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Selected Verse: Matthew 23:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 23:6 |
Strong Concordance |
And [5037] love [5368] the uppermost rooms [4411] at [1722] feasts [1173], and [2532] the chief seats [4410] in [1722] the synagogues [4864], |
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King James |
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts--The word "room" is now obsolete in the sense here intended. It should be "the uppermost place," that is, the place of highest honor.
and the chief seats in the synagogues. See on Luk 14:7-8. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The uppermost rooms at feasts - The word "rooms," here, by no means expresses the meaning of the original. It would be correctly rendered the uppermost "places or couches" at feasts. To understand this, it is necessary to remark that the custom among the Jews was not to eat sitting, as we do, but reclining on couches. The table was made by "three" tables, raised like ours and placed so as to form a square, with a clear space in the midst, and one end quite open. Around these tables were placed cushions capable of containing three or more persons. On these the guests reclined, leaning on their left side, with their feet extended from the table, and so lying that the head of one naturally reclined on the bosom of another. To recline near to one in this manner denoted intimacy, and was what was meant by lying "in the bosom" of another, Joh 13:23; Luk 16:22-23. As the feet were extended "from" the table, and as they reclined instead of sitting, it was easy to approach the feet behind, and even unperceived. Thus, in Luk 7:37-38, while Jesus reclined in this manner, a woman that had been a sinner came to his feet "behind him," and washed them with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. She stood on the outside of the couches. So our Saviour washed the feet of his disciples as they reclined on a couch in this manner, Joh 13:4-12. Whenever we read in the New Testament of "sitting" at meals, it always means reclining in this manner, and never sitting as we do. The chief seat, or the "uppermost" one, was the middle couch at the upper end of the table. This the Pharisees loved, as a post of honor or distinction.
Chief seats in the synagogues - The seats usually occupied by the elders of the synagogue, near the pulpit. The meaning is, they love a place of distinction. See the notes at Mat 4:23. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The uppermost rooms (πρωτοκλισίαν)
Rev., more correctly, the chief place, the foremost couch or uppermost place on the divan. |
7 And [1161] he put forth [3004] a parable [3850] to [4314] those which were bidden [2564], when he marked [1907] how [4459] they chose out [1586] the chief rooms [4411]; saying [3004] unto [4314] them [846],
8 When [3752] thou art bidden [2564] of [5259] any [5100] man to [1519] a wedding [1062], sit [2625] not [3361] down [2625] in [1519] the highest room [4411]; lest [3379] a more honourable man [1784] than thou [4675] be [5600] bidden [2564] of [5259] him [846];
23 And [2532] Jesus [2424] went about [4013] all [3650] Galilee [1056], teaching [1321] in [1722] their [846] synagogues [4864], and [2532] preaching [2784] the gospel [2098] of the kingdom [932], and [2532] healing [2323] all [3956] manner of sickness [3554] and [2532] all [3956] manner of disease [3119] among [1722] the people [2992].
4 He riseth [1453] from [1537] supper [1173], and [2532] laid aside [5087] his garments [2440]; and [2532] took [2983] a towel [3012], and girded [1241] himself [1438].
5 After that [1534] he poureth [906] water [5204] into [1519] a bason [3537], and [2532] began [756] to wash [3538] the disciples [3101]' feet [4228], and [2532] to wipe [1591] them with the towel [3012] wherewith [3739] he was [2258] girded [1241].
6 Then [3767] cometh he [2064] to [4314] Simon [4613] Peter [4074]: and [2532] Peter [1565] saith [3004] unto him [846], Lord [2962], dost [3538] thou [4771] wash [3538] my [3450] feet [4228]?
7 Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], What [3739] I [1473] do [4160] thou [4771] knowest [1492] not [3756] now [737]; but [1161] thou shalt know [1097] hereafter [3326] [5023].
8 Peter [4074] saith [3004] unto him [846], Thou shalt [3538] never [1519] [165] [3364] wash [3538] my [3450] feet [4228]. Jesus [2424] answered [611] him [846], If [3362] I wash [3538] thee [4571] not [3362], thou hast [2192] no [3756] part [3313] with [3326] me [1700].
9 Simon [4613] Peter [4074] saith [3004] unto him [846], Lord [2962], not [3361] my [3450] feet [4228] only [3440], but [235] also [2532] my hands [5495] and [2532] my head [2776].
10 Jesus [2424] saith [3004] to him [846], He that is washed [3068] needeth [5532] not [3756] [2192] save [2228] to wash [3538] his feet [4228], but [235] is [2076] clean [2513] every whit [3650]: and [2532] ye [5210] are [2075] clean [2513], but [235] not [3780] all [3956].
11 For [1063] he knew [1492] who [3588] should betray [3860] him [846]; therefore [5124] [1223] said he [2036], Ye are [2075] not [3780] all [3956] clean [2513].
12 So [3767] after [3753] he had washed [3538] their [846] feet [4228], and [2532] had taken [2983] his [846] garments [2440], and was set down [377] again [3825], he said [2036] unto them [846], Know ye [1097] what [5101] I have done [4160] to you [5213]?
37 And [2532], behold [2400], a woman [1135] in [1722] the city [4172], which [3748] was [2258] a sinner [268], when she knew [1921] that [3754] Jesus sat at meat [345] in [1722] the Pharisee's [5330] house [3614], brought [2865] an alabaster box [211] of ointment [3464],
38 And [2532] stood [2476] at [3844] his [846] feet [4228] behind [3694] him weeping [2799], and began [756] to wash [1026] his [846] feet [4228] with tears [1144], and [2532] did wipe [1591] them with the hairs [2359] of her [846] head [2776], and [2532] kissed [2705] his [846] feet [4228], and [2532] anointed [218] them with the ointment [3464].
22 And [1161] it came to pass [1096], that the beggar [4434] died [599], and [2532] was carried [667] by [5259] the angels [32] into [1519] Abraham's [11] bosom [2859]: the rich man [4145] also [1161] [2532] died [599], and [2532] was buried [2290];
23 And [2532] in [1722] hell [86] he lift up [1869] his [846] eyes [3788], being [5225] in [1722] torments [931], and seeth [3708] Abraham [11] afar [3113] off [575], and [2532] Lazarus [2976] in [1722] his [846] bosom [2859].
23 Now [1161] there was [2258] leaning [345] on [1722] Jesus [2424]' bosom [2859] one [1520] of his [846] disciples [3101], whom [3739] Jesus [2424] loved [25].