Mateus 23

Mateus 23

Lenski - "Every one of the seven 'woes' is an exclamation like the 'blessed' in the Beatitudes. It does not state a wish but a fact. It is not a curse that calls down calamity but a calm, true judgment and verdict rendered by the supreme Judge himself. Hence six of these judgments have the evidence attached by means of a causal hoti [ED: 'because' - TERM OF EXPLANATION] clause which furnishes the full reason for the verdict 'woe;' and in the remaining judgment (Mt 23:16) the varied form of expression does the same by means of an apposition." (Borrow Interpretation of St Matthew's Gospel page 902) J