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Matthew 23:2
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“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.
Saying, The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate:
Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,
saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses.
"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees have the authority to tell you what the law of Moses says.
saying: "The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses' chair [of authority as teachers of the Law];
saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;
saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;
"The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law are experts in the Law of Moses.
"The Torah-teachers and the P'rushim," he said, "sit in the seat of Moshe.
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat:
"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees have the authority to tell you what the Law of Moses says.
Saying, The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate.
And he said to them, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the chair of Moses.
"The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees are the authorized interpreters of Moses' Law.
saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses.
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down on Moses' seat.
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat:
The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;
saying, "The Sofrim and the Perushim sat on Moshe' seat.
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.[fn]Nehemiah 8:4,8; Malachi 2:7; Mark 12:38; Luke 20:45;">[xr]
and said to them, Upon the chair of Musha sit the scribes and the Pharishee.
and said to them: The Scribes and Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses.
Saying: The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moyses seate.
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat:
saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.
All things therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, observe and do;
"The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.
and seide, On the chayere of Moises, scribis and Farisees han sete.
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat:
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's seat.
saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
"The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.
He said, "The teachers of the Law and the proud religious law-keepers have put themselves in Moses' place as teachers.
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat;
saying - Upon Moses' seat, have sat down, the Scribes and the Pharisees:
Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat;
sayinge. The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate.
saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;
and sayde: The scrybes & Pharises are set downe vpon Moses seate.
said, the Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's chair.
"The hypocritical preachers and the lawyers of the Code are experts in the law of Moses.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Nehemiah 8:4-8, Malachi 2:7, Mark 12:38, Luke 20:46
Reciprocal: Exodus 18:13 - General Deuteronomy 19:17 - General Deuteronomy 33:10 - They shall teach 1 Chronicles 24:6 - the scribe Ezra 7:11 - a scribe Ezra 7:25 - teach ye Nehemiah 8:1 - Ezra Song of Solomon 5:7 - the keepers Zechariah 11:16 - which Matthew 5:20 - exceed Matthew 7:29 - and not Matthew 15:1 - scribes Matthew 16:1 - Pharisees Matthew 21:33 - husbandmen Mark 1:44 - show Luke 11:46 - Woe John 7:19 - yet Titus 3:1 - to be subject
Cross-References
So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.
Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
"Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."
So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth—400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.
as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron's city.
After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, "The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!"
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.
When they went up through the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
When all the community saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Saying, the Scribes and Pharisees,.... The Persic version adds, the priests: but Christ does not here speak of the sanhedrim, or grand council of the nation, and of their legislative power; but of those that were the teachers of the people, and the interpreters of the law; and of those, who, though they corrupted the word with their glosses and traditions, yet retained some truth, and at least came nearer truth, than the Sadducees; who therefore are omitted, and only Scribes and Pharisees mentioned, who gave the literal and traditional sense of the Scriptures; of whom he says, they
sit in Moses's seat: not that they were his successors in his office as a legislator and mediator; though the Persic version reads it, "sit in the place and chair of Moses"; but they read his law, and explained it to the people: this post and place, as yet, they kept in the office they were, and were to continue; and the people were to regard them so far as they spoke consistent with the law, until it had its full accomplishment in Christ. The allusion is not to the chairs in which the sanhedrim sat in trying and determining causes, but to those in which the doctors sat when they expounded the law; for though they stood up when they read the law, or the prophets, they sat down when they preached out of them: this custom of the synagogue was observed by our Lord; see Luke 4:16.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Scribes and Pharisees - See the notes at Matthew 3:7.
Mosesâ seat - Moses was the great legislator of the Jews. By him the Law was given. The office of explaining that Law among the Jews devolved on the scribes and Pharisees. In the synagogues they sat while expounding the Law, and rose when they read it. By âsitting in the seat of Mosesâ we are to understand authority to teach the Law; or, as he taught the nation by giving the Law, so they taught it by explaining it.
