Matthew 23:18 KJV
And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Matthew Henry
- Crimes of the PhariseesThe scribes and Pharisees were enemies to the gospel of Christ, and therefore to the salvation of the souls of men. It is bad to keep away from Christ...
Harmony of the Gospels
- § 123 Woes against the Scribes and Pharisees. Lamentation over JerusalemAlso Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47
Passion Week
- Questioned in the TempleTuesday, the 13th, as Matthew, Mark, and Luke tell it
Topics
- Altar Sanctified everything that touched it
- Blindness Spiritual
- Church Corruption in
- Ecclesiasticism Jewish, rebuked by Jesus
- Hypocrisy General scriptures concerning Hypocrisy
- Jesus, the Christ Exposes the hypocrisies of the scribes and Pharisees (in Jerusalem)
- Oath Unclassified scriptures relating to Oath
- Pharisees By Jesus
- Reproof Jesus, of the scribes and Pharisees
- Satire Of Jesus against hypocrites
- Teachers Admonition against
- Temple Jews swore by
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 27–31 · The Ministry of Jesus Christ
Greek and Strong’s
- And Καί Kai καί Conjunction
- Whosoever Ὃς Hos ὅς Pronoun · nominative masculine singular ἐὰν ean ἐάν Particle
- shall swear ὀμόσῃ omosē ὀμνύω Verb · aorist active subjunctive, third person singular
- by ἐν en ἐν Preposition
- the altar τῷ tō Article · dative neuter singular θυσιαστηρίῳ thysiastēriō θυσιαστήριον Noun · dative neuter singular
- it is ἐστιν estin Verb · present active indicative, third person singular ἐστί estí
- nothing οὐδέν ouden οὐδείς Pronoun · nominative neuter singular
- but δʼ d’ δέ Conjunction
- whosoever ὃς hos ὅς Pronoun · nominative masculine singular ἂν an ἄν Particle
- sweareth ὀμόσῃ omosē ὀμνύω Verb · aorist active subjunctive, third person singular
- by ἐν en ἐν Preposition
- the gift τῷ tō Article · dative neuter singular δώρῳ dōrō δῶρον Noun · dative neuter singular
- that is upon τῷ tō Pronoun · dative neuter singular ἐπάνω epanō ἐπάνω Preposition
- it αὐτοῦ autou αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive neuter singular
- he is guilty ὀφείλει opheilei ὀφείλω Verb · present active indicative, third person singular
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