Twofold more a son of hell than yourselves (υιον γεεννης διπλοτερον υμων). It is a convert to Pharisaism rather than Judaism that …

Ye compass sea and land. You take every means—spare no pains to gain proselytes.

Proselyte. One who comes over from a fore…

To make one proselyte — The zeal of the earlier Pharisees revealed itself in a form of propagandism that reminds us more of the sp…

The third “woe” related to the unholy zeal of the scribes and Pharisees in gaining adherents to Judaism and their own party, and by the process mak…

St. John Chrysostom: The next charge against them is that they are unequal to the task of saving many, since they need so much…

Many scholars have convincingly argued that the first century A. D. until the Fall of Jerusalem marks the most remarkable period of Jewish missiona…

For you compass sea and land. The scribes had also acquired renown by their zeal in working to bring foreigners and the uncircumc…

Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites
The same character, and woe, are still continued, and a new reason ad…

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…