the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Matthew 23:2
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“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.
Saying, The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate:
Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,
saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses.
"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees have the authority to tell you what the law of Moses says.
saying: "The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses' chair [of authority as teachers of the Law];
saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;
saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;
"The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law are experts in the Law of Moses.
"The Torah-teachers and the P'rushim," he said, "sit in the seat of Moshe.
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat:
"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees have the authority to tell you what the Law of Moses says.
Saying, The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate.
And he said to them, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the chair of Moses.
"The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees are the authorized interpreters of Moses' Law.
saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses.
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down on Moses' seat.
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat:
The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;
saying, "The Sofrim and the Perushim sat on Moshe' seat.
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.[fn]Nehemiah 8:4,8; Malachi 2:7; Mark 12:38; Luke 20:45;">[xr]
and said to them, Upon the chair of Musha sit the scribes and the Pharishee.
and said to them: The Scribes and Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses.
Saying: The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moyses seate.
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat:
saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.
All things therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, observe and do;
"The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.
and seide, On the chayere of Moises, scribis and Farisees han sete.
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat:
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's seat.
"The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.
saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
"The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.
He said, "The teachers of the Law and the proud religious law-keepers have put themselves in Moses' place as teachers.
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat;
saying - Upon Moses' seat, have sat down, the Scribes and the Pharisees:
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat;
sayinge. The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate.
saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;
and sayde: The scrybes & Pharises are set downe vpon Moses seate.
said, the Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's chair.
"The hypocritical preachers and the lawyers of the Code are experts in the law of Moses.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Nehemiah 8:4-8, Malachi 2:7, Mark 12:38, Luke 20:46
Reciprocal: Exodus 18:13 - General Deuteronomy 19:17 - General Deuteronomy 33:10 - They shall teach 1 Chronicles 24:6 - the scribe Ezra 7:11 - a scribe Ezra 7:25 - teach ye Nehemiah 8:1 - Ezra Song of Solomon 5:7 - the keepers Zechariah 11:16 - which Matthew 5:20 - exceed Matthew 7:29 - and not Matthew 15:1 - scribes Matthew 16:1 - Pharisees Matthew 21:33 - husbandmen Mark 1:44 - show Luke 11:46 - Woe John 7:19 - yet Titus 3:1 - to be subject
Cross-References
So Abram removing his tent, came, and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.
And Ephron answered:
My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.
And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver, of common current money.
Was made sure to Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the children of Heth, and of all that went in at the gate of his city.
And so Abraham buried Sara, his wife, in the double cave of the field, that looked towards Mambre, this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan.
Esau therefore always hated Jacob, for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him; and he said in his heart: The days will come of the mourning for my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.
And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days.
(13-23) And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.
(20-30) And all the multitude seeing that Aaron was dead, mourned for him thirty days throughout all their families.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Saying, the Scribes and Pharisees,.... The Persic version adds, the priests: but Christ does not here speak of the sanhedrim, or grand council of the nation, and of their legislative power; but of those that were the teachers of the people, and the interpreters of the law; and of those, who, though they corrupted the word with their glosses and traditions, yet retained some truth, and at least came nearer truth, than the Sadducees; who therefore are omitted, and only Scribes and Pharisees mentioned, who gave the literal and traditional sense of the Scriptures; of whom he says, they
sit in Moses's seat: not that they were his successors in his office as a legislator and mediator; though the Persic version reads it, "sit in the place and chair of Moses"; but they read his law, and explained it to the people: this post and place, as yet, they kept in the office they were, and were to continue; and the people were to regard them so far as they spoke consistent with the law, until it had its full accomplishment in Christ. The allusion is not to the chairs in which the sanhedrim sat in trying and determining causes, but to those in which the doctors sat when they expounded the law; for though they stood up when they read the law, or the prophets, they sat down when they preached out of them: this custom of the synagogue was observed by our Lord; see Luke 4:16.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Scribes and Pharisees - See the notes at Matthew 3:7.
Mosesâ seat - Moses was the great legislator of the Jews. By him the Law was given. The office of explaining that Law among the Jews devolved on the scribes and Pharisees. In the synagogues they sat while expounding the Law, and rose when they read it. By âsitting in the seat of Mosesâ we are to understand authority to teach the Law; or, as he taught the nation by giving the Law, so they taught it by explaining it.
