Teachers of the law (νομοδιδασκαλο). Compound only in N.T. (here, Luke 5:17; Acts 5:34) and ecclesiastical …

Desiring to be teachers of the law. That is, to have the credit and reputation of being well versed in the law of Moses, and qualified to …

Desiring to be teachers of the law.—Desiring, though they really were not. They coveted the respect and influence that wa…

There were some who put the law into its wrong place. They made it a way of salvation, which it never was meant to be, and never can be. It is a wa…

Paul criticizes these would-be teachers of the Law heavily. His verdict was: “They do not know what they are talking about or what they so confiden…

Wishing to be teachers of the law. He does not reprove those who openly attack the instruction of the law, but rather those who boast of b…

Desiring to be teachers of the law
They were very fond of being called Rabbi, Rabbi, and styled doctors of the law, …

Whatever tends to weaken love for God, or love for fellow believers, tends to defeat the purpose of the commandment. The purpose of the gospel is f…

1. Above, he showed the value and usefulne of the virtues; here, he explains why they are needed. Specifically, whoever lacks them is in dan…