Sit on Moses' seat (επ της Μωυσεως καθεδρας εκαθισαν). The gnomic or timeless aorist tense, εκαθισαν, not the aorist "for" the per…

Scribes and Pharisees. (See Barnes, Matthew 3:7).

Moses' seat, Moses was a legislator of the Jews. By him the l…

The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. These words were likely spoken about their collective action as represented in the Sanhe…

Then Jesus spoke to the multitude. The King began His final address to the people. He was soon to withdraw Himself from them, but first He would pu…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: When the Lord had refuted the Priests with His answer and shown their condition to be beyond remedy—…

The “teachers of the law,” most of whom were Pharisees in Matthew’s time, were primarily responsible for teaching. They “sit in Moses’ seat.” Ancie…

In the chair of Moses. Reasons were not lacking for inserting here what Luke relates at a different place. Besides the doctrine being the …

Saying, the Scribes and Pharisees
The Persic version adds, the priests: but Christ does not here speak of the sanhedrim, or gr…

The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and enforced obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion. We can only judge …

Here, it was shown how the Pharisees and the Scribes were provoked by Christ’s glory, and also by His wisdom, by which He had crushed them; now, ho…