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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:12

12. Whosoever shall exalt himself By these various modes of assumption. Shall be abased By the divine condemnation. Exalted By the divine approbation, and the honour that cometh from God. This maxim Jesus is represented as repeating more times than any other. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:13

EIGHT WOES UPON THE EXISTING POLITICO-RELIGIOUS DESPOTISM, Matthew 23:13-33. 13. Woe This is a word of solemn denunciation of punishment. As here uttered, it implies that calamities of the most awful nature are impending over its guilty objects from the divine justice. It is the proclamation of a retributive destiny for years and ages of sin. Jesus apostrophises the scribes and Pharisees as if present. Shut up the kingdom of heaven They closed the doors of the Gospel by their false... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:14

14. Devour widows’ houses This was done sometimes by plotting with the children to deprive their widowed mother of her estate, and sometimes by inducing the widow to give up her estate to themselves for superstitious purposes. For this he pronounces the SECOND WOE. Long prayer It is not the length of the prayer which is their crime, but the fact that it is a mere pretence. It is used as a cloak to cover their rapacity. A very religious rabbi would pray nine hours a day. Greater... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:15

15. Proselyte The THIRD WOE is pronounced upon their efforts to extend their unhallowed dominion. The Jews were very zealous to make proselytes, and in our Saviour’s day were not a little successful. Twofold more the child of hell They did not sanctify the proselyte from his old heathen vices, and they imparted to him new Jewish wickedness. A proselyte was a convert from heathenism to Judaism. Proselytes have usually been divided into proselytes of righteousness, which included all who... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:16

16. Blind guides, which say The next, or FOURTH WOE, is pronounced upon their false dogmas in regard to oaths. See on Matthew 5:34-35. Swear by the gold of the temple The gold here mentioned is not the gilding of the edifice, but the offerings of gold in its treasury. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:17

17. Temple that sanctifieth the gold That renders the gold deposit sacred. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:23

23. Woe ”The four first woes are past,” says Dr. Stier. “The four others follow in quick succession, ever heavier on the head, ever deeper into the heart.” The four following woes are pronounced upon different forms of hypocrisy. This FIFTH WOE is upon an extreme scrupulousness in regard to the slightest of ritual performances, with a slight remorse for the grossest immoralities. Our Lord does not condemn the strictness, but the laxity. Pay tithe The law of tithes is found in Leviticus... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:24

24. Strain at a gnat Rather strain out a gnat. Our Lord here uses a proverbial figure, by which a person in drinking is represented as filtrating a gnat from the liquid, while he will at another time swallow down a camel. It is a physical impossibility, indeed, but its meaning is none the less possible in matters of religion and morality. Alford remarks: “The straining of a gnat is not a mere proverbial saying. The Jews (as do now the Budhists in Ceylon and Hindostan) strained their... read more

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:12

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:13

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:14

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:15

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:16

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:17

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:23

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 23:24

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