Luke 11:43
“Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then answered one of the lawyers,.... Or Scribes, as the Syriac and Persic versions read: and so the Ethiopic version…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Ye love the uppermost seats - Every one of them affected to be a ruler in the synagogues. See on Mat 23:5 (note).
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Luke 11:37-54
Christ here says many of those things to a Pharisee and his guests, in a private conversation at table, which he…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
uppermost seats These were places in the synagogue in a conspicuous semicircle facing the congregation, and round the…
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