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Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
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The Sin of Seeking Status
Commentators explain that Jesus' woe targets the Pharisees' love for public honor. They desired the most prominent seats in the synagogue, which were often on a semi-circular bench facing the congregation, and sought respectful titles and greetings in public spaces. This desire for status was a key spiritual error.
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The chief seats in the synagogues (την πρωτοκαθεδριαν εν ταις συναγωγαις). Singular here, plural in Mt 23:6. This semi-circular be…
19th Century
Anglican
Ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues.—See Notes on Matthew 23:6-7.
Baptist
They loved to be called Rabbi, learned Doctors of the law. Any title that made them appear great was very sweet to them.
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In Jesus’ estimation, the “Pharisees” (see comment on Mk 2:15–16) had lost the heart of their religion. In vv.41–42b Jesus offers a positive correc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Woe unto you Pharisees, for you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues And also t…
Presbyterian
We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, …
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