Fill ye up (πληρωσατε). The keenest irony in this command has been softened in some MSS. to the future indicative (πληρωσετε). "Fi…

Fill ye up then, etc. This is a prediction of what they were about to do. He would have them act out their true spirit, and show what they…

Fill you up then... — The English translation fails to capture the pathetic abruptness of the original: And you—fill …

This is one of the most terrible sentences that ever fell from Christ’s lips. It is like His message to Judas, “That you do, do quickly.”<…

St. John Chrysostom: He had said against the Scribes and Pharisees that they were the children of those who killed the Prophet…

The conclusion is defiant and ironical. The idea behind “the measure of the sin” is that God can only tolerate so much sin; then, when the measure …

Do you then fill up the measure of your fathers. He finally concludes that, in this respect, they have not departed from their fathers’ pa…

Fill you up then the measure of your fathers .
Of their sins; for there were bounds and limits set how far they shou…

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…