Luke 11:52

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܘܳܝ ܠܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܣܳܦ݂ܪܶܐ ܕ݁ܰܫܩܰܠܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܩܠܺܝܕ݂ܶܐ ܕ݁ܺܝܕ݂ܰܥܬ݂ܳܐ ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܠܳܐ ܥܰܠܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܘܠܰܐܝܠܶܝܢ ܕ݁ܥܳܐܠܺܝܢ ܟ݁ܠܰܝܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܀

Bible Verse Review
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for: Luke 19:39, Luke 19:40, Malachi 2:7, Matthew 23:13, John 7:47-52, John 9:24-34, Acts 4:17, Acts 4:18, Acts 5:40

hindered: or, forbad

Reciprocal: Isaiah 10:1 - Woe Jeremiah 2:8 - and they that Ezekiel 13:3 - Woe Ezekiel 34:18 - to have Malachi 3:2 - who may abide Matthew 22:35 - a lawyer Luke 5:17 - that there Luke 18:39 - rebuked John 11:48 - all Acts 13:10 - wilt 1 Corinthians 9:12 - hinder 1 Thessalonians 2:15 - contrary Titus 3:13 - the lawyer Revelation 22:19 - take

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Woe unto you lawyers,.... Who are particularly addressed again in distinction from the Pharisees, though much the same things are said to them both in Matthew 23:13

for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; of the Scriptures, of the law, and the prophets, and the true interpretation of them, and especially of such places as refer to the Messiah, and the Gospel dispensation, called the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 23:13 they had not only arrogated the knowledge of these to themselves, setting up for the only interpreters of the sacred writings; but they had took away from the people the true knowledge and sense of them, by their false glosses upon them, so that they were destroyed for lack of knowledge: and hence came that famine of hearing the word, which they say c should be before the coming of the King Messiah, and now was. The Syriac and Arabic versions read, "the keys of knowledge"; and the Ethiopic version, "the key of righteousness". The Jews sometimes speak of "the keys of the law", and represent the oral law as the root and key of the written law d: but, alas! it was by the oral law, or traditions of the elders, that they took away the key, or obscured the true sense of the written law. Some think, that here is an allusion to the custom of delivering a key to any one, when he was ordained or promoted to the dignity of a doctor: it is said of R. Samuel e, that

"when he died they put, מפתחו, "his key", and his writing book into his coffin, because he was not worthy of a son''

to succeed him:

ye entered not in yourselves; into the kingdom of heaven, the Gospel dispensation, neither receiving doctrines, nor submitting to its ordinances:

and them that were entering in ye hindered; by reproaching the miracles and ministry of Christ; by threatenings and excommunications; Matthew 23:13- :.

c Targum in Ruth i, 1. d Zohar in Exod. fol. 46. 1. e Vid. Cameron. in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Woe unto you, lawyers! - See the notes at Matthew 23:13.

The key of knowledge - A key is made to open a lock or door. By their false interpretation of the Old Testament they had taken away the true key or method of understanding it. They had hindered the people from understanding it aright. “You endeavor to prevent the people also from understanding the Scriptures respecting the Messiah, and those who were coming to “me” ye hindered.” If there is any sin of special magnitude, it is that of keeping the people in ignorance; and few people are so guilty as they who by false instructions prevent them from coming to a knowledge of the truth, and embracing it as it is in Jesus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 11:52. Ye have taken away the key of knowledge — By your traditions ye have taken away the true method of interpreting the prophecies: ye have given a wrong meaning to those scriptures which speak of the kingdom of the Messiah, and the people are thereby hindered from entering into it. Matthew 23:13.