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In the synagogues and in the corners of the streets (εν ταις συναγωγαις κα εν ταις γωνιαις των πλατειων). These were the usual pla…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
And when you pray, etc. Hypocrites manifested the same spirit about prayer as alms-giving: it was done in public places.
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Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Standing in the synagogues — The Jewish custom, more or less prevalent throughout the East and retained for a time at certain seas…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Therefore when you do your alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may hav…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
Pseudo-Chrysostom: Solomon says, "Before prayer, prepare your soul." The person who comes to prayer giving alm…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
In his second example, Jesus assumes that his disciples will pray, but he forbids the prayers of “hypocrites” (see comment on v.2). Prayer had a pr…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
When you pray, he now gives the same instruction as to prayer, which he had formerly given as to alms. It is a gross and…
John Gill
JohnGill
And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites ,
&c.] As the Scribes and Pharisees; whose posture in prayer, t…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
It is taken for granted that all who are disciples of Christ pray. You may as soon find a living man who does not breathe, as a living Christian wh…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
And when you pray. Above, regarding the work of almsgiving, the Lord showed that it ought not to be done for human glory.…
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A.T. Robertson
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