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saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses` seat.
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The Seat of Authority
Commentators explain that "Moses' seat" refers to the official position of the scribes and Pharisees as the authorized public teachers of God's Law. This may have been a literal stone chair in the synagogue, symbolizing their role as successors to Moses in interpreting Scripture for the people. Their authority came from the office they held.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Scribes and Pharisees. (See Barnes, Matthew 3:7).
Moses' seat, Moses was a legislator of the Jews. By him the l…
Sit on Moses' seat (επ της Μωυσεως καθεδρας εκαθισαν). The gnomic or timeless aorist tense, εκαθισαν, not the aorist "for" the per…
19th Century
Anglican
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. These words were likely spoken about their collective action as represented in the Sanhe…
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Baptist
Then Jesus spoke to the multitude. The King began His final address to the people. He was soon to withdraw Himself from them, but first He would pu…
The “teachers of the law,” most of whom were Pharisees in Matthew’s time, were primarily responsible for teaching. They “sit in Moses’ seat.” Ancie…
16th Century
Protestant
In the chair of Moses. Reasons were not lacking for inserting here what Luke relates at a different place. Besides the doctrine being the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Saying, the Scribes and Pharisees The Persic version adds, the priests: but Christ does not here speak of the sanhedrim, or gr…
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 …
13th Century
Catholic
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…
