The chief seats in the synagogues (thn prwtokaqedrian en tai sunagwgai). Singular here, plural in Matthew 23:6 . This semi-circular bench faced the ...
From Jerusalem (apo Ierosolumwn). Jerusalem is the headquarters of the conspiracy against Jesus with the Pharisees as the leaders in it. Already we h...
Overview - Matthew 9 1?Christ cures one sick of the palsy; 9?calls Matthew from the receipt of custom; 10?eats with publicans and sinners; 14?defends...
Overview - Proverbs 10 1?From this chapter to the five and twentieth are sundry observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices. Treasury of S...
Sadducees, the A sect of the Jews Acts 5:17 Denied the resurrection and a future stated Matthew 22:23 ; Luke 20:27 The resurrection a cause ...
Overview - Matthew 20 1?Christ, by the similitude of the labourers in the vineyard, shows that God is debtor unto no man; 17?foretells his passion; 20...
Overview - Matthew 10 1?Christ sends out his twelve apostles, enabling them with power to do miracles; 5?giving them their charge, teaches them; 16?c...
My barn (thn apoqhkhn mou). See already Luke 3:12 ; Luke 6:26 . Granary, storehouse, place for putting things away. ...
Overview - Luke 11 1?Christ teaches us to pray, and that instantly; 11?assuring us that God will give all good things to them that ask him. 14?He, cas...
Overview - Luke 6 1?Christ reproves the Pharisees; 12?chooses apostles; 17?heals the diseased; 20?preaches to his disciples before the people. Treasur...
The ravens (tou koraka). Nowhere else in the N.T. The name includes the whole crow group of birds (rooks and jackdaws). Like the vultures they are sc...
Luke 11:43 Woe unto you Pharisees, for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues And also the uppermost rooms at feasts, ( Matthew 23:6 ) and gr...
Overview - Luke 24 1?Christ's resurrection is declared by two angels to the women that come to the sepulchre. 9?These report it to others. 13?Christ ...
The feast of the Jews (h eorth twn Ioudaiwn). Here used of the passover (to pasca) as in Matthew 7:2 of the tabernacles. This is probably the third...
Pharisees [B] [E] [H] [S]A sect of the Jews Acts 15:5 Doctrines of Matthew 15:9 Concerning the resurrection Acts 23:6 Acts 23:8 Association wit...
Overview - Mark 8 1?Christ feeds the people miraculously; 10?refuses to give a sign to the Pharisees; 14?admonishes his disciples to beware of the lea...
Overview - Mark 6 1?Christ is contemned of his countrymen. 7?He gives the twelve power over unclean spirits. 14?Divers opinions of Christ. 16?John th...
Overview - Matthew 6 1?Christ continues his sermon on the mount, exhorting not to be careful for worldly things, 33?but to seek God's kingdom. Treasur...
Hears and does (akouwn kai poiwn). Present active participles. So in Matthew 7:24 . (Present indicative.) I will show you (upodeixw umin). Only in L...
Overview - John 18 1?Judas betrays Jesus. 6?The officers fall to the ground. 10?Peter smites off Malchus' ear. 12?Jesus is taken, and led unto Annas ...