Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Matthew
Chapter 23  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:33 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:33 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:33 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:33 JFB -> Commentary on 23:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:33 PNT -> Commentary on 23:33 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:33 TFG -> Commentary on 23:33 TSK -> Commentary on 23:33 TSK -> Entry for 23:33 WEN -> Notes on 23:33 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Escape; Hell; Hypocrisy; Judgments; Pharisees; Punishment; Responsibility; Satire; Sin; Teachers; Viper; Wicked (People) TTT -> Death, Eternal; Pharisees, The; Punishment of the Wicked, The; Serpents; Titles and Names of the Wicked; Wicked, The, are compared to EBD -> Gehenna; Hell; Hinnom; Viper WJD -> Devotional using 23:33 WJD -> Devotional using 23:33 23:33 - [In Context] "You are snakes! You are from a family of poisonous snakes! You will not escape God. You will all be judged guilty and go to hell!
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:34 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:34 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:34 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:34 JFB -> Commentary on 23:34 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:34 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:34 PNT -> Commentary on 23:34 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:34 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:34 TFG -> Commentary on 23:34 TSK -> Commentary on 23:34 TSK -> Entry for 23:34 WEN -> Notes on 23:34 NTB -> Crucifixion; Ecclesiasticism; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Martyrdom; Minister, Christian; Opportunity; Persecution; Responsibility; Synagogue TTT -> Prophecy; Prophets; Punishment of the Wicked, The; Synagogues WJD -> Devotional using 23:34 WJD -> Devotional using 23:34 23:34 - [In Context] So I tell you this: I send to you prophets F355 and wise men and teachers. You will kill some of these people. You will hang some of them on crosses. You will beat some of these people in your synagogues. F356 You will chase them from town to town.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:35 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:35 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:35 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:35 JFB -> Commentary on 23:35 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:35 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:35 PNT -> Commentary on 23:35 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:35 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:35 TFG -> Commentary on 23:35 TSK -> Commentary on 23:35 TSK -> Entry for 23:35 WEN -> Notes on 23:35 NTB -> Abel; Altar; Barachiah; Ecclesiasticism; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Joash; Martyrdom; Opportunity; Persecution; Responsibility; Zacharias (Zechariah); Zechariah (Zecharias) TTT -> Murder; Prophets; Punishment of the Wicked, The; Righteousness; Sins, National EBD -> Abel; Barachias, Berechiah; Chronicles, Books of; Earth; Zacharias; Zechariah SBD -> Abel; Barachias; Joash; Zacharias; Zechariah WJD -> Devotional using 23:35 WJD -> Devotional using 23:35 23:35 - [In Context] So you will be guilty for the death of all the good people that have been killed on earth. You will be guilty for the killing of that good man Abel. F357 And you will be guilty for the killing of Zechariah F358 son of Berachiah. He was killed between the temple F359 and the altar. F360 You will be guilty for the killing of all the good people that lived between the time of Abel and the time of Zechariah.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:36 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:36 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:36 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:36 JFB -> Commentary on 23:36 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:36 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:36 PNT -> Commentary on 23:36 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:36 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:36 TSK -> Commentary on 23:36 TSK -> Entry for 23:36 WEN -> Notes on 23:36 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Opportunity TTT -> Prophets; Punishment of the Wicked, The; Sins, National WJD -> Devotional using 23:36 WJD -> Devotional using 23:36 23:36 - [In Context] I tell you the truth. All of these things will happen to you people that are living now.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:37 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:37 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:37 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:37 JFB -> Commentary on 23:37 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:37 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:37 PNT -> Commentary on 23:37 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:37 TFG -> Commentary on 23:37 TSK -> Commentary on 23:37 TSK -> Entry for 23:37 WEN -> Notes on 23:37 NTB -> Backsliders; Chickens; Contingencies; God (continued); Hen; Impenitence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Jerusalem; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Opportunity; Prophets; Salvation; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Birds; Jerusalem; Jews, The; Long-suffering of God, The; Prophets; Sins, National EBD -> Hen SBD -> Hen WJD -> Devotional using 23:37 WJD -> Devotional using 23:37 23:37 - [In Context] "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. F361 You kill with rocks those men that God sent to you. Many, many times I wanted to help your people. I wanted to gather your people together like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you did not let me.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:38 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:38 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:38 JFB -> Commentary on 23:38 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:38 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:38 PNT -> Commentary on 23:38 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:38 TFG -> Commentary on 23:38 TSK -> Commentary on 23:38 TSK -> Entry for 23:38 WEN -> Notes on 23:38 NTB -> Impenitence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Jerusalem; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Opportunity TTT -> Jews, The; Prophets; Protection; Sins, National WJD -> Devotional using 23:38 WJD -> Devotional using 23:38 23:38 - [In Context] Now your house will be left completely empty.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:39 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:39 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:39 JFB -> Commentary on 23:39 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:39 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:39 PNT -> Commentary on 23:39 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:39 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:39 TFG -> Commentary on 23:39 TSK -> Commentary on 23:39 TSK -> Entry for 23:39 WEN -> Notes on 23:39 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ (continued); Quotations And Allusions TTT -> Sins, National WJD -> Devotional using 23:39 WJD -> Devotional using 23:39 23:39 - [In Context] I tell you, you will not see me again until that time when you will say, 'Welcome! God bless the one that comes in the name of the Lord.' F362 "
FOOTNOTES: F355: prophets   People that spoke for God. F356: synagogue(s)   Synagogues were places where Jews gathered for prayer, study of the Scriptures, and other public meetings. F357: Abel, Zechariah   In the Hebrew Old Testament, the first and last men to be murdered. F358: Abel, Zechariah   In the Hebrew Old Testament, the first and last men to be murdered. F359: temple   The special building in Jerusalem for Jewish worship. F360: altar   An altar is a place where sacrifices or gifts are offered to God. There was an altar in front of the temple in Jerusalem. F361: prophets   People that spoke for God. F362: 'Welcome! … Lord'   Quote from Ps. 118:26.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.