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But don`t you be called `Rabbi,` for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
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Christ is the Only Master
Jesus explicitly commands his followers not to seek titles of distinction like 'Rabbi.' Commentators explain this is because Christ alone is the ultimate Teacher and Master. To seek or covet such titles is to risk usurping the unique authority that belongs to Jesus, who is the church's one true head and guide.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Be not ye, etc. Jesus forbade his disciples to seek such titles of distinction. The reason he gave was that he himself was their Master an…
But be not ye called Rabbi (υμεις δε μη κληθητε Ραββε). An apparent aside to the disciples. Note the emphatic position of υμεις. S…
19th Century
Anglican
Do not be called Rabbi — The teaching of our Lord was not without its foreshadowings in that of the better scribes, and a precept …
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Baptist
In the Church of Christ, all titles and honors that exalt people and give occasion for pride are forbidden here. In the Christian commonwealth, we …
The “you” (v.8) is emphatic, and Jesus is probably speaking primarily to his disciples here, just as he later addresses the Pharisees directly (vv.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But be not you called Rabbi Do not be ambitious of any such title, fond of it, or affect it, or be elated with it, s…
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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…
