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Verse Matthew 23:24. _BLIND GUIDES, WHICH STRAIN AT A GNAT, AND
SWALLOW A_ _CAMEL._] This clause should be thus translated: Ye strain
out the gnat, but ye swallow down the camel. In the common
transl...
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WHICH STRAIN AT A GNAT ... - This is a proverb. There is, however, a
mistranslation or misprint here, which makes the verse unmeaning.
“To strain” at a “gnat” conveys no sense. It should have been
to...
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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, hypocrites! for you tithe mint,
and dill, and cummin, and let go the weightier matters of the
Law--justice and mercy and fidelity. These you ought to have done
wi...
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_strain out a gnat_ A correction for the reading of E. V. "strain
_at_a gnat;" the reading in the text appears in the earlier editions
of the English Bible from Tyndale to Bishops" Bible. See Cambridg...
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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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ΔΙΫΛΊΖΟΝΤΕΣ. Wetstein quotes from Galen: εἶτα
ἄρας�.
The sense of contrast and the humour of the illustration are brought
out by the antithetic position of the words. In the first respect the
illustra...
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VER 23. "WOE UNTO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! FOR YE PAY
TITHE OF MINT AND ANISE AND CUMMIN, AND HAVE OMITTED THE WEIGHTIER
MATTERS OF THE LAW, JUDGMENT, MERCY, AND FAITH: THESE OUGHT YE T...
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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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ΔΙΥΛΊΖΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΔΙΥΛΊΖΩ (G461)
удалять путем процеживания сквозь
что-л. (RWP). Обратите внимание на
использование прист. со _знач._ "сквозь"
с гл.; _см._ МН, 300f. Part, используетс...
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YE PAY TITHE, &C.— 5. The _fifth_ woe is denounced for their
superstition. They observed the ceremonial precepts of the law with
all possible exactness, while they utterly neglected the eternal,
immut...
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TEXT: 23:23, 24
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint
and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of
the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but t...
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Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
YE BLIND GUIDES, WHICH STRAIN AT A GNAT. The proper rendering-as in
the older English translations, and perhaps our own as it came from...
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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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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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A proverb meaning that the scribes scrupulously avoid insignificant
breaches of the Law, while continually breaking its great
commandments. STRAIN AT A GNAT] RV 'strain out a gnat,' viz. out of
the wi...
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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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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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STRAIN AT A GNAT. — Better, as in Tyndale’s and other earlier
versions, _strain out._ It is sometimes said that the present
rendering of the Authorised version is but the perpetuation of a
printer’s b...
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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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διϋλίζοντες (διὰ and ὕλη, Passow), a little used
word, for which Hesychius gives as a synonym, διηθέω, to strain
through. τὸν κώνωπα, τὴν κάμηλον, _the_ gnat,
_the_ camel: article as usual in proverbi...
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_The fourth woe_ refers to tithe-paying (Luke 11:42).
ἀποδεκατοῦτε : a Hellenistic word = ye pay tithes, as in
Genesis 28:22; to take tithes from in Hebrews 7:5-6.
ἡδύοσμον, ἄνηθον, κύμινον : garden h...
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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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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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24._Blind guides. _This is s proverbial saying, by which he
beautifully describes the affected scrupulousness of hypocrites about
trifling matters; for they utterly shrink from very small faults, as
i...
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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 BLIND GUIDES,.... As in Matthew 23:16
WHO STRAIN AT A GNAT AND SWALLOW A CAMEL: the Syriac and Persic
versions read the words in the plural number, gnats and camels. The
Jews had a law, which forb...
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_Ye_ blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Ver. 24. _Which strain at a gnat, &c._] A proverbial speech,
warranting the lawful use of such expressions for illustration of a
truth....
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_Wo unto you, for ye pay tithe_, &c. Here we have the fifth wo, which
is denounced for their superstition. They observed the ceremonial
precepts of the law with all possible exactness, while they utte...
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STRAIN AT A GNAT; strain the liquid which you drink at the presence of
a gnat in it, lest you should be made unclean by swallowing it. They
reckoned the gnat among the unclean creeping things. Levitic...
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The fifth woe:...
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Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Another instance of the religious observance of insignificant things.
So strictly did they interpret the law of tithes, Leviticus 27:30,
t...
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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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It is a proverbial expression used amongst them, against such as would
pretend a great niceness and scrupulosity about, and zeal for, little
things, but in matters of much higher concern and moment we...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
And that His disciples must suffer for His sake, He [implied when He]
said to the Jews, "Behold, I send you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them ye...
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Matthew 23:24 Blind G5185 guides G3595 out G1368 (G5723) gnat G2971
and G1161 swallow G2666 (G5723) camel...
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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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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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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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“You blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow the
camel!”
He summarises their position by a huge contrast. The gnat (qamla) was
one of the smallest of creatures, the camel (gamla) the larges...
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THEIR FAILURE TO OBSERVE THE MORE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE LAW BECAUSE
OF THEIR CONCENTRATION ON THE DETAIL (23:23-24).
Analysis.
a “Woe/alas to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe...
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Matthew 23:24. STRAIN OUT THE GNAT, _i.e.,_ to filter wine, so as to
avoid swallowing a gnat. The common version may have been intended to
express this, but more probably contains a misprint. The sayi...
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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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STRAIN OUT THE GNAT
(διυλιζοντες τον κωνωπα). By filtering through
(δια), not the "straining at" in swallowing so crudely suggested by
the misprint in the A.V.SWALLOW THE CAMEL
(την δε καμηλον κατ...
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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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YOU STRAIN A FLY OUT OF YOUR DRINK. _Satire._ Jesus had a sense of
humor. Can you imagine them straining out the fly, and then swallowing
the camel! This illustrates Matthew 23:23....
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_And have omitted the weightier matters of the law._
SINS OF OMISSION
1. The very earliest cause of nearly all sin lies in omitting
something which we ought to have done. Perhaps you left your room...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 23:24 STRAINING OUT A GNAT. The rabbis
strained wine to remove any small, unclean insects (Leviticus 11:23,...
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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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John 18:28; John 18:40; Luke 6:7; Matthew 15:2; Matthew 19:24;...
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Strain at [δ ι υ λ ι ζ ο ν τ ε ς]. dia, thoroughly or
through, and uJlizw, to filter or strain. Strain at is an old misprint
perpetuated. Hence the Rev. correctly, as Tynd., strain out. Insects
were c...
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A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN
Matthew 23:23
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
"A double minded man is unstable in all his days." We have in Matthew
23:1, a striking illustration of these words.
1. WE HAVE PIETY as A PRETEN...
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Ye blind guides, who teach others to do as you do yourselves, to
strain out a gnat — From the liquor they are going to drink! and
swallow a camel — It is strange, that glaring false print, strain at
a...