE CLEAN. cleanse ceremonially. PLATTER. dish: i.e.. side dish. Greek. _paropsis._ Occurs only in these verses. EXTORTION. plunder. EXCESS. incontinence.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WHICH IS WITHIN. the inside of. BE. become. CLEAN ALSO. The "also" must be connected with outside: "that the outside also may become clean".... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE, &C. Compare Matthew 5:9, and see App-126. ARE LIKE UNTO. Greek. _paromoiazo._ Occurs only here. WHITED. Sepulchres were whitened. month before the Passover, to warn off persons from contracting uncleanness (Numbers 19:16). DEAD MEN'S BONES. bones of dead people. See App-139.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. lawlessness. App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE, &C. Compare Matthew 5:9, and see App-126. TOMBS. Greek. _taphoi._ There are four at the base of Olivet: those of Zechariah, Absalom, Jehoshaphat, and St. James; but there is no authority for these names. GARNISH. adorn or decorate. Perhaps being whitened just then, before the Passover. SEPUL... [ Continue Reading ]
IF, &C. The condition being assumed as an actual fact.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE. so that. CHILDREN. sons. App-108.... [ Continue Reading ]
FILL YE UP. And ye, fill ye up.... [ Continue Reading ]
GENERATION. offspring, or brood. Plural as in Matthew 3:7; Matthew 12:34. and Luke 3:7. ESCAPE. escape from (Greek. _apo)_. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE. Because of this. Greek. _dia_ (App-104.Matthew 23:2; Matthew 23:2) _touto._ BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. FROM. away from. Greek. _apo_. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT. So that. UPON. Greek. _epi._ BLOOD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Subject) for blood-guiltiness (App-6). RIGHTEOUS ABEL. Abel the righteous [one]. Genesis 4:4. Compare Hebrews 11:4. ZACHARIAS SON OF BARACHIAS. Not the son of Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20; 2 Chronicles 24:21) but... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18. THIS GENERATION. See note on Matthew 11:16; Matthew 24:34. _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the inhabitants. CHILDREN. Plural of _teknon._ App-108.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHICKENS. brood. Greek. _nossia._ Occurs only here. WOULD NOT. were not willing. App-102. NOT. Greek. _ou_ (App-105), denying as. matter of fact.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR... YOU. Very emphatic. At the beginning of the Lord's ministry it was "My Father's house" (John 2:16); but at the end, after His rejection, it was "your house". HOUSE: i.e. the Temple, where He was speaking. IS LEFT. is being left. See Matthew 24:1. DESOLATE. Every "house" and every place is... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. by no means, in no wise. Greek. _ou me,_ App-105. SEE. behold. App-133. TILL. With _an,_ implying uncertainty. The _not seeing_ was certain: their _saying_ it at that time was uncertain. Compare the four "untils" with _ou me:_ Matthew 10:23; Matthew 16:28; Matthew 23:39; Matthew 24:34. BLESS... [ Continue Reading ]