Ye took away the key of knowledge (ηρατε την κλειδα της γνωσεως). First aorist active indicative of αιρω, common verb. But this is…

Woe to you, lawyers! See Barnes on Matthew 23:13.

The key of knowledge. A key is made to open a lock or door. By their fal…

Woe unto you, lawyers!—The “woe” in this case is uttered against those who were, by their very calling, the professed interpreters of the …

St. Cyril of Alexandria: A rebuke that exalts the meek is generally hateful to the proud. Therefore, when our Savior was blami…

Jesus directed his final woe against the experts in the law for their sin of taking away not just physical but eternal life, a dereliction of their…

Woe to you lawyers
Who are particularly addre ed again in distinction from the Pharisees, though much the same things are said…

We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, …