Bible Study Scribes And Pharisees Denounced

[WalterandDebbie]

Thursday 10-1-20 Tishri 13, 5781 5th. day of the weekly cycle, 10th. Fall Day

Scribes And Pharisees Denounced: Matthew Twenty Three:1-39

◄ Matthew Twenty Three ►
King James Bible Par ▾

Woes to Scribes and Pharisees

Luke 11:37-54)

1Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! 17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. 32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

34Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

Luke 13:31-35)

37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Matthew Twenty Four:1-51 Signs Of Christs Coming 1-44,
Parables About Christ's Coming 45-51

Love always, Walter and Debbie

 

[GodIsMySavior]

This OP is a favorite topic of mine. For myself personally, I like delving into the Greek of the NT, as one can glean a gold mine of information [sadly to say, I am not as well versed in the Hebrew, tho I am a little of the LXX]. A lot of our English words come from it.
A good concordance and lexicon can also be invaluable, IMHO]
That aside, here are some verses where "scribes and pharisees" are used together

Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon - EliYah Ministries

Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

www.eliyah.com

Genesis 1:1 (NKJV)

"scribes" AND "pharisees" primary search results are listed below along with dictionary aides, FAQs, and Lexiconc.

www.blueletterbible.org

"scribes" AND "pharisees" occurs 44 times in 22 verses in the NKJV.

Mat 5:20 “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mar 2:16 And when the scribes and[fn] Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
Luk 5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

They are mentioned together in only 1 verse of John and Acts:

Jhn 8:3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,
Act 23:9 Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees' party arose and protested, saying, “We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.”[fn]

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There is no mention of the Pharisees in the OT, but if one looks at the NT Gk word G5330 it appears to be formed by 2 words: Phar and ios which it is a derivative of "pharm" [where are word for pharmacy comes from].

5330. Pharisaios of Hebrew origin (c a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary:--Pharisee.
5328. Pharao far-ah-o' of foreign origin (6547); Pharao (i.e. Pharoh), an Egyptian king:--Pharaoh.
2447. ios ee-os' perhaps from eimi (to go) or hiemi (to send); rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents):--poison, rust. AV - poison 2, rust 1; 3
5331.pharmakei a from 5332; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively):--sorcery, witchcraft
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And as the OP quoted, they were like unto "serpents/vipers".
Those are used together in only 2 verses of the Bible, according to a concordance:

Matthew 23:33 "Serpents! brood of vipers! how? ye may be fleeing from the judging<2920> of the Gehenna<1067>

Jer 8:17 For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

The corrupt murderous Sadducees were condemned just as much as the Scribes and Pharisees, if not more. [I can start a separate thread on them so as not to go off topic on this one]

Revelation 9:21 And not they reform out of their murders, nor out from their sorceries/pharmakei<5331

And just like the Pharisees, the Sadducees were also enemies of Jesus the Christ and the Cross, and a sect of the High Priesthood/Temple.
Here John mentions both of those Jewish sects coming to His baptism, [before the impending 70ad destruction 40yrs later:]

Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the being about wrath?

Without a Temple, both the High Priesthood and Sadducees went the way of the dodo bird:

3. The Sadducees | Bible.org

One of the major difficulties in describing the Sadducees is that all that we know about them comes from their opponents. They themselves left no written records of their history, their organization, or their views. They appear on the scene just before the great schism between the Hellenizers...

www.bible.org

The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection of the dead or the immortality of the soul, since these doctrines are not mentioned in the law of Moses. Neither did they believe in heaven or hell. They interpreted the law literally and tended to support strict justice as opposed to mercy toward the offender. Since Jesus supported all these things opposed by the Sadducees, Jesus did not fit within the Sadducean movement................ Being closely associated with the Temple, the Sadducees disappeared from history when the Temple was destroyed in 70.

Those were still around during the 1st century when Revelation was visioned/written as shown by the 7 Churches of Jewish/Christian believers:

Revelation 2:9 “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich);
and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 3:9 “Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—
indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.[/quote[
I submit that most of Revelation is showing that destruction of them and their Temple/City in the 1st century [which Jewish historian, Josephus candidly, implies].

Who did the sons of Levi represent in the NT?

Mal 3:3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver,That they may offer to the LORD An offering in righteousness.

Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of the tormenting of them is ascending into Ages to-Ages. And not they are having Rest<372> day and night [Matt 11:29/Hebrew 4:3]
Revelation 19:3 And a second-time they have declared "allelouia" and the Smoke of Her is ascending into the Ages of the Ages".

70AD Jerusalem was literally turned into a "LoF and Gehenna" for those Jewish Rulers,

 

[WalterandDebbie]

This OP is a favorite topic of mine. For myself personally, I like delving into the Greek of the NT, as one can glean a gold mine of information [sadly to say, I am not as well versed in the Hebrew, tho I am a little of the LXX]. A lot of our English words come from it.
A good concordance and lexicon can also be invaluable, IMHO]
That aside, here are some verses where "scribes and pharisees" are used together

Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon - EliYah Ministries

Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

www.eliyah.com

Genesis 1:1 (NKJV)

"scribes" AND "pharisees" primary search results are listed below along with dictionary aides, FAQs, and Lexiconc.

www.blueletterbible.org

"scribes" AND "pharisees" occurs 44 times in 22 verses in the NKJV.

They are mentioned together in only 1 verse of John and Acts:

=======================================
There is no mention of the Pharisees in the OT, but if one looks at the NT Gk word G5330 it appears to be formed by 2 words: Phar and ios which it is a derivative of "pharm" [where are word for pharmacy comes from].

5330. Pharisaios of Hebrew origin (c a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary:--Pharisee.
5328. Pharao far-ah-o' of foreign origin (6547); Pharao (i.e. Pharoh), an Egyptian king:--Pharaoh.
2447. ios ee-os' perhaps from eimi (to go) or hiemi (to send); rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents):--poison, rust. AV - poison 2, rust 1; 3
5331.pharmakei a from 5332; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively):--sorcery, witchcraft
=========================
And as the OP quoted, they were like unto "serpents/vipers".
Those are used together in only 2 verses of the Bible, according to a concordance:

Matthew 23:33 "Serpents! brood of vipers! how? ye may be fleeing from the judging<2920> of the Gehenna<1067>The corrupt murderous Sadducees were condemned just as much as the Scribes and Pharisees, if not more. [I can start a separate thread on them so as not to go off topic on this one]

And just like the Pharisees, the Sadducees were also enemies of Jesus the Christ and the Cross, and a sect of the High Priesthood/Temple.
Here John mentions both of those Jewish sects coming to His baptism, [before the impending 70ad destruction 40yrs later:]
View attachment 10148View attachment 10149

Without a Temple, both the High Priesthood and Sadducees went the way of the dodo bird:

3. The Sadducees | Bible.org

One of the major difficulties in describing the Sadducees is that all that we know about them comes from their opponents. They themselves left no written records of their history, their organization, or their views. They appear on the scene just before the great schism between the Hellenizers...

www.bible.org

Those were still around during the 1st century when Revelation was visioned/written as shown by the 7 Churches of Jewish/Christian believers:

Thanks for your info.

Love, Walter

 

[GodIsMySavior]

Thanks for your info.
Love, Walter

Tho Pharisees are not mentioned in the OT, the word Scribes is.
When I noticed the word "pharisee" came from a Greek derivative for Pharaoh I seem to remember the Egyptians also had scribes, as also the tribes of Israel.

Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon - EliYah Ministries

Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

www.eliyah.com

"scribes" occurs 64 times in 64 verses in the NASB,
"scribe"occurs 50 times in 49 verses in the NASB

Plural "scribes" is only used in about a half dozen verses in the OT, including Jer 8:8] out of the 64 times used in the Bible.

https://biblehub.com/jeremiah /8-8.htm

NASB Jer 8:8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the LORD is with us'?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie.
JPS Tanakh 1917
How do ye say: 'We are wise, And the Law of the LORD is with us'? Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought The vain pen of the scribes.
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The ancient Egyptians under Pharaoh, including the ones who held the Israelites captive, also had scribes.


In ancient Egypt, literacy was the key to success. However, contrary to popular belief, not all Egyptian scribes understood hieroglyphs. Many relied instead on the simpler hieratic script for the multitude of everyday documents generated by the Egyptian bureaucracy.

 

[WalterandDebbie]

Tho Pharisees are not mentioned in the OT, the word Scribes is.
When I noticed the word "pharisee" came from a Greek derivative for Pharaoh I seem to remember the Egyptians also had scribes, as also the tribes of Israel.

Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon - EliYah Ministries

Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

www.eliyah.com

"scribes" occurs 64 times in 64 verses in the NASB,
"scribe"occurs 50 times in 49 verses in the NASB

Plural "scribes" is only used in about a half dozen verses in the OT, including Jer 8:8] out of the 64 times used in the Bible.

https://biblehub.com/jeremiah /8-8.htm

NASB Jer 8:8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the LORD is with us'?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie.
JPS Tanakh 1917
How do ye say: 'We are wise, And the Law of the LORD is with us'? Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought The vain pen of the scribes.
==============================
The ancient Egyptians under Pharaoh, including the ones who held the Israelites captive, also had scribes.


In ancient Egypt, literacy was the key to success. However, contrary to popular belief, not all Egyptian scribes understood hieroglyphs. Many relied instead on the simpler hieratic script for the multitude of everyday documents generated by the Egyptian bureaucracy.

Thanks