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New King James Version
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.
"The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on 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
18 Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, [fn] which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord.
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
"My lord, listen to me; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead."
And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out the silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency of the merchants.
to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."
Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.
And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Now when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the 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.
