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and love the chief place at feasts, the chief seats in the synagogues,
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Commentators explain that the "chief place at feasts" was the most honored position on a reclining couch, while the "chief seats in the synagogues" were on a raised platform facing the congregation. Jesus's criticism was not about the seats themselves, but about the Pharisees' love for the public status and honor these positions provided.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 chief place at feasts (την πρωτοκλισιαν εν τοις δειπνοις). Literally, the first reclining place on the divan at the meal. The …
19th Century
Anglican
The uppermost rooms — This is better translated as the first places. The word “room” had this meaning when early English …
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Baptist
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 …
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). …
16th Century
Protestant
And love the first places at entertainments... He proves, by evident signs, that no zeal for piety exists in the scribes, but tha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
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…
