Matthew 23:27

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Matthew 23:27 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
2. Matthew 23:27 sn This was an idiom for hypocrisy—just as the wall was painted on the outside but something different on the inside, so this person was not what he appeared or pretended to be (for discussion of a similar metaphor, see L&N 88.234; BDAG 1010 s.v. τοῖχος). See Ezek 13:10-16; Acts 23:3.