Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 15:1

"Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying," — Matthew 15:1 (ASV)

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, and now these quibblers gathered around him to try and worry him. They were a kind of mosquito swarm to Christ. Had he not been a perfect man, they might have worried him.

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

They had taken a journey to come and attack him; perhaps they had been sent as a deputation to try to thwart the Savior. What a vexation of spirit it must have been to his pure and holy mind to come into conflict with these triflers, these self-righteous, self-confident men?

Why did they come to Christ? To plead with him for the poor people who were perishing for lack of knowledge, or to ask him how souls could be saved, and how God could be glorified? Oh, no! They came to ask the Savior about a very different subject.