Robertson Word Pictures - Colossians 2:16 - 2:16

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Robertson Word Pictures - Colossians 2:16 - 2:16


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Let no one judge you (mē tis humas krinetō). Prohibition present active imperative third singular, forbidding the habit of passing judgment in such matters. For krinō see note on Mat 7:1. Paul has here in mind the ascetic regulations and practices of one wing of the Gnostics (possibly Essenic or even Pharisaic influence). He makes a plea for freedom in such matters on a par with that in 1 Corinthians 8-9; Romans 14; 15. The Essenes went far beyond the Mosaic regulations. For the Jewish feasts see note on Gal 4:10. Josephus (Ant. III. 10, 1) expressly explains the “seventh day” as called “sabbata” (plural form as here, an effort to transliterate the Aramaic sabbathah).