Mateus 15

Mateus 15

Charts from Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission Another Chart from Swindoll THE LIFE OF JESUS AS COVERED BY MATTHEW (shaded area) Source: Ryrie Study Bible Matthew 15:1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came^ to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, NET Matthew 15:1 Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said, NLT Matthew 15:1 Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. ESV Matthew 15:1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, NIV Matthew 15:1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, GNT Matthew 15:1 Τότε προσέρχονται τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων Φαρισαῖοι καὶ γραμματεῖς λέγοντες, KJV Matthew 15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, came: Mk 7:1-13 scribes: Mt 5:20 23:2,15-28 Lu 5:30 Ac 23:9 from Jerusalem: Lu 5:17,21 Matthew 15 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, OFFICIAL DELEGATION OF THE BROOD OF VIPERS Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said - From Jerusalem implies that news of this Galilean prophet and teacher has reached the center of Judaism so these men were sent from "headquarters" so to speak. They traveled about 100 miles in a time when travel over distances was not easy which underscores how determined they were to "shut Jesus down!" It is too bad the text did not simply say they "came to Jesus," (cf this same phrase -- with disciples - Mt 17:19 Mt 26:17, Lk 8:24, a leper - Mk 1:40, a blind man - Mk 10:50, Nicodemus - Jn 3:2, Samaritans - Jn 4:40). But of course the Pharisees and scribes did not come with affection but with animosity (cf similar uses of phrase came to Jesus - Mt 19:3, Mt 22:23, Mk 12:18). They did not come with humble hearts but with hardened hearts. Can't you envision this "brood of vipers" (Mt 3:7+) with serpentine precision surrounding Jesus, as if preparing their "victim" for a kill (which is in fact what the were doing - Mt 17:23, Mt 21:38, especially Mt 26:4)! William Barclay suggests that these religious "investigators" "are genuinely bewildered; and in a very short time they are going to be genuinely outraged and shocked.”