Matthew 15:7-9
Jan 18, 2012 05:21 AM Done
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- Prophesy of you - That is, he spoke of the people of his day of the Jews, as Jews - in terms that apply to the whole people. He properly characterized the nation in calling them hypocrites.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
- Nor can it be thought that Christ, in calling them hypocrites, bears too hard upon them; when one of their own doctors, who lived not very distant from this age, says (a) of the men of Jerusalem, that
- "if the hypocrites of the world were divided into ten parts, nine of them would belong to Jerusalem, and one to the rest of the world.''
Vincent's Word Studies
- Well (καλῶς)=Admirably.
People's New Testament
- 15:7 Ye hypocrites. The world so rendered might mean one self-deceived as well as a deceiver, but was always a rebuke.
Matthew Henry Whole...
- Note, It is the prerogative of him who searcheth the heart, and knows what is in man, to pronounce who are hypocrites. The eye of man can perceive open profaneness, but it is only the eye of Christ that can discern hypocrisy, Lu. 16:15.
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
- The preface to these words, or the form in which they are introduced by the prophet; "wherefore the Lord said", is left out in this citation, being unnecessary here,...what was about to be said, was not the prophet's own words, but the words of the Lord, of which the Jews in Christ's time made no doubt;
Matthew Henry Complete:
- How far a hypocrite goes; he draws nigh to God, and honours him; he is, in profession, a worshipper of God. The Pharisee went up to the temple, to pray; he does not stand at that distance which those are at, who live without God in the world, but has a name among the people near unto him.
- It is piety but from the teeth outwards; he shows much love, and that is all, there is in his heart no true love; they make their voices to be heard (Isa. 58:4), mention the name of the Lord, Isa. 48:1. Hypocrites are those that only make a lip-labour of religion and religious worship. In word and tongue, the worst hypocrites may do as well as the best saints, and speak as fair with Jacob's voice.
- What that is wherein he comes short; it is in the main matter; Their heart is far from me, habitually alienated and estranged (Eph. 4:18), actually wandering and dwelling upon something else; no serious thoughts of God, no pious affections toward him, no concern about the soul and eternity, no thoughts agreeable to the service. God is near in their mouth, but far from their reins, Jer. 12:2; Eze. 33:31. The heart, with the fool's eyes, is in the ends of the earth. It is a silly dove that is without a heart, and so it is a silly duty, Hos. 7:11. A hypocrite says one thing, but thinks another. The great thing that God looks at and requires is the heart (Prov. 23:26); if that be far from him, it is not a reasonable service and therefore not an acceptable one; it is the sacrifice of fools, Eccl. 5:1.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Barnes
- God only has a right to declare what shall be done in his service; but they held their traditions to be superior to the written word of God, and taught them as doctrines binding the conscience.
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
- H�o�w�e�v�e�r� �s�i�n�c�e�r�e� �a� �m�a�n� �m�a�y� �b�e� �i�n� �a� �w�o�r�s�h�i�p� �o�f� �h�i�s� �o�w�n� �i�n�v�e�n�t�i�o�n�,� �o�r� �o�f� � �m�a�n�'�s� �c�o�m�m�a�n�d�m�e�n�t�,� �y�e�t� �i�t� �p�r�o�f�i�t�s� �h�i�m� �n�o�t�h�i�n�g�.� �C�h�r�i�s�t� �h�i�m�s�e�l�f� �s�a�y�s� �i�t� �i�s� � �i�n� �v�a�i�n�.
Gills
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- T�h�e� �p�h�r�a�s�e�,� �"�i�n� �v�a�i�n�"�,� �i�s� �n�o�t� �i�n� �t�h�e� �t�e�x�t� �i�n� �I�s�a�i�a�h�:
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Jan 18, 2012 05:21 AM Done
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- Prophesy of you - That is, he spoke of the people of his day of the Jews, as Jews - in terms that apply to the whole people. He properly characterized the nation in calling them hypocrites.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
- Nor can it be thought that Christ, in calling them hypocrites, bears too hard upon them; when one of their own doctors, who lived not very distant from this age, says (a) of the men of Jerusalem, that
- "if the hypocrites of the world were divided into ten parts, nine of them would belong to Jerusalem, and one to the rest of the world.''
Vincent's Word Studies
- Well (καλῶς)=Admirably.
People's New Testament
- 15:7 Ye hypocrites. The world so rendered might mean one self-deceived as well as a deceiver, but was always a rebuke.
Matthew Henry Whole...
- Note, It is the prerogative of him who searcheth the heart, and knows what is in man, to pronounce who are hypocrites. The eye of man can perceive open profaneness, but it is only the eye of Christ that can discern hypocrisy, Lu. 16:15.
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
- The preface to these words, or the form in which they are introduced by the prophet; "wherefore the Lord said", is left out in this citation, being unnecessary here,...what was about to be said, was not the prophet's own words, but the words of the Lord, of which the Jews in Christ's time made no doubt;
Matthew Henry Complete:
- How far a hypocrite goes; he draws nigh to God, and honours him; he is, in profession, a worshipper of God. The Pharisee went up to the temple, to pray; he does not stand at that distance which those are at, who live without God in the world, but has a name among the people near unto him.
- It is piety but from the teeth outwards; he shows much love, and that is all, there is in his heart no true love; they make their voices to be heard (Isa. 58:4), mention the name of the Lord, Isa. 48:1. Hypocrites are those that only make a lip-labour of religion and religious worship. In word and tongue, the worst hypocrites may do as well as the best saints, and speak as fair with Jacob's voice.
- What that is wherein he comes short; it is in the main matter; Their heart is far from me, habitually alienated and estranged (Eph. 4:18), actually wandering and dwelling upon something else; no serious thoughts of God, no pious affections toward him, no concern about the soul and eternity, no thoughts agreeable to the service. God is near in their mouth, but far from their reins, Jer. 12:2; Eze. 33:31. The heart, with the fool's eyes, is in the ends of the earth. It is a silly dove that is without a heart, and so it is a silly duty, Hos. 7:11. A hypocrite says one thing, but thinks another. The great thing that God looks at and requires is the heart (Prov. 23:26); if that be far from him, it is not a reasonable service and therefore not an acceptable one; it is the sacrifice of fools, Eccl. 5:1.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Barnes
- God only has a right to declare what shall be done in his service; but they held their traditions to be superior to the written word of God, and taught them as doctrines binding the conscience.
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
- H�o�w�e�v�e�r� �s�i�n�c�e�r�e� �a� �m�a�n� �m�a�y� �b�e� �i�n� �a� �w�o�r�s�h�i�p� �o�f� �h�i�s� �o�w�n� �i�n�v�e�n�t�i�o�n�,� �o�r� �o�f� � �m�a�n�'�s� �c�o�m�m�a�n�d�m�e�n�t�,� �y�e�t� �i�t� �p�r�o�f�i�t�s� �h�i�m� �n�o�t�h�i�n�g�.� �C�h�r�i�s�t� �h�i�m�s�e�l�f� �s�a�y�s� �i�t� �i�s� � �i�n� �v�a�i�n�.
Gills
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- T�h�e� �p�h�r�a�s�e�,� �"�i�n� �v�a�i�n�"�,� �i�s� �n�o�t� �i�n� �t�h�e� �t�e�x�t� �i�n� �I�s�a�i�a�h�:
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