Ostentatious Profanity – Matthew 23:16-22

This is a complicated paragraph. I don’t think that I understand it very well, partially because of my limited knowledge of those customs. The subject is further complicated by the mixed definitions of some of the related words. Take the word “swear” for...

Woe unto You – Matthew 23:13-15

The word “woe” is used in thirty-three verses of the New Testament. It is one rendition of the Greek word “ouai” (oo-ah’-ee). I mention this because “ouai” is also translated as “alas” in three verses in the Book of...

Whose Son is This? – Matthew 22:41-46

A group of Sadducees had come to Christ Jesus with a question about life beyond physical death. That is both interesting and confusing, because the Sadducees didn’t believe in life after death. As Acts 23:8tells us, “the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,...