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THE UPPERMOST ROOMS AT FEASTS - The word “rooms,” here, by no
means expresses the meaning of the original. It would be correctly
rendered the uppermost “places or couches” at feasts. To
understand thi...
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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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WARNINGS TO THE PEOPLE AND THE DISCIPLES.
Matthew 23:2 f. Loisy regards this as an interpolation (by a Judaising
redactor) out of harmony with the attack that follows. Holtzmann
thinks it is Mt.'s, b...
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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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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....
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_the uppermost rooms_ i. e. "the most honourable seats." The Jews,
like the Romans, reclined at meals on couches, called _triclinia_each
containing three seats and each seat having its special dignity...
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STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF THE PHARISEES
They are the successors of Moses, Matthew 23:2; but they say and do
not, 3–7.
Only a part of this discourse appears in the other Synoptics; for this
portion cp...
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VER 5. "BUT ALL THEIR WORKS THEY DO FOR TO BE SEEN OF MEN: THEY MAKE
BROAD THEIR PHYLACTERIES, AND ENLARGE THE BORDERS OF THEIR GARMENTS,
6. AND LOVE THE UPPERMOST ROOMS AT FEASTS, AND THE CHIEF SEATS...
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_WOE TO THOSE THAT ARE RELIGIOUS FOR THE WRONG MOTIVES MATTHEW
23:1-12:_ Jesus taught His followers to "observe and do" what the
Pharisees taught as they, "sat in Moses' seat." They knew and
understoo...
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ΦΙΛΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΦΙΛΈΩ (G5368)
любить,
ΠΡΩΤΟΚΛΙΣΊΑΝ (G4411) почетное место за
столом, возле хозяина дома (BAGD).
ΔΕΊΠΝΟΝ (G1173) обед, основной прием пищи
(_см._ Matthew 22:2).
ΠΡΩΤΟΚ...
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ALL THEIR WORKS THEY DO, &C.— "Any good action which they happen to
perform, is vitiated by the principle from which it proceeds. They do
it with a view to popular applause, and not from a regard to G...
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TEXT: 23:5-12
5 But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad
their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders _of their garments,_ and
love the chief place at feasts, and the chief s...
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And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the
synagogues,
AND LOVE THE UPPERMOST ROOMS. The word "room" is now obsolete in the
sense here intended. It should be 'the uppermost...
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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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THE UPPERMOST ROOMS. — Better, _the first places,_ the word
“room,” which had that meaning at the time when the English
version was made, having now become identical with “chamber.”
Strictly speaking,...
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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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_Introduction to the discourse_....
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HUMBLING THE SELF-EXALTED
Matthew 23:1-12
These words were addressed to the disciples and the crowds that had
gathered around. The Jewish religious leaders divorced morality and
religion, and insist...
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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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And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the (e)
synagogues,
(e) When assemblies and councils are gathered together....
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WARNINGS AGAINST THE EVIL EXAMPLE OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES
It is still Wednesday, and the last day our Lord ever spoke in the
temple. These scribes and Pharisees are thronging Him on all sides,
b...
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"Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, (2) Saying,
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: (3) All therefore
whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do n...
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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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6_And love the first places at entertainments.. _He proves, by evident
signs, that no zeal for piety exists in the _scribes, _but that they
are wholly devoted to ambition. For to seek _the first place...
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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 LOVE THE UPPERMOST ROOMS AT FEASTS,.... Or the first and chief
places to sit, or lie down on, at ordinary meals, and especially at
large entertainments, where the great ones sat, as in 1 Samuel 9:...
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And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the
synagogues,
Ver. 6. _And love the uppermost rooms_] Which is a singular vanity,
and yet hath bred greatest contestation in the Churc...
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_All their works they do to be seen of men_ They have the praise of
men in view in all their actions. Hence they are constant and abundant
in those duties of religion which come under the observation...
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UPPERMOST ROOMS; most honorable places at the table. The Jews of our
Lord's day took their meals reclining on couches, which were arranged
on three sides of a central table. In assigning the guests to...
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Their passion for honor from men:...
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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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1-12 The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and
enforced obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion.
We can only judge according to outward appearance; but God search...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 23:7"....
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Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third
and ye be shut out with all your goods beyond the gate of the tower.
Wherefore I now say to you who preside over the Church and love the
first seats,[40]
Cyprian Trea...
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Matthew 23:6 G5037 love G5368 (G5719) places G4411 at G1722 feasts
G1173 G2532 seats G4410 in G1722 synagogues G4864
Matthew 20:21; Proverbs 25:6-7; Mark 12:38-39; Luk
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EXHORTATION TO HIS DISCIPLES AND THE CROWDS NOT TO BE LIKE THE SCRIBES
AND PHARISEES, BUT TO BE DOERS AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, AND RATHER TO BE
HUMBLE AND LOWLY, TREATING EACH OTHER AS BEING AS GOOD IF N...
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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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THE CHIEF PLACE AT FEASTS
(την πρωτοκλισιαν εν τοις δειπνοις).
Literally, the first reclining place on the divan at the meal. The
Persians, Greeks, Romans, Jews differed in their customs, but all
c...
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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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THEY LOVE THE BEST PLACES. Where everyone would be sure to see them.
They wanted the glory....
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_The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat._
CHRIST’S REPROACHES OF PHARISEES
There must be some just, reasonable, and great cause of our Lord’s
indignation, and this we find was an accumulat...
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JESUS WARMS AGAINST THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS MATTHEW 23:1-12; MARK
12:38-40; LUKE 20:45-47; MATTHEW 23:1 Then spake Jesus to the
multitude, and to his disciples, Mark 12:38 And he said unto them in
his d...
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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 23:1. THEN SPAKE JESUS.—The day of grace is over for the
leaders of the people; but for the people themselves there may still
be hope; so the Lord of the temple turns to THE...
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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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3 John 1:9; James 2:1; Luke 11:43; Luke 14:7; Luke 20:46; Luke 20:47;
Mark 12:38; Mark 12:39; Matthew 20:21; Proverbs 25:6;...
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The uppermost rooms [π ρ ω τ ο κ λ ι σ ι α ν]. Rev., more
correctly, the chief place, the foremost couch or uppermost place on
the divan....