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Mat 23:2. Ἐκάθισαν, κ.τ.λ., sit, etc.) Representing Moses, reading and interpreting his law, and even urging more than he enjoined.-οἱ Γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, the Scribes and the Pharisees) The sins which are here enumerated, did not belong all equally to both of these classes; but they had many in common, and participated in many; see Luk 11:45.[983]
[983] 2 And of those sins of the Scribes and Pharisees specified in the discourses of Christ, which are described more fully by Matthew, Mark and Luke, have selected those sins which would most clearly show to the untutored populace why they should beware of the Scribes-viz., their haughtiness, their avarice, and their hypocrisy.-Harm., p. 472.