Hypocrites (υποκριτα). This terrible word of Jesus appears first from him in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:2,5,16…

Woe to you. You are guilty, and punishment will come to you. He proceeds to state in what way they were guilty.

This most eloquent,…

Woe to you — In these verses, we encounter the sternest words of condemnation that ever came from our Lord’s lips. However, it is …

While our Savior was speaking to the people and His disciples, the scribes and Pharisees may have again drawn near. At any rate, His next words wer…

Origen of Alexandria: Christ is truly the Son of the God who gave the Law. Following the example of the blessings pronounced …

A “woe” (GK 4026) can be a compa ionate “alas!” (24:19), a strong condemnation (11:21), or a combination of the two (18:17; 26:24). In this chapter…

You shut up the kingdom of heaven. Christ pronounces a curse on them because they pervert their office to the general destruction of the w…

But woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites
It seems from hence, that the Scribes and Pharisees had not left …

The scribes and Pharisees were enemies of the gospel of Christ, and therefore of the salvation of people's souls. It is bad to keep away from Chris…

After He instructed the disciples and the multitudes about the caution they should have regarding the Jews' doctrine, He now directs His words to t…