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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(κάρφος , something dry), any small dry particle, as of chaff, wood, etc. (Matthew 7:3-5; Luke 6:41-42). Small faults or errors in others, discovered through the magnifying medium of prejudice, are likened by our Lord in these passages to a speck or splinter in the eye, which the censorious are fond of detecting, though guilty of more serious offences themselves, aptly compared to a beam (δοκός) (see Winckler, in Animadvers. Philol. 3:803 sq.). The proverb was a familiar one with-the Hebrews (see Buxtorf, Lex. Rabb. col. 2080). (See EYE).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mote'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/mote.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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