45 Then
one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things
You reproach us also.” 46 And
He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men
with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one
of your fingers. 47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them. 48 In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your
fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also
said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they
will kill and persecute,’ 50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the
foundation of the world may be required of this generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to the
blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to
you, it shall be required of this generation. 52 “Woe to you
lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in
yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.” 53 And as He said these things to them, the
scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to
cross-examine Him about many things, 54 lying in wait for Him, and seeking to
catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him.
Commentary
Vs. 45 “Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You reproach us also.”
The Lord Jesus having rebuke the Pharisees now is reminded by one of their lawyers; that is one of their experts in the law of God; that by rebuking them. Jesus also was rebuking them, for they interpreted the difficult passages in the law of God for them.
Vs. 46 And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
Jesus though is not moved by the lawyer’s appeal to draw back His rebuke. For Jesus makes it clear that the lawyers were just as guilty as the Pharisees in their miss use of the law. For though the knew and interpreted the law of God for others they themselves did not practice it, at least not as it was intended! Instead they laid heavy burdens on the people. And yet as Jesus notes of them they themselves would not lift one of their fingers to lift the heavy burdens that they were laying on men. Thus, by doing so they showed themselves to have neither fear for God and His Word, nor love for His people. Therefore, Jesus says repeatedly to them, Woe to you!
Vs. 47-48 47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
If the lawyers thought that by building and adorning the tombs of prophets (the very prophets that their fathers killed when they were rebuked by them in ancient times) that they were being “righteous” they were only deceiving themselves. For though to the people it appeared that they were “honoring” them, yet as Jesus says to them their doing so was only adding to their own guilt before God. For He knew their hearts and what they really thought about the prophets. Indeed, from the time of their fathers until now they continued to persecute and kill the very prophets God had sent to them. And in this no greater crime before God would be committed by them when they would conspire with the Gentiles to have His Son the Lord Jesus Christ Crucified by them.
Vs. 49-51 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ 50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.
Therefore because of their guilt and hypocrisy the Lord Jesus Christ now says that the wisdom of God will now send to them prophets and apostles, but not prophets born out of their disobedience to the Old Covenant; but now prophets and apostles born out of the New Covenant which the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has enacted by His Crucifixion death and Resurrection from the dead before His Ascension back to heaven. And so, when the Holy Spirit is poured out (as all of that was then still future) Jesus says that according to the Wisdom of God He will send prophets and Apostles to them to call that unbelieving and unrepentant generation to account. However, they will not repent, instead they will do just as their fathers did, and they will kill and persecute all the ones Jesus sends to them, so that their and their fathers’ guilt will be full and complete, for they and their fathers have only been guilty of killing them all, from the foundation of the world even until now!
Vs. 52 “Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”
Here in Jesus’ finial rebuke of them He tells them that they themselves have taken away the key of knowledge; that is, they by their miss-use of the Scriptures, intermingling them with the commandments of men, (along with their ridiculous and hypocritical interpretations of it) they have only completely undermined it. Thus, they have made it impossible for people to see that through the Word of God alone now come in the flesh as the Person, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ all people everywhere can have remission of all their sins and everlasting life by faith in Him. Therefore, the Lord Jesus Christ says woe to them! For they themselves did not enter in; because they themselves would not believe God’s Word which declares and reveals Him alone as the fulfillment of it all; but not content with that, having rejected the key of knowledge they then sought to undermine Him and the Work and Word of God being done by and spoken through Him, so that people would not believe in Him! And that is the gravest evil of all to not only reject the truth for oneself, but also to actively seek to keep it from others!
Vs. 53-54 53 And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things, 54 lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him.
Now when Jesus had said these things to them the scribes and Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things (vs. 53). That is, they began to attack Him with their words, trying to provoke Him, while also cross-examining Him about many things so as to try to get Him to say something by which they could indicted Him (vs. 54). Yes, having been exposed by Jesus, their response is only to seek to prove or find some sort of fault or violation of the Law in Him, so that they could “lawfully” accuse Him, so that they could put Him to death!
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Commentary
Vs. 45 “Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You reproach us also.”
The Lord Jesus having rebuke the Pharisees now is reminded by one of their lawyers; that is one of their experts in the law of God; that by rebuking them. Jesus also was rebuking them, for they interpreted the difficult passages in the law of God for them.
Vs. 46 And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
Jesus though is not moved by the lawyer’s appeal to draw back His rebuke. For Jesus makes it clear that the lawyers were just as guilty as the Pharisees in their miss use of the law. For though the knew and interpreted the law of God for others they themselves did not practice it, at least not as it was intended! Instead they laid heavy burdens on the people. And yet as Jesus notes of them they themselves would not lift one of their fingers to lift the heavy burdens that they were laying on men. Thus, by doing so they showed themselves to have neither fear for God and His Word, nor love for His people. Therefore, Jesus says repeatedly to them, Woe to you!
Vs. 47-48 47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
If the lawyers thought that by building and adorning the tombs of prophets (the very prophets that their fathers killed when they were rebuked by them in ancient times) that they were being “righteous” they were only deceiving themselves. For though to the people it appeared that they were “honoring” them, yet as Jesus says to them their doing so was only adding to their own guilt before God. For He knew their hearts and what they really thought about the prophets. Indeed, from the time of their fathers until now they continued to persecute and kill the very prophets God had sent to them. And in this no greater crime before God would be committed by them when they would conspire with the Gentiles to have His Son the Lord Jesus Christ Crucified by them.
Vs. 49-51 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ 50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.
Therefore because of their guilt and hypocrisy the Lord Jesus Christ now says that the wisdom of God will now send to them prophets and apostles, but not prophets born out of their disobedience to the Old Covenant; but now prophets and apostles born out of the New Covenant which the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has enacted by His Crucifixion death and Resurrection from the dead before His Ascension back to heaven. And so, when the Holy Spirit is poured out (as all of that was then still future) Jesus says that according to the Wisdom of God He will send prophets and Apostles to them to call that unbelieving and unrepentant generation to account. However, they will not repent, instead they will do just as their fathers did, and they will kill and persecute all the ones Jesus sends to them, so that their and their fathers’ guilt will be full and complete, for they and their fathers have only been guilty of killing them all, from the foundation of the world even until now!
Vs. 52 “Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”
Here in Jesus’ finial rebuke of them He tells them that they themselves have taken away the key of knowledge; that is, they by their miss-use of the Scriptures, intermingling them with the commandments of men, (along with their ridiculous and hypocritical interpretations of it) they have only completely undermined it. Thus, they have made it impossible for people to see that through the Word of God alone now come in the flesh as the Person, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ all people everywhere can have remission of all their sins and everlasting life by faith in Him. Therefore, the Lord Jesus Christ says woe to them! For they themselves did not enter in; because they themselves would not believe God’s Word which declares and reveals Him alone as the fulfillment of it all; but not content with that, having rejected the key of knowledge they then sought to undermine Him and the Work and Word of God being done by and spoken through Him, so that people would not believe in Him! And that is the gravest evil of all to not only reject the truth for oneself, but also to actively seek to keep it from others!
Vs. 53-54 53 And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things, 54 lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, that they might accuse Him.
Now when Jesus had said these things to them the scribes and Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things (vs. 53). That is, they began to attack Him with their words, trying to provoke Him, while also cross-examining Him about many things so as to try to get Him to say something by which they could indicted Him (vs. 54). Yes, having been exposed by Jesus, their response is only to seek to prove or find some sort of fault or violation of the Law in Him, so that they could “lawfully” accuse Him, so that they could put Him to death!
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New King James Version (1982): Thomas Nelson
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