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THE ALTAR - The altar of burnt-offerings, in the court of the priests.
See the notes at Matthew 21:12. It was made of brass, about 30 feet in
length and breadth, and 15 feet in height, 2 Chronicles 4:...
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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 ov...
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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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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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ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΊΩ _dat. sing. от_ ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΉΡΙΟΝ
(G2379) алтарь. Относится к алтарю, на
котором возжигались курения, в
особенности к рогам жертвенника (SB,
1:395; 932).
ΈΠΆΝΩ (G1831) с _gen._ на....
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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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And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
AND, WHOSOEVER SHALL SWEAR BY THE ALTAR, IT IS NOTHING; BUT WHOSOEVER
SWEA...
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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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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 - Matthew 23:1
IT had been written that the Lord should suddenly come to His Temple;
Malachi 3:1 but 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 Ph...
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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 l...
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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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18._And whosoever shall swear by the altar. _Here our Lord does what
ought to be done in correcting errors; for he leads us up to the
source, and shows, by the very nature of an oath, that _the temple...
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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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AND WHOSOEVER SHALL SWEAR BY THE ALTAR, IT IS NOTHING,.... These are
again the words or savings of the scribes and Pharisees, and express
their sentiments and practice: it was usual with them to swear...
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And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Ver. 18. _But whosoever sweareth by the gift, &c._] _Ubi utilitas, ibi
pietas...
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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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GUILTY; if he does not fulfill his oath....
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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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GUILTY:
Or, a debtOr, or bound...
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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 23:18 And G2532 Whoever G3739 G1437 swears G3660 (G5661) by
G1722 altar G2379 is G2076 (G5748) nothing G3762 but G1161 whoever
G3739 G302 swears G3660 (G5661) by G1722 gift G1435 on G1883 it G...
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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...
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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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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 ALSO TEACH. The altar and the gift are all one that is, equal in
being holy....
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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 i...
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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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Matthew 23:15...
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He is guilty [ο φ ε ι λ ε ι]. In the rendering of this word the
A. V. seems to have been shaped by the earlier and now obsolete sense
of guilt, which was probably a fine or payment. Compare Anglo - Sa...