The chief place at feasts (την πρωτοκλισιαν εν τοις δειπνοις). Literally, the first reclining place on the divan at the meal. The …

The uppermost rooms at feasts. The word rooms, here, does not at all express the meaning of the original. It would be more accura…

The uppermost rooms — This is better translated as the first places. The word “room” had this meaning when early English …

This was the fatal flaw in their character: But all their works they do for to be seen of men. So long as they stood well in the sight of …

St. John Chrysostom: The Lord had charged the Scribes and Pharisees with harshness and neglect; He now brings forward their va…

Jesus now illustrates some of the leaders’ practices not to be copied (v.3b). He accuses them of being time-servers and applause-seekers (6:1–18). …

And love the first places at entertainments... He proves, by evident signs, that no zeal for piety exists in the scribes, but tha…

And love the uppermost rooms at feasts
Or the first and chief places to sit, or lie down on, at ordinary meals, and …

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…