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Matthew 23:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
Matthew 23:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 (A)And love the chief place at feasts, and to have the chief seats in the [a]assemblies,
7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, [b]Rabbi.
8 (B)[c]But be not ye [d]called, Rabbi: for [e]one is your doctor, to wit, Christ, and all ye are brethren.
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- Matthew 23:6 When assemblies and Councils are gathered together.
- Matthew 23:7 This word Rabbi, signifieth one that is above his fellows, and is as good as a number of them: and we may see by the repeating of it, how proud a rule it was. Now they were called Rabbi, which by the laying on of hands were uttered and declared to the world to be wise men.
- Matthew 23:8 Modesty is a singular ornament of God’s minsters.
- Matthew 23:8 Seek not ambitiously after it: for our Lord doth not forbid us to give the Magistrate and our Masters the honor that is due to them, Augustine de sermone verbi Domine ex, Matt. 11.
- Matthew 23:8 He seemeth to allude to a place of Isaiah, chapter 54:13, and Jer. 31:34.
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