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Selected Verse: Mark 12:39 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 12:39 |
King James |
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms--or positions.
at feasts--On this love of distinction, see on Luk 14:7; Mat 6:5. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Uppermost rooms (πρωτοκλισίας)
More correctly, the chief couches,. So Rev., chief places. |
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,