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When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?"
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Commentators explain that the Pharisees' question was a serious accusation, not a simple inquiry. In that culture, sharing a meal signified intimacy and acceptance. By eating with 'publicans and sinners,' Jesus was seen as endorsing their lifestyle and becoming ceremonially unclean, which, in the Pharisees' view, disqualified Him as a righteous teacher.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Why eats and drinks, etc. To eat and drink with others denotes intimacy and familiarity. The Pharisees, by asking this question, accused h…
19th Century
Anglican
When the Pharisees saw it—Mark identifies these as the “Scribes of the Pharisees” (Mark 2:16). These were probably the…
Baptist
In Matthew’s house, the Savior “sat at meat.” The new convert most naturally called in his old friends so that they might…
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According to most scholars, this dinner at Matthew’s house likely occurred much later than his call in v.9. Jesus had said that even a tax collecto…
16th Century
Protestant
Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners? The scribes attacked the disciples of Christ and, aiming to incite them to revol…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the Pharisees saw it The feast Matthew made, the guests that were invited, and particularly that Christ sat…
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Some time after his call, Matthew sought to bring his old associates to hear Christ. He knew by experience what the grace of Christ could do, and w…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the conversion of sinners is firstly related; and secondly, the dispute of the Pharisees is related, where it is said, And the Ph…
